Title:Contributing Writer

Education:B.A. in English, Macalester College, Culinary degree from the Institute of Culinary Education

Location:Park Rapids, Minnesota

Amy Thielen is a two-time James Beard Award–winning food writer, chef and television personality best known for her Food Network showHeartland Tableand her booksThe New Midwestern TableandGive a Girl a Knife. Amy’s wide-ranging background includes years of growing her own ingredients and pumping her own well water while living in an off-grid cabin in Minnesota, as well as years of working in New York City fine dining establishments such as David Bouley’s Danube and Jean Georges Vongerichten’s 66. Amy was a contributing editor atSaveurand has published recipes inEatingWell,Food & Wine,People,Country LivingandParade. Amy lives with her family in their northern Minnesota cabin, which now has running water.

EatingWell, aDotdash Meredith Brand, has been publishing award-winning journalism about food, nutrition and sustainability since 1990. Our mission is to share flavor-packed recipes from around the world, celebrating fresh ingredients and the farmers, artisans and chefs who bring them to our table. Through science-backed nutrition advice and smart stories about sustainability, we help readers live their best lives. Learn moreabout usand oureditorial process.