WCCO Radio’s Jason DeRusha is a known foodie in Minnesota. In DeRusha Eats, Jason takes you around the hottest food stories in town.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWCCO Radio’s Jason DeRusha is a known foodie in Minnesota. In DeRusha Eats, Jason takes you around the hottest food stories in town.
DeRusha Eats is hosted by Audacy. The show has published 73 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Were there things that were off limits when writing the Sea Salt Eatery cookbook?" (16 July 2026, 14 minutes), "S3 - Episode 23 - John Kraus of Patisserie 46" (7 July 2026, 47 minutes), and "S3 - Episode 22 - Hoyt Hill, the $25k bottle of wine at one of America's best restaurants" (1 May 2026, 19 minutes).
DeRusha Eats publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 33 minutes across 73 episodes.
Booking probability for DeRusha Eats is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. DeRusha Eats requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. DeRusha Eats's contact route on record: verified email.
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Today on DeRusha Eats, Jason talks with Gail Rosenblum and Kait Ziemer-Davis from Sea Salt Eatery about their new book "Sea Salt Eatery: Recipes to Enjoy Year-Round", why they decided to write it, "Sea Salt Groupies"...
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A Paducah, Kentucky kid who went from making bolts for toilets in his hometown to one of the finest pastry chefs in the country: John Kraus is celebrating more than 15 years of his Minneapolis bakery, Patisserie 46. He...
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Hoyt Hill is the sommelier at Forepaugh's Restaurant in Saint Paul, in late April he got the opportunity to stage a couple days at Chef Thomas Keller's yountville, California restaurant The French Laundry. He talks...
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A 38-seat restaurant in South Minneapolis is the Best New Restaurant in America! Bûcheron was named James Beard Foundation's best new restaurant for 2025, built by two veterans of fine dining, both with experience in...
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On this episode of DeRusha Eats, Jason is joined by Kitchen and Rail Co-Owner Joe Newhouse as they discuss opening a second location, opening during challenging times, their tribute to "Mort's Deli", what makes a good...
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Megan Luedtke is the most significant voice in deciding what cocktails Minnesotans are drinking, and no one's talking about her. DeRusha Eats is. Megan shares what inspired her to start creating craft cocktails, the...
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In 2024, Chef Eric Pham got the call that his restaurant was on fire, days before opening. He considered calling it - but he found a new location and opened Khue's Kitchen. In 2025, the Minnesota Star Tribune named it...
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To kick off the second hour of the program Jason and Lindsey Brown discuss national cookie day and their favorite confectionery treats. Jason gets outraged over the fact that a ten year old won the Star Tribune Holiday...
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Gluten-free. No seed oils. The hottest trends in nutrition have been part of life for nearly a decade at Brim, a farm-to-fast casual restaurant founded by former personal chef Kate Sidoti. Kate talks about her food...
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Two Minnesota women, linked through a connection to Prince, have founded their own mezcal brand. Why? How? Ingrid Chavez and Jacqui Thompson, co-founders of Las Melodías de la Luna Mezcal, join Jason DeRusha on DeRusha...
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From college friends to garage beer brewers, the buddies who started Fulton in 2009 rode the craft beer wage. Sweet Child of Vine and Lonely Blonde were on tap everywhere, the tap room near Target Field was bumping...
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It's one of the oldest producers of wine, some call it the birthplace of wine: Georgia. And a group of Minnesota brothers are working to spread the word about their homeland on the coast of the Black Sea, where Eastern...
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Social media was rife with nasty comments in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination and millionaire late night host Jimmy Kimmel made international headlines for what he said. But what about regular people who did the...
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When Stephanie Hansen sold her Twin Cities printing and direct marketing business - she faced a crisis. Who was she? What did she want to do? A decade later, she's just published her second cookbook, and her Emmy-award...
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He's the co-anchor of CBS This Morning, NFL Today, host of Hollywood Squares, and a former Minnesota Vikings player. But Nate Burleson is coming to Minneapolis as he puts in the work to support his new vodka, created...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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A detailed 20-page complaint filed by federal prosecutors reveals chilling details about the actions by Vance Boelter, the suspect in targeted, political shootings that left former Minnesota Speaker of the House Melissa...
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How a Chicago man went from making wine in his dad's basement to living the Sonoma County dream: Justin Harmon gives us the lowdown on his Argot Winery, and find out why his most famous wine is named "Bastard Tongue."...
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