Amy Thielen is the author of the James Beard award-winning The New Midwestern Table and the host of Heartland Table on Food Network. She worked for celebrated New York City chefs David Bouley, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and Daniel Boulud before moving back home to the Midwest, and now speaks and writes about home cooking for radio and magazines, including Saveur, where she’s a contributing editor. She lives with her husband, visual artist Aaron Spangler, their son, his dog, and a bunch of chickens, in rural Park Rapids, Minnesota.