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Come on in the kitchen with me and we will talk about what I’m making and what to cook. If you like dishes that are sourced from local farmers using regenerative practices and organic methods, then we’ll have a blast!
Here in the Northern Heartland, the seasons can be ill defined. We rock through more temperature swings than other regions and there’s no doubt that our weather determines what we want and what’s coming from nearby. Given Mother Nature’s fickleness how can we cook responsibly and responsively with her gifts? These are the kinds of delightful and delicious conundrums we’ll face together at the stove.
About Me
I am a James Beard Award winning food writer, columnist for the Taste section of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, and appear regularly on MPR Appetites. I am an author of 15 cookbooks, including The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen with Sean Sherman, which won the James Beard Award for Best American Cookbook in 2018. My collection of essays, In Winter’s Kitchen: Growing Roots and Breaking Bread in the Northern Heartland tells the story of our vibrant local food system. The Perennial Kitchen: Simple Recipes for a Healthy Future was a finalist for the IACP Award. My other titles include Corn Dance: Inspired First American Cuisine with Chef and Emmy Award winner, Loretta Oden, Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland with Lucia Watson, James Beard Award finalist, Appetite for Change: Soulful Recipes from a North Minneapolis Kitchen, and Chile Clove and Cardamom: A Gastronomic Journey into the Fragrances and Flavors of Desert Cuisines, co-authored with Gary Paul Nabhan. I’m cooking up current projects -- NIXTA: The Art of Corn: Recipes and Stories Celebrating America’s Defining Crop, with the Nixta Team, and In Summer’s Kitchen, with my son Kip Dooley. I’m an Endowed Chair at the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
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