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

Maple-Lacquered Bacon

Smoked Sardine Caesar with Salumi and Pan-Croutons

Green Salad with Brown Butter Walnut Vinaigrette

Marinated Cherry Tomatoes with Arugula

Buttercup Marshmallow S'Mores

Roasted Shrimp with Homemade Cocktail Sauce

Rhubarb Baked in Wild Raspberry Syrup

Glorified Hash-Brown Cake with Frying Peppers

Oven-Baked Short Ribs with Porter Beer Mop

Birch Whiskey Snow Cocktail

Steakhouse Deviled Eggs

Peppered Pork and Parmesan Flatbread Sandwiches

Cast-Iron Carrots with Curry

New Potatoes with Grilled Onion Butter

Crispy Cheese Curd Risotto Cake

Roast Chicken with Green Herb Stuffing

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

Whipped Potatoes

Sherry Lemon Drop

Edamame with Dill Salt and Pea Shoots

Monkfish Almondine

Grilled Butterflied Lamb with African Spices and Herbed Yogurt