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Let’s talk cookies in Little Falls, Minn.

Little Falls Library 108 NE Third St., Little Falls, MN, United States

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.

Free

Cookbooks at The Golden Fig

The Golden Fig 794 Grand Av., St. Paul, MN, United States

Get in the holiday spirit at The Golden Fig, where Lee and Rick will be signing "The Great Minnesota Cookie Book."

Free

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.

Free

Cookie Contest Sampler

Star Tribune headquarters (first floor atrium) 650 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN

Taste all five of the 2019 winners of the Taste Cookie Contest.

Free

The history of the Bundt pan in Minnesota

Norway House 913 E. Franklin Av., Minneapolis, MN, United States

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.

Free

Homecoming/Alumni Talk: Decades of dining

Hamline University 1536 Hewitt Av., St. Paul, MN, United States

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.

Free

Taste 50th birthday celebration

Star Tribune headquarters (first floor atrium) 650 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN

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.

Free

A conversation about Vikings food

American Swedish Institute 2600 Park Av., Minneapolis, MN, United States

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.

$30

Meet-and-greet with food writers

Lynhall 2640 Lyndale Av. S., Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attention, Twin Cities food writers. Join Lee at a meet-and-greet informal gathering, put on by the Association of Food Journalists , of which Lee is a co-regional director. The event is in conjunction with the national conference of Women Chefs and Restaurateurs. Appetizers, cash bar and lots of conversation.

$10

Common Good Cookies

Common Good Books 38 Snelling Av. S., St. Paul, MN

Book signing at Common Good Books (38 Snelling Av. S., St. Paul). Free.

Cookies Up North

Glensheen Mansion 3300 London Road, Duluth, MN

Book signing at Glensheen Mansion (3300 London Road, Duluth). Free.

A Visit to Wisconsin

Chapter 2 Books 226 Locust St., Hudson, Wisconsin

Chapter 2 Books (226 Locust St., Hudson, chapter2books.indieeelite.org). Free.

At the Library

Edina Library 5280 Grandview Square, Edina

Book talk at Edina Library (5280 Grandview Square, Edina). Free.

A Bookstore Signing

Magers & Quinn Booksellers 3038 Hennepin Av., Minneapolis, MN, United States

Magers and Quinn Booksellers (3038 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls.). Free.

Winning Bakers and a Book

Mill City Museum, Baking Lab (lower level) 704 S. Second Street, Minneapolis, MN

Meet the bakers who were finalists in the 2018 Holiday Cookie Contest and sample their cookies. The authors will be there for a book signing. Mill City Museum Baking Lab (704 S. Second St., Mpls.). The cookies and book signing are free, with museum admission.