Food Scene

7+ hour, 32+ min ago   (487+ words) Last Christmas season, Zach More, a recent University of Minnesota Duluth graduate and brewer at Canal Park Brewing, was inspired by the Duluth Sister Cities’ holiday tree display at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. Each year, dozens of volunteers decorate…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (202+ words) Man’s best friend is getting some love from the Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts of the USA said Tuesday its first cookies for dogs will go on sale in January. The blueberry muffin-flavored cookies were developed with Bark, a New York-based…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (512+ words) Minnesota ranchers angered by Trump’s decision to import cheaper beef would be able to process their own meat and go after the gray wolf....

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (418+ words) More than 200 Minnesota State Fair food vendors are donating leftover food to Minnesota’s hunger relief network through Second Harvest Heartland and its partner food shelves. Tuesday’s donations exceeded 10,000 pounds of food, according to Second Harvest CEO Sarah Moberg, who said…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (29+ words) When the stand first opened in 1955, it charged 10 cents for a bottomless 12 oz cup of milk. The booth sells hundreds of thousands of cups every year....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (34+ words) Among this year’s new food hits at the fair are more international foods — and some that borrow from the fair’s on-a-stick and deep-fried traditions. Chefs and fair food curators say it’s an intentional expansion....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (35+ words) Beatrice Ojakangas, 92, who won blue ribbons at the fair as a teen, went on to write more than 30 cookbooks, hobnob with cooking legends, and invent one of the most famous frozen finger foods....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (42+ words) Factory farms like those operated by Riverview Farms West River Dairy can pollute waterways because of runoff and waste spread across fields....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (69+ words) Greater Tater made its debut as a food vendor at the Minnesota State Fair last year, started by two families from the east Twin Cities metro with a mission of giving people with disabilities meaningful employment opportunities. Greater Tater is…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1740+ words) Some restaurants in Illinois quietly hold onto history while cooking up food that keeps folks coming back for decades. Tucked into a downtown corner, this spot has a tin ceiling, an antique bar, and a menu that has been feeding…...