Amy Thielen

Ready to share her Midwest, Amy is a former chef who returned to America's heartland after a stint in the Big Apple. She's celebrating comfort food favorites on the second season of Heartland Table.

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Amy Thielen

Amy Thielen, the host of Heartland Table on Food Network, grew up a few miles from the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Minnesota.

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Grilled Butterflied Lamb with African Spices and Herbed Yogurt

Birch Whiskey Snow Cocktail

Cast-Iron Carrots with Curry

Glorified Hash-Brown Cake with Frying Peppers

Peppered Pork and Parmesan Flatbread Sandwiches

Crispy Cheese Curd Risotto Cake

Steakhouse Deviled Eggs

Maple Bread with Soft Cheese

Fried Onion Dip

Hot Grape Cider

Crispy Trout with Kitchen Butter Sauce

Parsley Salad with Toasted Almonds and Lemon

Icelandic Ponnokukur

Blueberry-Lemon Pie with a Butter Crust

Nebraskan Runzas

Rhubarb Baked in Wild Raspberry Syrup

Buttercup Marshmallow S'Mores

Roasted Shrimp with Homemade Cocktail Sauce

Leaf Lard Crust

Maple-Lacquered Bacon

Smoked Sardine Caesar with Salumi and Pan-Croutons

Whipped Potatoes

Roast Chicken with Green Herb Stuffing

Monkfish Almondine

Classic Chicken and Wild Rice Hotdish

Marinated Cherry Tomatoes with Arugula

Green Salad with Brown Butter Walnut Vinaigrette

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Heartland Table

Join Amy Thielen, native Midwesterner, chef and connoisseur of all things authentically Midwestern, in her charming cabin kitchen as she cooks some of the heartland’s most delicious and often surprising dishes.