Rick Nelson
Reporter
Dining and FoodNelson and Taste editor Lee Svitak Dean are publishing "The Great Minnesota Cookie Book: Award-winning recipes from the Star Tribune's Holiday Cookie Contest" (University of Minnesota Press) in October 2018.
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Need a baking project? These two cookie recipes are your answer
Takes on baklava and stollen were adored by the judges, but are too complex for average bakers. We're trying them anyway.
December 1, 2022
10 favorite recipes from 20 years of the Star Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest
Of the 100-plus recipes that we've published since 2003, these 10 are Rick Nelson's favorites.
December 1, 2022
Winners of the 20th annual Star Tribune Holiday Cookies Contest
These five bakers won us over with sugar, spice and everything nice.
December 1, 2022
Nicollet Mall, once an urban oasis, is now flowerless
The parklike greensward of the rendering for the planned remake doesn't match the current stark reality.
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The story behind the makeover of the 50-year-old IDS Crystal Court
How the $5 million makeover, five years in the making and a model of sensitivity and ingenuity, came to be.
July 1, 2022
Minnesota honeyberries are bursting with flavor and possibilities
They're at home anywhere you'd use a blueberry.
June 22, 2022
'Gay Pride was invented here': The origins of Pride in the Twin Cities
As the celebration marks its 50th anniversary next week, we trace its history through the words of the people who lived it.
June 17, 2022
The skyscraper that could have redefined downtown St. Paul
When a promising office tower proposal fizzled in 1970, it set off a dispiriting architectural chain reaction.
June 17, 2022
The story behind the makeover of the 50-year-old IDS Crystal Court
How the $5 million makeover, five years in the making and a model of sensitivity and ingenuity, came to be.
July 1, 2022
Minnesota honeyberries are bursting with flavor and possibilities
They're at home anywhere you'd use a blueberry.
June 22, 2022
'Gay Pride was invented here': The origins of Pride in the Twin Cities
As the celebration marks its 50th anniversary next week, we trace its history through the words of the people who lived it.
June 17, 2022
The skyscraper that could have redefined downtown St. Paul
When a promising office tower proposal fizzled in 1970, it set off a dispiriting architectural chain reaction.
June 17, 2022