As the food section, Taste, of the Star Tribune turns 50, we look at the way we ate at home and in restaurants over those years.

A party for the public with birthday cake and beverages in honor of the Taste section and its 50 years, one of the longest continual food sections in the country.

A chat with Mia-Louise Sellerup of the Ribe VikingeCenter in Denmark on food of the 10th century, part of her ongoing research around Viking-era foodways. Tickets include lunch.