It's that time of year when the pumpkin flavored foods go all nutty. Pumpkin latte obsessions notwithstanding, it's easy to see madness in pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin ravioli, even pumpkin gum. But pumpkin beer? Have we gone too far?

MSP's Foodie File blog gets more excited about Thanksgiving than any other holiday. You can imagine why.

Nancy Lyons and Meghan Wilker are technology experts, speakers, authors, creators of Geek Girls Guide, and it’s all led to this: their first pair of reading glasses, designed in collaboration with Minneapolis-based Eyebobs.

Just when it seemed there wasn’t a new idea in retail, J.C. Penney laid out an ambitious plan to overhaul its stores and brand.

It’s been there for years–tucked inside the American Swedish Institute‘s historic Turnblad Mansion on Park Avenue in Minneapolis. The ASI Museum Shop catered to its members, with traditional Swedish gifts, books, and traditions and a huge selection of ornaments at holiday time. But no one else knew about it–or more importantly, thought to shop there.

Andrew Zimmern writes, "One of the most important pieces of editorial content you will ever read came down the pipe on March 27 in The New York Times. Mark Bittman’s eloquent and learned piece on children and diet in America is a clarion call to action for not only parents but for anyone with half a brain left in their head after being beaten senseless with the “if it isn’t happening to me right now it doesn’t matter” stick."

Kohler just opened its first Minnesota showroom in Edina. The place is spilling over with gorgeousness for bathrooms and kitchens, including a brand new line of sinks from Jonathan Adler.