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Thanksgiving
MPR plays host for this holiday with a fun selection of thanks and food talk on the broadcast plate.
18 Collection Items
- Appetites: Heid Erdrich discusses local food movement
In this episode of Appetites, MPR’s Tom Crann talks with Minnesota poet and writer Heid Erdrich about the local food movement. Though seen as a relatively recent phenomenon, Erdrich argues in a book that the local food movement goes back to the indigenous populations of our region.
- Giving Thanks: A Celebration of Fall, Food, and Gratitude 2008
We gather together with best-selling author Harold Kushner, and a perfect blessing from poet Galway Kinnell. With music and stories for Thanksgiving, it's Giving Thanks, a Celebration of Fall, Food, and Gratitude.
- Students from Africa experience Thanksgiving in America
MPR’s Tim Post talks to four students at the College of St. Katherine in St. Paul to hear about their experiences with the Thanksgiving holiday, and what Americans might learn from their thoughts on giving thanks.
- Duluth couple hosts Thanksgiving dinner for Russian immigrants
MPR’s Steven John talks with Edwin and Irina Haller of Duluth. Several Russian immigrants gathered this evening for a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner at their home, including Alexander Chohnuhshoff.
- Immigrant adult students, new to U.S., learn about Thanksgiving traditions
What's a person to do if they're a new American and this is their first Thanksgiving? MPR’s Greta Cunningham spoke to some students at the Lincoln Adult Education Center in Minneapolis as they mark their first encounters with turkeys and pumpkin pies.
- Pumpkin lady has the recipe for your Thanksgiving pie
MPR’s Dan Olson presents a profile of Marian Biersdorf, the person behind the Festal canned pumpkin pie recipe.
- Believe it or not, some people fear the turkey...or just don't like it
It's Turkey Day -- a day for feasting on fowl. But what about people who don't eat turkey? MPR’s Chris Julin thought to find some alternatives at a co-op grocery store, so he paid a visit.
- Mud Pie chef Steven Meads on a vegetarian Thanksgiving
MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Steven Meads, a chef at Mud Pie, who shares suggestions for folks who might want to make a quick, low fat vegetarian dish for Thanksgiving feast.
- Thanksgiving dinner at Trocano's in Crosby
MPR’s Leif Enger interviews Mary McGowan, owner of Trocano’s restaurant, about opening the doors to local community for Thanksgiving.
- Lawrence Sutin on Thanksgiving through the years
Minnesota author Lawrence Sutin comments on his life progression of Thanksgiving…from childhood memories and young adulthood, to the present day, where he is now the one carving the turkey.