Midwestern cuisine is a regional cuisine of the American Midwest. It draws its culinary roots most significantly from the cuisines of Central, Northern and Eastern Europe.Midwestern cuisine generally showcases simple but hearty dishes. Its culinary profiles may seem synonymous with "American food." Quoted in an interview with the Daily Herald published Jan. 17, 2007, Chef Stephen Langlois described it: "Think of Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey and cranberry sauce and wild rice and apple pie."

As you are reading this, I am driving from Minneapolis back to Michigan. Why didn’t I fly? Because I don’t get treated like cattle in my own car. That’s why. If I’m hungry, I can stop and get whatever kind of food I want. If I want to listen to music, I can do so with as much volume as my system can muster. If I want to stop and stretch my

NEW YORK It wasn’t much -- just a box of junk food goodies, the kind that reporters in the middle of a hectic, major story snack on to fill the hunger before the next deadline. But to staffers at the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press and the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, it was a welcome gesture. And a sign that someone else understood what they...

Nice to see a little recognition of the food scene here in the Frozen North

An elderly Minneapolis man is in critical condition after being trapped behind his sink for three days without food, water or help.

Portland beats out ... Maine and Minneapolis as "best" eating destination.