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Category: Food

Posted inNews

Review of new Minnesota State Fair foods: A bag of polarizing pickles, mom’s recipe, and more

Avatar photo by Hibah Ansari and Joey Peters August 24, 2023August 24, 2023

Sahan Journal reporters Hibah Ansari and Joey Peters try some new foods at the Great Minnesota Get-Together, which starts today.

Posted inCULTURE & COMMUNITY

Chef Yia Vang calls new Mee-Ka pop-up restaurant a ‘beautiful collision’ of Hmong and American cuisine

Avatar photo by Samantha HoangLong March 24, 2023March 29, 2023
Posted inCULTURE & COMMUNITY

Keefer Court ends nearly 40-year-run, closing a shop that served as a second home for many.

Avatar photo by Andrew Hazzard December 22, 2022January 2, 2023
Posted inFood

Rice Street Garden is a gathering place for many east metro immigrants. A potential development project has them on edge.

Avatar photo by Andrew Hazzard December 7, 2021December 10, 2021
Posted inHEALTH

Kham Su Lor was working too hard in his computer repair business, eating badly, and getting sick. Then he discovered his neighboring shop owner’s special tea.

by Joey Peters July 28, 2021August 3, 2021
Posted inFood

Halwa is the ultimate Eid treat for many Somalis in Minnesota. This month, Abdinasir Aden will cook 10,000 pounds of the dessert and sell it by the bucket.

by Asad Hussein July 18, 2021May 2, 2022
Posted inFood

Red Wolf Chai debuts at farmers markets with chai and chapatis from East Africa.

by Hana Ikramuddin July 8, 2021July 8, 2021
Posted inFood

Judge finds Minnesota Department of Education in contempt for go-slow approach to meal program.

by Joey Peters July 2, 2021July 2, 2021
Posted inCULTURE & COMMUNITY

Chef Yia Vang on his Minnesota Rice initiative, discovering his father’s heroism, and what he tells the kids with the ‘stinky’ lunches.

Avatar photo by Jaida Grey Eagle May 25, 2021May 26, 2021
Posted inFood

Mekfira Hussein’s meal programs have been feeding 5,000 children a day in the Twin Cities. A state effort to discipline an intermediary nonprofit forced her to suspend operations.

by Joey Peters May 13, 2021September 20, 2022
Posted inFood

Chef Soleil Ramirez left Venezuela after an armed militia man broke a chair over her back, and threatened to kill her. She recently launched her own Minneapolis restaurant.

by James Norton February 8, 2021February 8, 2021
Posted inFood

The perfect COVID-19 restaurant is a tiny Mexican take-out kitchen in Minneapolis that provides real family meals twice a week.

by Mecca Bos January 11, 2021January 12, 2021

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