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THE ULTIMATE MINNESOTA COOKIE BOOK event at GoodThings Café with Lee Svitak Dean and Rick Nelson

December 15 @ 2:00 pm 3:00 pm CST

Lee Svitak Dean and Rick Nelson will join GoodThings Café on Sunday, December 15, 2024, for a discussion of their new book The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book: 100 Best Recipes from the Star Tribune’s Holiday Cookie Contest, at 2:00 p.m. CST.

This event is free and open to the public.


A compendium of Minnesota’s rich baking traditions and innovative recipes, The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book stirs up winning treats from twenty years of the Star Tribune’s popular holiday cookie contest. From Tiramisu Twists to Cardamom Cherry Buttons, these winning recipes are accompanied by beautiful photographs and baking tips that celebrate how baking brings us together.

“Everything from swirls, crescents, pinwheels, shortbread, and pistachio “pine cones” will have mouths watering and bakers ready to create cookie gift plates this winter.” —Booklist

“A welcome gift to any baker hoping to augment their holiday cookie repertoire.” —Library Journal

“It’s bigger, better and even more full of deliciousness, featuring only the cream of the crop of flour, butter and sugar creations — including 35 that weren’t in 2018′s [The Great Minnesota Cookie Book].” —Minnesota Star Tribune

GoodThings Café

2184 4th St. #2
White Bear Lake, Minnesota 55110 United States
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