Tag: food
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Mark Andrew’s retirement from State Fair food among many vendor transitions this year
Writer and State Fair aficianado Joe Kimball was shocked to find the World’s Greatest French Fries is no longer operating. Fish tacos are in its place, and it’s just one of many transitions this year. Read Full Article
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Hmong sausage and purple sticky rice debut at Minnesota State Fair thanks to its first-ever Hmong food vendor
Union Hmong Kitchen made its Minnesota State Fair debut, becoming the first Hmong food vendor at the event in its 160-plus year history. The pop-up restaurant located in the Graze food hall of … Read Full Article
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Hmong chef Yia Vang grew up in central Wisconsin. Now he’s taking the foodie world by storm.
Yia Vang never set out to become a celebrity chef, the toast of the Twin Cities foodie world. But telling the Hmong food story opened those doors. Read Full Article
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Union Hmong Kitchen becomes State Fair’s first Hmong restaurant
Nearly 50 years after the first Hmong refugees arrived in the Twin Cities, the Minnesota State Fair has its first Hmong food vendor. Chef Yia Vang’s Union Hmong Kitchen is attracting big crowds to the … Read Full Article
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Chef Yia Vang Hosts “Stoked”
Yia is currently the owner/chef of the James Beard-nominated restaurant Union Hmong Kitchen located in Graze Food Hall in North Loop Minneapolis specializing in Hmong cuisine. The stateless, … Read Full Article
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Appetites: Predicting the Minnesota State Fair hits and misses
The Minnesota State Fair is upon us, and all of that food can be daunting. So we called on Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl to get us prepped for what to eat — and … Read Full Article
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Union Hmong Kitchen brings Hmong food to the Minnesota State Fair for the first time. Here’s what head chef Yia Vang says you should try.
Union Hmong Kitchen is the first food stand to bring Hmong food to the Minnesota State Fair. Chef Yia Vang offers recommendations. Read Full Article
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Hmong food finally comes to MN State Fair, thanks to chef Yia Vang
The food that the prodigious farming community grows has been all over the Minnesota State Fairgrounds for decades — but always served in someone else’s format. Hmong Day at the Fair, featuring Hmong … Read Full Article
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Minnesota State Fair 2022: The best new food vendors
Food writer Haley Nelson has the latest from the state fairgrounds. This is an exciting year at the Minnesota State Fair for many reasons – but the wide array of new food vendors has us particularly … Read Full Article
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Hmong food finally comes to Fair, thanks to a very excited chef Yia Vang
The food that the prodigious farming community grows has been all over the Minnesota State Fairgrounds for decades — but always served in someone else’s format. Hmong Day at the Fair, featuring Hmong … Read Full Article
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Recipe for Venison Pad Kaprow from Primal Eats
It’s a Hmong recipe that is called the King of Street Food in Bangkok and Southeast Asia. The team at Primal Eats shows Local 5 Live viewers how to make Pad Kaprow using Primal … Read Full Article