Food and restaurants


Feeding seniors and neighbors, Minnesota food shelves stretch to meet increased needs

By Karen Hollish, TC Daily Planet

Surrounded by kitchen-cupboard staples like pasta, beans and rice, Rick Martineau of the Senior Food Shelf held up a can of vegetable soup and showed it off to Maria, 68.

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Urban chicken farming gaining popularity

By Tara Bannow, The Minnesota Daily

Stepping out the door of his Nicollet Island home, Peat Willcütt crunched through fallen leaves, making his way toward the sound of clucking and crowing.

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SUGARUSH brings bakery and coffee shop back to University Avenue

By Tom Laventure, Asian American Press

Susie Path shows the relaxing coffee shop interior, with sofas, tables, new tile and paint, and a big flat screen television. (AAP staff photos by Emmett Timmons)

Keoni Nguyen and Susie Path have brought bakery back to University Avenue.

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Thanksgiving an empty promise for many among us

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Thanksgiving -- a day of eating, and sometimes overeating. A day of gathering with family, friends and loved ones. Non-stop watching football games on television.

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Haggis at L'Ecosse: It was offal, but It wasn't bad

By Jeremy Iggers

I really hesitated before ordering the haggis at L'Ecosse, the new Scottish restaurant at 48th and Chicago. On the one hand, the thought of eating a combination of lamb kidney, liver and heart, cow tongue and oatmeal, all stuffed into a sheep stomach, sounded disgusting. (I eat tongue and tripe, but I can't stand the taste of liver, or the smell of kidneys.)

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Noshin': The Twin Cities' best pareve desserts

By Sara Rice

With the festive season approaching, it seemed the perfect time to highlight some pareve (dairy-free) dessert options available across the Twin Cities.

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OPINION | There's no place for hunger in Minnesota

By John Van Hecke, Minnesota 2020

Hunger at home should surprise us. Given just the smallest contemplation, hunger should provoke a simmering, disturbed outrage.

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MOVIES | Oscar contender "Food, Inc." has some Fergus Falls farmers upset

By Barb Teed, TC Daily Planet

Food, Inc., the controversial food industry film, is in the running for Best Documentary Oscar®, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recent announcement (photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures).

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards® being held March 7.

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Supenn Harrison teaches that life, like cooking, is best when done in harmony and balance

By Kathlyn Stone, TC Daily Planet

Photo by Montira Saeboo, used with permission.

Many people are aware of the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet but how many have considered the healthy aspects of the Thai diet?

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