Four Pines Bookstore to host 'Christmas Cookies with Amy Thielen'

Four Pines Bookstore web art — Four Pines Bookstore is located at 102 Third Street in downtown Bemidji.

By Pioneer Staff Report

November 09, 2023 at 9:00 AM

BEMIDJI 鈥� Four Pines Bookstore will host "Christmas Cookies with Amy Thielen" at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, at the bookstore, 102 Third St. NW.

Participants will have the opportunity to enjoy Christmas treats from Thielen's newest cookbook, provided by Sundog Handmade, meet the author and receive a signed copy of the book.

"'Company' will have you rethinking the way you entertain, throwing dinner parties that are less formal, more frequent, and as fun for the cook as for the guests," a release said. "Company includes 125 loyal recipes arranged in menu form 鈥� from intimate dinner parties to larger holiday feasts to parties that serve up to twenty."

Thielen is a James Beard Award-winning author and previous host of Heartland Table on the Food Network, the release said. Her other published cookbooks include "The New Midwestern Table" and "Give a Girl a Knife."

Tickets cost $50 in advance or $55 at the door. Attendees in a group can purchase additional tickets for $10 per person, which does not include a copy of the book.

Tickets can be purchased at the Four Pines Bookstore or online at

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