Kitchens of Hope roundtable at ASI
2025-09-28 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Av., Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States
Contributors from “Kitchens of Hope” along with the authors — Lee Svitak Dean, Linda Svitak and Christin Eaton — will speak at the American Swedish Institute on Sunday, Sept. 28, about their new book.

Mora Public Library and "The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book"
2025-09-29 17:30 - 19:00 | Mora Public Library, 200 Maple Avenue West, Mora, MN, 55051, United States
Cookies, cookies, cookies! Lee heads to Mora, Minn., to talk about “The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book” as thoughts turn to holiday entertaining.

Hopkins Library and "Kitchens of Hope"
2025-12-02 18:30 - 19:30 | Hopkins Public Library, 22 11th Avenue North, Hopkins, MN, 55343, United States
We have another library on our calendar: Hopkins Public Library, with Cream & Amber booksellers, as Linda Svitak (co-author) and I talk about our favorite cookbook.

Cookies, cookies and more cookies
2025-12-04 11:00 - 13:00 | Southdale Shopping Center, 10 Southdale Center, Edina, MN, 55435, United States
Rick Nelson and I will be joining the Star Tribune Taste crew at the annual Holiday Cookie Contest extravaganza on Thurs., Dec. 4, at 11 am, at Southdale Center (main floor), where this year’s winning cookies will be available for tasting. Rick and I will be signing copies of “The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book,” with its first 20 years of winning recipes.

Off to Scandia, Minnesota!
2026-05-16 10:30 - 12:00 | Gammelgarden Museum, 20880 Olinda Trail N, Scandia, MN, 55073, United States
Join us as we talk about “Kitchens of Hope” on May 16 at the Gammelgården Museum in Scandia, Minnesota, from 10:30 am to noon. The museum honors Swedish immigrants, who founded Scandia, as well as all immigrants to a new country. Gammelgården is a open-air museum that is focused on Swedish immigrant heritage in the United States.
