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Summer cocktails come alive with fresh herbs, flowers and fruit

July 21, 2021 at 12:16 p.m.

MINNEAPOLIS — Fruit, flowers, herbs — nothing says summer more than the bounty from farmers markets or our own gardens. Those fresh ingredients that fill our baskets are also the...

A man traveled around the US to 700 pizzerias. Here are his favorites.

February 22, 2021 at 10:50 a.m.

MINNEAPOLIS — Can there be such a thing as too much pizza? Scott Poepard has sampled the goods from some 700 pizzerias across the U.S., and he's not even close...

This is a traditional Manhattan with a Virginian twist. An Appalachian Manhattan is made using whiskey from Boar Creek, a popular distillery in Virginia, mixed with vermouth, a few dashes of bitters and an orange peel and cherries for garnish.

5 small-batch cocktails to toast the holidays even if you aren’t gathering

December 1, 2020 at 2:37 p.m.

No matter the size of your holiday guest list, don't forget to put drinks on the menu. Whether your turkey is served on a table for two, or your pandemic...

Hitting the sweet shops of Paris with an award-winning pastry chef as guide

March 17, 2020 at 1:02 p.m.

PARIS — In Paris' posh St. Germain-de-Pres neighborhood, John Kraus set his shopping bags on a park bench and took a seat. He carefully unboxed three small treasures as finely...

Hitting the sweet shops of Paris with an award-winning pastry chef as guide

March 17, 2020 at 12:57 p.m.

John Kraus — the owner of Patisserie 46 in Minneapolis and Rose Street Patisserie in St. Paul — made a great guide. He specializes in French pastry and is the...

Ben Afquack at the Mall of America. "Pretty much, he's a duck that goes on adventures in Minnesota."

This adventurous Minnesota duck is now a viral internet sensation

February 7, 2020 at 10:45 a.m.

Move over 'gray duck.' A fluffy white bird from St. Paul is currently the most famous duck in Minnesota, thanks to some fast feet, fowl puns and a viral video....

He's one of the most knowledgeable and trustworthy chefs in the food world, but Andrew Zimmern will probably always be best known as the guy who eats weird stuff. We can't look away from Zimmern's "Bizarre" series of shows on the Travel Channel (RIP "Bizarre Foods," which ended in 2018), and we can't wait to see what he eats next.

Chef Andrew Zimmern announces new MSNBC show on food and politics

March 11, 2024 at 2:06 p.m.

Twin Cities-based chef and TV personality Andrew Zimmern has a new food show coming to an unlikely place, the news and politics channel MSNBC. "What's Eating America" premieres Feb. 16...

There's more to Hanukkah food than latkes.

For your Hanukkah meal, celebrate the miracle of oil by deep-frying more than potatoes

December 16, 2019 at 12:32 p.m.

Jewish holiday meals are often oozing with symbolism, and Hanukkah is no exception. The festival, which begins this year at sundown on Dec. 22, celebrates ancient Jews' victory over an...

Washington Post reporter Chris Ingraham now lives in a modest home in Red Lake Falls, Minn., with his wife Briana and twins, Charles and Jack, on February 7, 2017. Ingraham's unlikely story starts with him writing a data driven article about how bad it is to live in Red Lake County, and ends with him falling in love with the place and moving his family from D.C.

Washington Post reporter who insulted Red Lake Falls, Minn., now making his home there

August 23, 2019 at 3:04 p.m.

In a remote patch of northwest Minnesota two hours from Fargo, N.D., two rivers slice through the prairie, leaving craggy cliffs and unexpected hills in the middle of infinite flatness....

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