Diet and Nutrition
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May 21, 2012Barbecue, brews, and farmers markets this Week in Food
We've already had a taste of the hot and sticky weather, so bring on the summer food events like the return of the Kingfield Farmers Market and the appropriately named Brew-B-Que, hosted by Lift Bridge Brewery in Stillwater this Week in Food.
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May 7, 2012Pashen entrepreneurs tell the story of their first year in business, part 1
Raw. Sprouted. Dehydrated. They're words we usually toss around in the context of sushi, tulip bulbs, and Ronco's Dehumidifying Wonder. But now they're popping up on packages of nuts, loaves of bread, and plenty of good-for-you snacks--including locally made Pashen bars. In 2011, sister-brothe ... More >>
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March 13, 2012"Pink slime" served up in school lunches
It's enough to make Adam Sandler's song "Lunch Lady" sound like a utopian fantasy ("got no idea what the chicken pot pie is made of..."). Sadly, we do know what the hamburger patties served by the national school lunch program are made of, and it isn't pretty. A recent article from TheDaily.com re ... More >>
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November 23, 2011C. Willi Myles
It's enough to make Adam Sandler's song "Lunch Lady" sound like a utopian fantasy ("got no idea what the chicken pot pie is made of..."). Sadly, we do know what the hamburger patties served by the national school lunch program are made of, and it isn't pretty. A recent article from TheDaily.com re ... More >>
Restaurants
July 20, 2011Mill Valley Kitchen offers Midwestern take on California cuisine
Day boat scallops and grass-fed beef anchor healthy entrees
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July 6, 2011NuVal empowers shoppers to choose more nutritious foods
Nu Val helps shoppers trade up to more nutritious choices.We all know that food marketers like to stretch the truth, so we shouldn't be surprised that a cereal billed as Total nutrition scored only 29 points out of 100 on the new NuVal--nutritional value--system. A Yale doctor, with the hel ... More >>
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June 15, 2011Heartland begins serving brunch this weekend!
Heartland opens its doors for weekend brunch!Exciting news from chef Lenny Russo: starting this Saturday, June 18, Heartland will be serving weekend brunch. Former Heartland chef de cuisine Robb Moore, who left to open the now-shuttered Cru in Blaine, collaborated on the menu with Russo and w ... More >>
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June 2, 2011USDA's My Plate replaces the Food Pyramid
The Food Pyramid becomes My Plate.After a lengthy, costly, research and development period, the USDA has replaced the old Food Pyramid nutrition guide with a new icon called My Plate. (The US government has issued new guidelines many times over the years--check out this cool graphic history.) ... More >>
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May 26, 2011Burger roundup: Two restaurants, four patties, zero cows
For National Hamburger Month: A taste test of non-beef burgers at Hell's Kitchen and Uncle Frankie'sTo celebrate Hamburger Month, the Hot Dish has been sampling various burgers around Minneapolis. We've tested black bean burgers on the West Bank and veggie burgers on Lyndale Avenue. In this ... More >>
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May 24, 2011Common Roots Cafe vs. French Meadow Cafe in veggie burger battle
Common Roots vs. French MeadowMay is officially recognized as Hamburger Month by the people who get to decide such things. The Hot Dish has no intention of questioning the wisdom of such a decision, mainly because we love burgers. But we are aware of the large segment of the population that ... More >>
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May 9, 2011Minneapolis schools take sugar cereals off the menu
Will the Cocoa Puffs bird go the way of the dodo? Remember Cocoa Puffs and Cookie Crisp? The cereals you used to gaze at longingly from your seat in the grocery cart. The ones that mom would never let you get--but that the Minneapolis public schools were happy to serve? The Star Tribune repo ... More >>
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April 29, 2011Truvia: Fast Company traces the journey of Cargill's "field to table" sweetener
From stevia to Truvia: Cargill's foray into the sweetener biz.Fast Company followed Zanna McFerson, Cargill's director of high-intensity, or diet, sweeteners, to tell the origin story of Cargill's popular new "natural" sweetener, Truvia. It's the first mainstream, commercial, zero-calorie su ... More >>
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February 9, 2011Faces bakery, Wayzata High team up for better school lunches
Michelle LeonFaces bakery offers students pizza, bread, and other favoritesComplaining about school lunches is a time-honored student tradition, but it's a lot harder for the students at Wayzata High this year. The school is teaming up with entrepreneur Kyle Hale and executive chef David Fhim ... More >>
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December 30, 2010Minneapolis is nation's 11th drunkest city
A pint of prevention is worth...uh....nevermind.The Daily Beast collected statistics on alcohol use and abuse to rank the nation's most drunk metropolises. Minneapolis ranked 11th, based on the following data:
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December 14, 2010Food Pyramid get old-school spacey in new 'Cruisin' video
New locals Food Pyramid have honed in on a very specific era of ambient, experimental music making for their debut cassette tapes, I and II. History lesson: Food Pyramid dabble in what's known as kosmische; like the name suggests, it's a cosmic-sounding, computer-driven style of ambient electroni ... More >>
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December 3, 2010Minneapolis model A.J. Lund sneaks a (small) bite
AJ Lund models healthy eating habits (among other things)Recognize A.J. Lund? If you're a customer at Covered Boutique, a fan of Arctic Cat, or your basic Target shopper, then she should look familiar. As a Minneapolis-based model, Lund's sparkling smile has promoted all those items (and more ... More >>
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November 17, 2010Four Loko banned in New York
"Blackout in a can" gets banned.Following on the footsteps of regulators in Michigan, Oklahoma, and Washington, the New York State Liquor Authority has banned the sale and distribution of alcoholic energy drinks, like Four Loko and Joose, as of November 19 (Utah's state-run alcoholic beverage ... More >>
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November 9, 2010Man loses 27 pounds on Twinkies and Doritos diet
(CC) Larry D. MooreAre calories all that matter?Has Subway's Jared just lost his throne? Kansas State University professor of human nutrition Mark Haub spent the last 10 weeks eating nothing but Hostess and Little Debbie snack cakes--interspersed with Doritos, Oreos, and sugary cereal for v ... More >>
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June 9, 2010One week on the raw food diet
It's trendy, but is it tolerable?
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May 26, 2010School lunch bill puts 2% milk on the lam
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chidorian/106713617/Mm . . . carbtastic. In a surprising twist, the concern over childhood obesity does not lie in chicken nuggets, pizza poppers, or chocolate chip cookies baked just past raw. According to the government, the immediate culprit is that fatty, fatty 2 ... More >>
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April 7, 2010Double Down countdown: Book your bypass now!
Do you dream of the day you can wrap your mouth around cheese and bacon that has been wedged between two hunks of fried chicken and passed off as a sandwich? Well, your day has come, my friend. KFC is unleashing the Double Down, a "sandwich" made solely of fried chicken, melted cheese and bac ... More >>
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February 11, 2010Michelle Obama deserves kudos for Let's Move campaign
Obama vows to to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation.
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December 18, 2009Playboy energy drink going "coast to coast" in 2010
Playboy Energy Drink is coming to a Midwestern location near you in the next year.
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November 6, 2009Research links depression to processed food
Research says depressed people are 58 percent more likely to subsist on a diet of processed food.
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August 5, 2009Raw food diet: Ready to give it a whirl?
It's summer. Why not test-drive some weather-appropriate dietary changes. You can start with raw lasagna.
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August 5, 2009New WIC law requires more fresh produce options
A new WIC law allows the coupons to be used for healthier foods.
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May 13, 2009Michael Pollan
A new WIC law allows the coupons to be used for healthier foods.
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February 10, 2009Schools trick kids into eating healthy
U of M researchers sorted through cafeteria trash to prove their experi ... More >>Blogs
February 4, 2009Target products added to peanut butter recall list
Will there be a single peanut butter product left? Doesn't seem like it.
News
January 28, 2009Man rams abortion clinic; buy your own skyway
All the weird news that's fit to print in capsule-sized bites
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January 22, 2009