nBeth Dooley is author or coauthor of several cookbooks, including Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland, The Northern Heartland Kitchen, Minnesotas Bounty, The Birchwood Cafe Cookbook, Savory Sweet: Simple Preserves from a Northern Kitchen, Sweet Nature: A Cooks Guide to Using Honey and Maple Syrup, and The Sioux Chefs Indigenous Kitchen (Best American Cookbook, James Beard Award, 2018), all from Minnesota. In Winters Kitchen is her memoir about finding her place in the Midwestern food scene. She lives in Minneapolis.n nMette Nielsens photographs have illustrated numerous books, newspapers, and magazines. A talented master gardener, she created the edible garden for the Birchwood Cafe in Minneapolis, collaborated on The Birchwood Cafe Cookbook and Minnesotas Bounty, and was a coauthor of Savory Sweet and Sweet Nature.n