The Great Minnesota Hot Dish (w.t.)
The Great Minnesota Hot Dish (w.t) is a four part program about the culture of food in Minnesota. Featuring three diverse chefs in the region, we will hear stories of how their native culture's cuisine has changed and adapted to the region over time. From the availability (or lack thereof) of certain ingredients to the unique challenges of the climate, viewers will get a peak into what it's taken for immigrant chefs through history to bring their native dishes to the northland's people, while developing a uniquely Minnesotan "spin".
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$4,326,200 the first year and $4,326,200 the second year are to the Minnesota Public Television Association for production and acquisition grants according to Minnesota Statutes,?section 129D.18.
The Great Minnesota Hot Dish (w.t.) will encourage community members to share their diverse culinary backgrounds while coming together to realize a shared appreciation of Northland culture and the underlying similarities that bring us all together. We hope to see an increase in community engagement in the conversation around the culture of food, including discussion and interaction on social media. Through the creation of lesson plans, students will report feeling a deeper understanding of the science of cooking and the cultures that have brought us such a diversity of food. With the development of a large peer-to-peer networking group of educators, our Education Coordinator will make this available to 75 teachers across the region.