The author and new restaurateur opens up about hot dish, home and why there should always be a place at the table for Snickers salad.
MINNEAPOLIS — Molly Yeh has a lot on her plate. With a popular television show, a new baby, a new cookbook, a new line of cookware and a new restaurant in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, she is in constant motion.
Along with her brand of plucky warmth, hearty work ethic and reverent love of cookie salad, there's also the growing ambition of an entrepreneur as Yeh cements herself as Minnesota's answer to the Pioneer Woman. Much like blogger-turned-lifestyle guru Ree Drummond turned a small Oklahoma town into a homey empire, Yeh's blog, books, Food Network show and restaurant invite fans to experience her slice of the Upper Midwest. Not an obvious path for a Juilliard-trained percussionist.
