DeRusha Eats

Four blocks apart in South Minneapolis, two families have developed into a culinary powerhouse. Broder’s built a Little Italy at the corner of 50th & Penn beginning with a market in 1982, growing to a pasta bar and a wine bar. Now the next generation is running that business - we speak with the matriarch Molly and one of her kids, Charlie. At 54th & Penn, Peter Campbell and his wife Jackie...

Chef Yia Vang has become a national celebrity for his work talking about Hmong cooking and tradition. We visit at the Minnesota State Fair, where he was debuting Union Hmong Kitchen. Pedro Wolcott has brought a Caribbean / New Orleans tapas flair to the North Loop’s Guacaya Bistreaux. And Milissa Silva continues her family tradition by growing and expanding El Burrito Mercado in St. Paul.

Overrated or underrated? Matt’s Bar of 508 Club? The Jucy (juicy) Lucy debate gets heated with Mpls/St Paul Magazine editor Stephanie March. Plus Carley Kammerer talks about her coffee shop, Wildflyer Coffee, which hires young people experiencing homelessness.

Why should great food only be in a restaurant? Jamie Malone was a James Beard Award nominee for her work at Grand Cafe, now she’s doing pop-ups and meal kits in her Paris Dining Club. She’s doing special meals at Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and director Katie Luber talks about the intersection of art and food. Plus David Fhima has been a restaurateur in Minnesota for decades - he’s revitalized...

Tim Niver owns Mucci’s, Saint Dinette, and Mucci’s Frozen pizza and lasagna. He talks about why he’s launched his own podcast, Niver Niverland. Plus Mike Brown, the co-founder of the groundbreaking suburban restaurant Travail Kitchen & Amusements. Two of the Twin Cities great restaurant people, and great talkers.

GUESTS: Mike Patterson, and Thomas Boemer   Let’s get porky! Jason talks to Goodhue County pig farmer Mike Patterson about life in rural Minnesota, and how his family went from dairy farmers to now four generations of farming. Plus Chef Thomas Boemer (Revival and Revival Smoked Meats) talks about bringing his southern sensibilities in cooking and barbeque to Revival.

GUESTS: Justin Sutherland, and Ann Kim   Justin Sutherland nearly died in a boating accident: how he’s doing now, plus the story behind Handsome Hog in St Paul. Justin has a new cookbook, and shares how he went from a Suburban Twin Cities kid to a national food TV star. Ann Kim (Pizzeria Lola, Young Joni, Hello Pizza, Sooki & Mimi) is the focus of Netflix’s documentary series Chef’s Table, sha...

Guests: Gavin Kaysen and Stephanie Hansen   Gavin Kaysen grew up in the Twin Cities, learned from the best chefs in New York City, and returned home to open his own restaurant. He shares the story from Subway sandwich artist to 5-star chef launching a cookbook of what he cooks at home. Plus: food writer and host Stephanie Hansen has a different kind of cookbook featuring recipes she cooks at the c...