Despite all of the elaborate holiday plans I start dreaming up this time of year, some of my best memories of family are just sitting around the...
October 2023
Award Winning Chef Ann Kim Sets a Place for Everyone
Apple Valley native and James Beard Award-winning chef Ann Kim creates common ground with global flavors. To say Ann Kim is an accomplished...
360 Communities: Feeding Community
As a new transplant to Lakeville, Erin Lemke was hoping to meet people and get more involved with the community when she signed up to volunteer with...
How El Sazon Celebrates the Seasonings
The De Leon family finds success serving up flavorful tacos (and more) inside an Eagan gas station. There’s something absolutely delightful about...
The Open Door Pantry Moves to a New Facility in Viking Lakes.
Food pantry serving Dakota County relocates to Eagan. Poverty hides in the suburbs, especially for seniors and children. The Open Door food pantry...
Sweet Hobby
Baking has always been a hobby for Bill Von Bank of Prior Lake, but a few years ago, Von Bank realized that his hobby could provide him a new way to...
Travel Through Taste at Great Tea Road Co.
Shop owner brings a taste of her culture to Prior Lake. At Titima Vangvanitchyakorn’s Prior Lake tea shop, a world of flavors sits in clear glass...
Run the Ritter Celebrates Five Years
Hit the trails in Lakeville. Run the Ritter combines beautiful trails and a great running community with homegrown conservation efforts. In 2018,...
Join the Fun at the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular
Spend an evening strolling through thousands of glowing, carved pumpkins at the Minnesota Zoo’s fifth annual Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular. This year’s...
Sunset at Lebanon Hills
Savor the beauty of fall before winter sets in. With little more than his trusty iPhone, David Ring focused on the sun setting at Lebanon Hills...
Shopping for Scares
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix Horrorstör answers the question we all have had: What would happen if an unspecified ready-to-assemble furniture store...
A Season for Hotdish
I’ve lived in Minnesota for nearly 30 years, but I didn’t grow up here. Hotdish wasn’t part of my culinary upbringing. I didn’t have my first bite...
The Divine Living Space Helps Family Create Dream Basement
Make better use of your basement with inspiration from a local designer. As the weather turns cool and the snow begins to fall, Minnesotans put away...
