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Taste of Wayzata Founders Share Their Favorite Local Food & Drinks

This article originally appeared as part of the story Foodie Tour in the March 2019 issue. For tips on taking your first food tour, click here. By...

Minnesota State Fair’s Bee Superintendent Battles Bad Buzz

Ingredients, Local Makers, People

Hannah Hallahan has the bug for bees. Read about the secret behind the State Fair's Bee Beard demonstration here. Hannah Hallahan knows that grimace...

Samba Taste of Brazil in Hopkins is Where Food and Family Meet

Local Makers, Restaurants

Global plates sprinkled with homespun heart. It’s been said that business and family shouldn’t mix—but take one step inside Samba Taste of Brazil in...

Jen’s Jars Open Up a World of Healthy, Tasty Food

Local Makers, Shops, Wellness

Minnetonka resident Jennifer Alexander cooks up healthy, portable food. Five years ago, Minnetonka resident Jennifer Alexander had some health...

How the Owner of Minnetonka’s Nothing Bundt Cakes Gives Back

Giving Back, Local Makers

Meet bakery owner and community volunteer extraordinaire Kim Cassens. Bakers are notoriously early risers, waking up well before dawn to create...

5 Ways to Cook with Wine

Drinks, Local Makers, Noteworthy

Father-daughter sommelier and chef team talk cooking and pairing. There are more ways than you might expect to cook “with” wine. Here are a few of...

Taste of Wayzata Tour Takes You to the City’s Finest Foodie Destinations

Local Makers, Recipes

Short on time for a fancy dinner out? Sample the best eats in town with a tour from new business Taste of Wayzata. To read about the Taste of...

MasterChef (Jr.) Offers Tips for Cooking with Kids

Local Makers, Noteworthy

Ariana Feygin shares her tips for getting little ones involved in the kitchen. As the oldest of three siblings, I can say that cooking for kids can...

This Local Chef Can Do Dinner for 2 or 200

Entertain, Local Makers, Recipes

Ted Hallson creates in-home dining experiences for every kind of local client. He shares a few of the party lessons—and a favorite recipe—he’s...

Season of Casseroles

Giving Back, Local Makers

Local company gives back— with food—to families in need. In 2014, Wayzata’s Jillian McGary came up with the idea for Mostly Made, her...

Pie’s the Limit at Excelsior’s Farina Baking Co.

Local Makers, Recipes

The holiday season gives Excelsior’s Farina Baking Co. an opportunity for this classic dessert. The holidays are upon us, and with them all of the...

L’More Chocolat in Wayzata Does European Treats Right

Ingredients, Local Makers

An antique pink door marks the entrance of the European chocolate shop on downtown Wayzata’s Lake Street. Step over the threshold into L’More...

As Minnesotan as Apple Pie: Excelsior’s Apple Day Baking Contest

Ingredients, Local Makers, Recipes

Every year, one of the highlights of the Apple Day festivities in Excelsior is the pie and dessert baking contest. “I wouldn’t live in Minnesota,”...

Oktoberfest Means It’s Time to Don Your Best Lederhosen, Get Your Polka on and Celebrate

Drinks, Local Makers, Restaurants

We’ve rounded up the best ways to celebrate Oktoberfest, that quintessentially German tradition, around Lake Minnetonka. Prost! Back Channel Brewing...

Minnesota’s First Açai Shop Opens In Minnetonka

Ingredients, Local Makers

Traveling all the way from California to Minnesota, entrepreneurs Rachel and Bryant Amundson are bringing açai bowls and a passion for healthy...

Master Class with MasterChef Junior Competitor Ariana Feygin

Local Makers, People, Recipes

Excelsior eighth-grader Ariana Feygin experiences a taste of the limelight. If you’ve ever watched an episode of MasterChef Junior on Fox, the youth...