Amy Thielen
A Room of One's Own 2717 Atwood Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53704
Discussing "Give a Girl a Knife," her memoir.
press release: Before Amy Thielen was the host of the James Beard-nominated Heartland Table on the Food Network, and before her richly woven cookbook The New Midwestern Table was chosen as one of Food & Wine’s best of the year, and before she was cooking in some of New York City’s finest kitchens—for chefs David Bouley, Daniel Boulud, and Jean-Georges Vongerichten—she grew up in a northern Minnesota town: home to the nation's largest French fry factory, the headwaters of the fast food nation, inspired by the cooking of her mother and grandmother. Her literary debut Give a Girl a Knife is a food memoir, a pulsing coming-of-age story, a vivid view into New York’s high-end restaurants and ultimately a journey toward home.
"Fans of Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential and Gabrielle Hamilton's Blood, Bones and Butter will enjoy this chef's memoir of learning to cook in Minnesota and dicing and deep-frying her way through the kitchens of some of New York's most esteemed chefs." —AM New York