Cuisine of Minnesota

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The cuisine of Minnesota refers to the food traditions, cooking techniques, dishes, and ingredients found throughout the state of Minnesota. It is a unique type of Midwestern cuisine, made distinct by its heavy Nordic influence. Typical Minnesota cuisine is based on 19th-century Norwegian and Swedish cuisine, with influence from German, Czech, Cornish, Italian, and Polish cuisine and minor Native American influences (mainly seen through the use of wild rice). Since the 1960s, food developed, produced, and sold in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area, known as the "Twin Cities", has been influenced by the cuisines of immigrant and refugee groups that have settled in Minnesota; immigrant cuisines common in Minnesota include Thai, Hmong, Vietnamese, and Laotian cuisine. Minnesotan cuisine also has regional variations, such as fusion cuisine and New Nordic cuisine in the Twin Cities, which is home to the inventions of the Jucy Lucy and the Bundt cake. Italian-inspired dishes and Cornish pasties...

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