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Contents

Editor's Letter

The Dish

Obesity: An Allergic Reaction?

Copy That: The Cloned Food Debate

Corn in Our Cars

No More Cheetos for Children

Brain Food (Science)

Food in Your Food

Miles Per Bite

How far your food travels

Stuffed

Do we subconsciously overeat?

Clones in the Supermarket

A Q&A with an animal geneticist

Roots

Grassroots Farming

Keeping it local with community-supported agriculture

The Magic Food Bus

Sisters' Camelot cruises the streets looking for hungry stomachs

Fast Food Gets Healthy

But does anyone go to McDonald’s for a salad?

From Pot Roast to PowerBars

A century of American eating habits

Features

Soul + Food

Spiritual experiences in a fast food world.

Food Fetish

The naked truth of the gastroporn phenomenon.

Easy Answers

A deconstruction of four foodmovements and their vitamin-fortified, locally grown, organic "solutions."

Photo Essay: A Whole Lot of Heart

A look into the process behind Second Harvest Heartland's mission to fight hunger.

Down on the Farm

From shifty markets to politics to unpredictable weather, locally-supported farmers have a lot on their plate.

Global Platter

Pancakes without Borders

How one food fits into four cultures

Minnesota Mex

Top taco spots in the Twin Cities

Rice Aid

Feeding the hungry, one vocabulary quiz at a time

Inside the Black Sea

Food and love are matters of business at this restaurant

FonDo

Food Labels Demystified

Don't get sucked in by the spin

Paint the Kitchen Green

Use eco-friendly products to prepare your meals

Holy Tomato!

How to grow red, juicy tomatoes

Paper or plastic?

Neither, thanks. Resuable shopping bags are on the rise

Voices

The Way the Cookie Crumbles

The vegan-organic version of classic chocolate chip cookies gets put to the test

Journey to the Center of SPAM

Inside Minnesota’s SPAM museum

Battle of the Beverages

Our columnists wash down this issue with one sobering question: beer or wine?

A Frozen Confession

My secret love of TV dinners