Appetites: Tiki drinks get a 'Minnesota Exotic' twist    1.
Listen Tiki drinks get a 'Minnesota Exotic' twist  Marco Zappia 
Once cool, then decidedly out of fashion, the loosely
Polynesian-inspired lounge lizard tiki bar scene is experiencing
a national and local revival. James Norton, editor of Heavy
Table, joined MPR News' Tom Crann to talk about the local tiki
scene.  TOM CRANN: Why tiki, and why now?  JAMES NORTON: It's
not just why — it's also how. Cocktail culture has risen apace
with food and beer culture in the United States, and tiki is
part of that culture.  Underneath all the sugary fruit juice and
rail booze there is a real spark of joy and love that powers the
zombies and mai tais that populate the world of tiki. I think
people are perpetually enchanted by it — it's got a nostalgic
sheen to it, and almost a lost innocence.  As for how: There are
a lot of ways to do tiki. You can do it straight up, you can do
it ironically, you can do it with a mixological sophistication,
you can do it as exploi