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Recipes
Spring soup makes the most of short and snappy pea season
Don't worry if you miss it — frozen peas can work in a pinch.
Recipes
This potato salad will rule summer barbecues
With a touch of acidity, spice and sweetness — plus your favorite add-ins — the seasonal staple has never tasted so good.
Eat & Drink
3 Twin Cities upcoming food events for your calendar
Chef dinners and Swedish fun kick off a busy but tasty summer.
TV & Media
'Stranger Things' returns with an homage to 'Carrie' and more pop-culture classics
What our critics are watching this week
Eat & Drink
Pizza farm? Polish sausage? Patio? Try these 24 ideas for iconic summer dining
Iconic Eats bingo will keep you full — of food and ideas — well into fall.
Variety
WCCO-TV's Jason DeRusha talks about his decision to leave: 'It's been incredible'
The longtime Minneapolis anchor will depart the station in June.
Music
The big gigs: 10 concerts to see in the Twin Cities this week
Concert highlights for May 26-June 1 include Kraftwerk, Dierks Bentley, Tierney Sutton, Belle & Sebastian, Freddie Gibbs and even Debbie Gibson.
Movies
Summer movie guide: From 'Thor' to 'Lightyear' to 'Nope'
Dinosaurs, Brad Pitt and an animated astronaut hope to lure us back into theaters.
TV & Media
Jason DeRusha announces he's leaving WCCO morning show
The popular anchor will continue to contribute as a special correspondent.
Home & Garden
Want more birds in your yard? Choose native plants
Native plants attract the bugs that birds want to eat.
Home & Garden
Don't make these mistakes when using white paint
Not all white paint is the same. Try out several swatches first.
Music
Free stages to feature Jayhawks, Low Cut Connie at Minnesota State Fair
Other acts slated for the Leinie bandshell include Caitlyn Smith, Eddie Montgomery and Dire Straits Legacy.
Stage & Arts
Guitars more likely to gently laugh than weep in 'Airness'
The comedy's characters are competitors in a national air guitar championship.
TV & Media
'Quantum Leap' reboot, plenty of cop shows and courtroom drama on fall TV
New scripted shows feature Hilary Swank, Marcia Gay Harden, Trace Adkins, Susan Sarandon and George Lopez.
Variety
New chair of National Endowment for the Arts lands in Minnesota to talk 'artful lives'
Maria Rosario Jackson sees transformative power in the arts that could boost the nation.
Eat & Drink
Justin Sutherland returns to Lowertown St. Paul with a new kind of steakhouse
Noyes & Cutler will open in June inside the former Public.
Books
Minnesota crime novelist David Housewright took a 'no pressure' route to success
His latest, "Something Wicked," touches on COVID and the aftermath of George Floyd's murder.
Eat & Drink
Reservations for new Four Seasons Hotel Minneapolis restaurant Mara go live
Mara, from chef Gavin Kaysen, brings the taste of the Mediterranean to downtown Minneapolis' new luxury hotel.
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