Co-author of "Kitchens of Hope" (2025) and "The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book" (2024). Former food editor at the Minnesota Star Tribune.
Minneapolis, MN
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Out today: Kitchens of Hope, a glimpse into the kitchens and lives of immigrants from more than thirty countries, with tasty recipes including curry, mole, biryani, pho, and more. Co-compiled by @LeeSDean.
#PubDay #NewCookbook #KitchensOfHope
ALT Cookbook cover for Kitchens of Hope: Immigrants Share Stories of Resilience and Recipes from Home, compiled by Linda S. Svitak, Christin Jaye Eaton, and Lee Svitak Dean, photography by Tom Wallace. Plated spices, peppers, and peppercorns shown beside geometric shapes and woven textiles. Title in lower left against a blue background.
ALT Holodnik (Summer Beet Soup), a deep purple soup with visible cucumber, green onion, dill on top, in an ornate dish.
ALT Jocón (Chicken and Tomatillo Stew), chicken and rice topped with green sauce and jalapenos and green herbs, in a blue dish with serving spoon.
ALT Vasilopita (Lucky New Year Cake), a round cake topped with powdered sugar and dried fruit on a platter.
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Cookies, cookies, cookies: The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book is here! 100 best recipes from 20 years of the @StarTribune 's holiday cookie contest, compiled by @LeeSDean and @RickNelsonMN
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Can't-wait-to-read books in November include the latest from Richard Price, @LeeSDean and @RickNelsonMN
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The wait is over: ‘The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book’ is out Nov. 5 startribune.com/the-wait-is-…
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People! There's an update/expansion on the way of @RickNelsonMN and @LeeSDean 's must-have cookie (contest) cookbook from @UMinnPress in November. It's gorgeous! The @StribGoingOut book room also has the new @richardosman and new @theholdsteady children's book
Welcome back to the book room with @HewittSTrib 😀 every week our books editor opens some mail and we get to enjoy it! 📫
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Sid has died. The fact he was 100 & we’re shocked tells you all that’s needed about his relentless drive. So shocked that I still was making subtle jokes about Sid on Twitter this morning.
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A 1972 ad in the Star touted the number of talented female journalists in the newsroom. (In 1982, staff at the Star combined with the Minneapolis Tribune.) Today, about 40% of the @StarTribune newsroom staff are women.
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Bylines were rare in newspapers in the 1920s, especially for women. A woman who specialized in first-person feature stories was likely to be referred to as “girl reporter” in the headlines. Here's one from 1921 of the @StarTribune #WomensHistoryMonth
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In non-COVID-19 news: It's the last day of March, #WomensHistoryMonth . Mary McFadden was one of the 1st female reporters in Minnesota. She worked at the Mpls Times in 1898, then @duluthnews, where she was the 1st full-time female reporter & then covered politics at @PioneerPress
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Such a delightful thread 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
In non-COVID-19 news: It's the last day of March, #WomensHistoryMonth . Mary McFadden was one of the 1st female reporters in Minnesota. She worked at the Mpls Times in 1898, then @duluthnews, where she was the 1st full-time female reporter & then covered politics at @PioneerPress
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Hello Minnesota! Here I’m!....Who is coming tonite?
Welcome to Minnesota @chefjoseandres @WCKitchen !! Looking forward to our chat tonight @hennepintheatre Tickets still available.
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Just in case your panic needs to be grammatically correct.
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Longtime Minnesota school bus driver gets his wish: a school bus casket. strib.mn/2P6zO7b
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Among the 15: Cartoonist Steve Sack, editors Tim Campbell, Lee Dean, Cindy Dickison, Howard Sinker, Bill Hammond, Dick Meryhew, Kate Parry.
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Wow, I didn’t even know this myself. Our publisher says that the top single copy newsstand sales on Sundays in the U.S. are:
1. New York Times
2. New York Post
3. Minneapolis @StarTribune
.@StarTribune's Michael Klingensmith shares the company's print and digital news strategy at #AtlanticInformed
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#tbt to the @StarTribune’s historic building before it was demolished in 2015. It had a sun deck, cafeteria, morgue (archives) and housed our printing presses for decades. #425Portland
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We made The Weather Channel. I can retire now. Yussss
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