About the Host

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.

About the Show

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. She will also take us to meet the locals at their rural homes or restaurants, lakeside kitchens and working farms.

Most Popular Recipes

All Heartland Table Recipes

Roast Chicken with Green Herb Stuffing

Crispy Trout with Kitchen Butter Sauce

Parsley Salad with Toasted Almonds and Lemon

Fried Onion Dip

Hot Grape Cider

Maple-Lacquered Bacon

Whipped Potatoes

Leaf Lard Crust

Rhubarb Baked in Wild Raspberry Syrup

Green Salad with Brown Butter Walnut Vinaigrette

Buttercup Marshmallow S'Mores

Roasted Shrimp with Homemade Cocktail Sauce

Maple Bread with Soft Cheese

Crispy Cheese Curd Risotto Cake

Cast-Iron Carrots with Curry

Steakhouse Deviled Eggs

Glorified Hash-Brown Cake with Frying Peppers

Oven-Baked Short Ribs with Porter Beer Mop

Birch Whiskey Snow Cocktail

Pork Meatloaf with Cabbage and Prunes

Fried Ring Bologna

Blueberry-Lemon Pie with a Butter Crust

Grilled Butterflied Lamb with African Spices and Herbed Yogurt

Sherry Lemon Drop

Monkfish Almondine

Marinated Cherry Tomatoes with Arugula

Edamame with Dill Salt and Pea Shoots