A culinary travelogue through the seasons and around the state of Minnesota, celebrating local ingredients!

THE MINNESOTA TABLE
RECIPES FOR
SAVORING LOCAL FOOD
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
Shelley N.C. Holl
with recipes by B.J. Carpenter

Voyageur Press / Quayside Publishing Group
Hardcover $25.00
ISBN-13  978-0-7603-3626-7
Food and cooking / Midwest and Minnesota local and regional food

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THE MINNESOTA TABLE: Recipes for Savoring Local Food throughout the Year is a year-round companion for those who want to explore Minnesota-grown and -produced foods. Beginning with asparagus sprouts in early spring and following the calendar year, Shelley Holl and B. J. Carpenter reflect on what they discovered in their travels across the state, show the foods they made, photographed and ate, give suggestions for monthly menus, and present recipes and tips for foods of the season while sharing from the best growers, producers and purveyors in Minnesota.   

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425 W. 3rd Street, Red Wing, MN
651-388-1003

August 7 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Book discussion/signing

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THE MINNESOTA TABLE  is available from Voyageur Press / Quayside Publishing Group, or from your preferred wholesaler.  Be sure to contact the publisher for more information about this title. 

If you are interested in scheduling an event with authors Shelley Holl and/or B. J. Carpenter, please contact Maurrie Salenger, 612-344-8154, msalenger@mbipublishing.com .  The authors live in the Twin Cities and are available for events in the area . 

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ABOUT THE BOOK

The Minnesota Table: Recipes for Savoring Local Food throughout the Year is a year-round companion for those who want to explore Minnesota-grown and -produced foods. Beginning with asparagus sprouts in early spring and following the calendar year, Shelley Holl and B. J. Carpenter reflect on what they discovered in their travels across the state, show the foods they made, photographed and ate, give suggestions for monthly menus, and present recipes and tips for foods of the season while sharing from the best growers, producers and purveyors in Minnesota. Meet gardening nuns and artisan farmers who breathe color and warmth into the argument for sustainable agriculture; try new twists on classic and regional recipes that take the pure flavors of fresh, local ingredients to new heights; hunt morels, pick blueberries, winnow wild rice and come nose-to-nose with yaks, elk and bison in this beautifully illustrated collection of travel stories, recipes and menu ideas that follow Minnesota’s growing season.  With over 50 seasonal recipes including Grilled Rainbow Trout with Chive-Lemon Pepper Butter, Wild Rice Dried Cranberry Salad with Clementine Vinaigrette, Maple Sugar Crème Brûlée and more.

 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 

Shelley Holl is a writer and visual artist who is a former travel columnist for the award-winning New Orleans’ Times-Picayune newspaper and has written travel features for the Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper. She is the author of Louisiana Dayride: 52 Short Trips from New Orleans, University Press of Mississippi, 1995 and Waterbourne Witness: Elegies for My New Orleans, Lulu Press, 2008. She works in many media, from watercolor to digital imagery, and produces giftware and fashion accessories. Her paintings are exhibited widely. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

 B. J. Carpenter developed the recipes for The Minnesota Table and is a professionally trained chef; cooking instructor; certified dietary manager; and freelance food writer.  She grew up on Minnesota’s food-rich Iron Range where she spent many hours in the kitchens of her immigrant grandparents.  She presently lives in Roseville, Minnesota, and The Minnesota Table, with Shelley Holl, is her first book.