Dishing with Stephanie's Dish

Tameka Jones founded Lip Esteem during the pandemic. After decades as a makeup artist, she used her downtime during the pandemic to rethink her path. The result? A line of her own, Lip Esteem , a Black woman-owned beauty start-up specializing in plant-based and gluten- and cruelty-free lip products. Jones’s line consists of lipsticks, glosses, and liners,  Plus, she’ll sell an assortment of lip ca...

Martha Krueger started Giften Market   - an online gift shop featuring thoughtfully curated products from inspiring small businesses including many from Minnesota Makers. Shop hundreds of products produced by emerging and underrepresented entrepreneurs, small artisan studios, and specialty retailers, or create a completely unique gift box that you hand pick the products online. Support the show Fo...

Maddie Poling of Sacred Space Gardens joins me to talk about her company's sustainable garden services to commercial and residential customers, including designing, installing, and maintaining gardens as well as her new franchise model for gardeners around the United States to join in the first organic gardening business franchise. Support the show Follow the Makers of Minnesota on Facebook ,...

Morgan Baum is a second-generation potter at  Clay Coyote in Hutchinson Minnesota. Clay Coyote specializes in pottery that you can cook with including the flameware line of clay that can go from refrigerator to stove top and their popular line of pizza stones and grill baskets made of out pottery that can withstand high heat. Join them and a host of other potters at this year's Minnesota Pott...

Dennis Littley is the founder and CEO of  Ask Chef Dennis Productions  where he runs one of the most successful food blogs in the world.  He has been blogging for more than 12 years and now, with over one million followers on social media and almost 10 million page views annually, he has built a loyal following that use his easy-to-make step-by-step restaurant-style recipes and cooking tips to mak...

Evan Kail or "Pawn Man" as he is affectionately known is blending his social media know-how and entertaining personality to promote his business St Louis Park Gold and Silver. Hear his literal rags to "riches" story and how as a content creator he is moving his business forward. Follow Pawn Man on Instagram Follow Pawn Man on Tik Tok Follow Pawn Man on You Tube Support the show...

Amy Leyden has started a tablescape company that will rent you completed place settings from 2-12. Whether it's a baby shower or an intimate dinner for two she has you covered and there is no washing after just rinse, wrap and return. See her designs on Instagram here: @kaleidoscope_mpls Order at https://www.k-tablesettings.com/ Support the show Follow the Makers of Minnesota on Facebook , Tw...

Meredith Deeds has spent the last 20 years writing and teaching about food all over the country. Besides being a food consultant, writer and an occasional host of my radio show, The Weekly Dish , She has co-authored six cookbooks, among them are the James Beard Award finalist The Big Book of Appetizers (Chronicle Books), her best selling, The Mixer Bible (Robert Rose, Inc.), and 300 Sensational So...

Dawn Cleveland left her nursing job to start, From The Diner, a custom, hand-crafted charcuterie company specializing in boards, boxes, tables, and much more! Take a class or order a board at From The Diner.com or follow her on Instagram  @from.the.diner Support the show Follow the Makers of Minnesota on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram @MakersofMN. Send story ideas to Stephanie@stephaniesdish.c...

Feminist Book Club was created by  Renee Powers. Her academic background in feminist theory and her penchant for being an early adopter of subscription boxes, podcasts, and online communities paired with her love of reading, her passion for toppling the kyriarchy, and the desire to lead a team of people much smarter than her - launched Feminist Book Club in Minneapolis. Now Feminist Book Club is t...

Angie Nelson is the founder of Safer Plate. Safer Plate is a meal kit service for people that have allergies.  Each kit comes complete with Recipe cards and meal kit ingredients aside from household staples. Safer Plate's  goal is to create a bounty of incredible, well-balanced meals free of the most common allergens, so you can feel confident about what you’re eating (and feeding your family...

Beth Dooley is a James Beard Award-winning food writer who has authored and co-authored over a dozen books celebrating the bounty of America’s Northern Heartland. Her first cookbook, written with Lucia Watson called “Savoring the Seasons of the Heartland,” is one of my favorite regional cookbooks. Her latest cookbook is “The Perrenial Kitchen,” and she co-wrote Will Steiger and Rita Mae Steiger’s...

Holly George used her son's chronic Lyme Disease condition as inspiration to create healthy, wholesome marinades and mixes. Spitfire Gourmet consists of Holly’s 5-generation recipes made easy with her three pre-mixed seasoning packets, each with whole spices and ingredients to support a variety of healthy game dishes from one-dish dinners to soups, and salads, pasta, and sides.   Spitfire Gou...

Minnesota Awesome, the local, family-owned Minnesota-themed apparel and accessory company, has just launched the MN Brewery Shirt Club. This is a monthly membership box that is designed to promote local Minnesota breweries and encourage Minnesotans to visit a variety of breweries that they may not normally venture to. Each box contains a t-shirt featuring that month’s brewery, along with a sticker...

Emily Vikre owns the Vikre Distillery in Duluth. This is one of my favorite places to spend an evening in Duluth as I am a huge fan of her various Gin varieties. In addition, Emily is the Cookbook Author of "Camp Cocktails" and the new "Family Camp Cookbook" The family camp cookbook recipes are accessible, and fun and really make planning a delicious outdoor camping trip pretty seamless. Try this...

Margie Morgan took her "Covid Casualty" lay off and turned it into Good Morgan Foods . Her granola is not too sweet and has a pinch of salt that takes it over the top. Find Margie at various Farmers' Markets around town or order her original, blueberry or peanut butter granola here. Support the show Follow the Makers of Minnesota on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram @MakersofMN. Se...

Third Street Brewhouse is brewing Minnesota Gold Lager, a sessionable, 88 calorie ,1.4 grams low carb beer in Cold Spring Minnesota. We spoke with Lindsay Wallace about bringing this low-carb, full-flavored lager from Minnesota to market. Support the show Follow the Makers of Minnesota on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram @MakersofMN. Send story ideas to Stephanie@stephaniesdish.com If you apprec...

Tricia Cornell was my second farmers’ market cooking inspiration. Deborah Madison was my first and if I know anything, I know Tricia would be pleased that my brain works like that. First, “What would Deborah Madison, author of 14 books on local cooking do?” with this pile of green beans, and second … “What would Tricia Cornell , master of Minnesota veggie season and CSA seasonal cooking, do” with...

KLN Family Brands is a manufacturer of pet foods and candy based in Perham Minnesota. We talk with Mike Hamilton who leads up the Tuffys and Nutrisource Pet food brands and Jadi Anderson who heads up Kenny's candy division including Wiley Wallaby Australian licorice and Sweet Chaos popcorn , about being a manufacturer from a family-owned company in Minnesota. Support the show Follow the Maker...

I had a delightful conversation with Amanda Paa. Amanda is a food stylist, the author of the “Smitten With Squash Cookbook” and prolific food blogger at HeartbeetKitchen.com , a truly wonderful blog that more recently has featured her exploration into Sourdough Bread baking. Take a listen and you can order her starter here: In Amanda’s words, “Trying to create a sourdough starter  on your own  can...

Taste your way through Minnesota Monthly's 10th annual Grill Fest! Find all your favorite grilled foods and a range of Minnesota Makers while sampling wines and specialty beers. Test out the hottest grills, gather recipes, and learn how to barbecue like a pro with Minnesota made products like: Face Punch Foods 2 Dads Bloody Mix Bare Honey Here's the Deal Spice Hooch Booch Kombucha Kickle...

Nicolle Nelson, founder of Delicacies Jewelry, wanted to continue to spread the message of female positivity and encouragement through her love of food and she did it by creating Delicacies Jewelry. If you're stumped about what to give the food-lover in your life, I recommend Delicacies jewelry. Whether you are the Tomato lady like me or obsessed with your favorite dumpling or noodle their li...

What a treat it was to interview Yotam Ottolenghi last week for our Weekly Dish radio show podcast. Yotam will be in town on May 5, at 7 p.m. for Voices 22, the speaker series at Temple Israel. Get your tickets here . Stephanie and I really enjoyed talking with him about hospitality, cooking, covid, and where he likes to vacation. I loved chatting with him about his “Covid Cooking.” Here is a link...

When we last talked to Ryan Rosenthal and Mike von Fange (Season 3 Episode 13) they had left their jobs to pursue a convenience store model that stocked, healthy, nutritious, convenient foods including prepared soups and salads. Post-Covid a soup subscription business was born. From there they have added high-quality "Chefy" frozen pizzas, bread, and cookies with the hopes of continuing...

3 Bear Oats was born from its founder, Therese Moore's love of cooking and her many years in Europe. Having relocated to Minnesota, Therese began experimenting with steel-cut oats in ways common to Northern European meal routines.  Whether savory or sweet Steel cut oats provide the base for the original grain bowl. 3 Bear Oats embraces the bounty of local farms in season, while supporting loc...