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Charred tofu topped with chili crisp and herbs is stuffed inside a fluffy bun at Abang Yoli.

The 5 best things we ate in the Twin Cities (and beyond) this week

The Taste team shares the highlights of their weekly dining experiences.

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Meet the winning bakers of the 20th annual Star Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest

December 1

The winning batch of the 2022 Star Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest.

These five bakers won us over with sugar, spice and everything nice.

17 Twin Cities area bars and restaurants with retail spaces perfect for holiday shopping

December 1

Where it’s easy to combine getting together with friends and holiday shopping.

In the name of efficiency, dine first and shop later.

Eat & Drink

December 2

Ties co-owners Gene Sanguma, left, and Stevie Moman, far right, with Justin Sutherland prior to the opening of Northern Soul at Ties.

Ties Lounge and Rooftop in Minneapolis closes after less than a year

The Nicollet Avenue space that held several food concepts and a gorgeous rooftop is shuttered "indefinitely."

Eat & Drink

December 1

Hope Breakfast Bar owners Sarah and Brian Ingram are expanding — again.

St. Paul's Hope Breakfast Bar has big expansion plans for Twin Cities area

Purpose Restaurants will also open Spring Break near Xcel Energy Center next spring.

Taste

December 1

The winning cookies for the 2022 Star tribune Holiday Cookie Contest: Maple-Roasted Walnut Delights, Cherry Cardamom Buttons, Grasshoppers, Gingerbrea

Cookie finder: Here's more than 100 of our best recipes to try

More than 100 recipes to use all year long.

Recipes

December 1

Need a project? These baklava cookies are it.

Need a baking project? These two cookie recipes are your answer

Takes on baklava and stollen were adored by the judges, but are too complex for average bakers. We're trying them anyway.

Taste

December 1

Minnesotans — and Star Tribune readers — are serious about baking.

How did the Star Tribune Cookie Contest get started?

We talk to contest mastermind Rick Nelson about memorable cookie entries, what he's learned in the past 20 years and the holiday cookie he can't be without.

Taste

December 1

Spumoni Squares are among Rick Nelson’s top 10 cookies.

10 favorite recipes from 20 years of the Star Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest

Of the 100-plus recipes that we've published since 2003, these 10 are Rick Nelson's favorites.

Magazine

November 30

Brianna Edwards of LOV3 It S3asoning hope her spices will become a kitchen staple.

From the basketball court to the kitchen: Minneapolis coach develops spice blend

Entrepreneur Brianna Edwards' low-salt seasonings are a labor of love.

Magazine

November 30

Juniper berries add a taste of the holidays to your favorite foods

And they look the part, too.

Taste

November 30

Chef Marcus Samuelsson is also a cookbook author. This photo was included in “The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food,” published in 2

Decades after Aquavit closed, chef Marcus Samuelsson still has a soft spot for Mpls.

We talked to the famed chef ahead of his return to Minneapolis for a dinner at Spoon and Stable.

Eat & Drink

November 29

There’s a new fifth-floor restaurant at the Guthrie Theater.

Guthrie Theater opens new restaurant in time for 'A Christmas Carol'

Ovation replaces the fifth-floor buffet-style restaurant.

Recipes

November 25

Edisto Shrimp Tacos from Kardea Brown’s debut cookbook, “The Way Home.”

Sunday supper: Edisto Shrimp Tacos

Edisto Shrimp TacosMakes 8 tacos.Kardea Brown grew up on South Carolina's Sea Islands, rooted in Gullah Geechee tradition, and is the host of the Food…

Taste

November 25