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DeRusha Eats

DeRusha Eats

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 WCCO Radio’s Jason DeRusha is a known foodie in Minnesota. In DeRusha Eats, Jason takes you around the hottest food stories in town.2024 © 2022 Audacy, Inc. Art
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  • S3 - Episode 10 - Brett Anderson, NY Times food writer

    S3 - Episode 10 - Brett Anderson, NY Times food writer
    Jul 1 2025
    What Is Great Hmong Food? These Chefs Have the Answer" wrote New York Times food reporter Brett Anderson. So what got Anderson interested in Minneapolis chefs Yia Vang and Diane Moua, and their restaurants Vinai and Diane's Place? He was born in Minnesota, has family here, and spent 5 years talking to these chefs about "an extremely rare occurrence in American culinary arts: the emergence of a cuisine virtually unknown outside its own immigrant community, stewarded by chefs trained in Western-style restaurant kitchens - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/dining/hmong-minnesota-food.html
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    33 mins
  • S3 - Episode 10 - Quang Restaurant

    S3 - Episode 10 - Quang Restaurant
    Jun 26 2025
    The road to Minnesota's most recognized Vietnamese restaurant started with a St. Cloud family sponsoring a refugee couple and their 7 children. Lung Tran escaped Vietnam during the War with her husband Quang Truong. Her daughter Heather Mandanas and her grandson Andrew Truong share their family's story through food and through our conversation. Quang opened with just a few tables in 1989, today it's busy, it's successful, and it's legacy.
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    40 mins
  • S3 - Episode 9 - Yia Vang

    S3 - Episode 9 - Yia Vang
    Jun 18 2025
    Keep Moving Forward Together: advice from Yia Vang's father's experience fleeing war-torn Laos that he uses to run his restaurant, Vinai in Minneapolis. Yia talks with Jason just days after his TPT show "Relish" won a James Beard Foundation Media Award in the lifestyle visual media category. We talk about awards, about inspiration, about his restaurant - and how the Minnesota is now a center of global cuisine.
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    47 mins
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