Lee and Rick will demonstrate several winning cookies from their past years with the Star Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest. These include Cornmeal Cranberry Shortbread and Rosemary Lemon Creams. There will be more varieties to sample, as well. All the recipes are showcased in their new "The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Contest." Note that the demonstration class is at the Myers Education Center at the Farm at the Arb, which has a separate entrance from the main Arboretum address.

Lee speaks to the Time for Life organization in Richfield in a non-public gathering.

Join Rick and me at a booksigning in Hopkins at Cream & Amber (books and cafe) Dec. 11 from 11 a.m. to noon.

Lee and Rick will sign books at GoodThings in White Bear Lake on Dec. 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. There will be cookies!