Food & Drink

Cocoa powder.

While studying abroad in Venezuela, I, along with other students, would take overnight buses to the coast. It was there where I discovered cacao trees, which give us chocolate and is found growing as an understory tree.

Wild About Greens : 125 Delectable Vegan Recipes for Kale, Collards, Arugula, Bok Choy, and Other Leafy Veggies Everyone Loves by Nava Atlas.

Wild About Greens : 125 Delectable Vegan Recipes for Kale, Collards, Arugula, Bok Choy, and Other Leafy Veggies Everyone Loves by Nava Atlas.

Love trying new food? Want to raise money for your favorite nonprofit? Look no further than Plymouth-based Food Perspectives.

Love trying new food? Want to raise money for your favorite nonprofit? Look no further than Plymouth-based Food Perspectives.

There are many reasons to go vegetarian: political, emotional, nutritional. Thanks to innovations in farming, refrigeration and transportation, there are a gazillion vegetables at our beck and call, each with endless ways to prepare and serve.

Although there’s no denying eating can foster relationships and nourish the soul, it’s easy to overindulge, lose sight of our waistlines and the real reason we eat. Still, with such delectable options everywhere we turn, it’s hard to strike a balance.

The tail-end of the summer is precious to Minnesotans for many reasons, not the least of which is the Great Minnesota Get Together.

What exactly is a smoothie? Good question. Pureed fruit drinks first appeared in America in the 1930s and the health food craze of the 60s ran with the formula. These days, smoothie parameters are vast and wide. A smoothie may—but not always—include fresh or frozen fruit.

Tom Rob Smith's debut novel, Child 44, remains to this day one of the best thrillers I have ever read. Exciting, adventuresome, at times disturbing and extraordinarily original, Child 44 is one of those rare debuts that seems impossible to top.

 

Great ideas are not always paired with epic moments. Take, for example, lake-area residents John Klick, Patrick Foss and Jon Lewin’s decision to start Excelsior Brewing Company.

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