October 2019
Taste 50th birthday celebration
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.
Find out more »Homecoming/Alumni Talk: Decades of dining
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.
Find out more »The history of the Bundt pan in Minnesota
Taste editor Lee Svitak Dean and and colleague Rick Nelson will tell stories of the Bundt pan over the decades -- and the sometimes wild recipes that went with it.
Find out more »December 2019
Cookie Contest Sampler
Taste all five of the 2019 winners of the Taste Cookie Contest.
Find out more »Cookie books and cookie potluck at Savage Library
Authors Lee Svitak Dean and Rick Nelson talk about holiday baking and the stories behind "The Great Minnesota Cookie Book." For those who'd like to bake and bring cookies to share later, please do so.
Find out more »Cookbooks at The Golden Fig
Get in the holiday spirit at The Golden Fig, where Lee and Rick will be signing "The Great Minnesota Cookie Book."
Find out more »January 2020
Let’s talk cookies in Little Falls, Minn.
Let's talk cookies. And while we're at it, let's also talk restaurants and home cooking. Rick Nelson and Lee Svitak Dean head to Little Falls for the chat about "The Great Minnesota Cookie Book" and more.
Find out more »November 2020
A zoom chat with Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson and Lee
Lee interviews Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson for launch of new book, "Faviken." The virtual U.S. "tour" begins in Minneapolis (via the American Swedish Institute on Zoom) from his home in Sweden. More info on registration at the American Swedish Institute (asimn.org). Magnus Nilsson. Photograph by Erik Olsson
Find out more »December 2020
StribLive: Holiday Cookie Contest finalists by Zoom
The winners will be announced a bit differently this year for the 18th annual Star Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest, without the grand tasting of the five finalists at the Star Tribune building. Instead, please join Lee Svitak Dean and Rick Nelson as they discuss via Zoom the cookies that made the finals and, of course, their cookie book, which contains many of the contest winners over almost two decades. Free. Register at StarTribune.com/StribLive. (Pictured here, Espresso-Hazelnut Truffle Cookies, a 2014…
Find out more »January 2021
A Zoom chat with Marcus Samuelsson
Marcus Samuelsson chats with Lee about his new book,"The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food."
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