Finlandia Foundation National is pleased to announce Suzanne Matson as Lecturer of the Year. Suzanne is available to appear at FFN chapters from January through December 2023.
Suzanne is a Boston-based poet and author of the lauded novel Ultraviolet, and professor of creative writing at Boston College.
Suzanne will talk about Finnish identity as a writer and read from her works, followed by a Q&A session. She offers the option of an interactive, two-hour workshop, “Writing our Family Stories.”
Watch for details about booking an appearance by Suzanne.
MEET THE FINN COOKS
At the end of December 2022, Soile Anderson and Eleanor Ostman will complete their tour as Lecturer of the Year. You can “Meet the Finn Cooks” on YouTube!
Soile and Eleanor demonstrate how to make traditional Finnish foods at the FFN YouTube channel; click here.
Click here for the grilled trout and cucumber-dill dressing recipes
Click here for the sima and tippaleivä recipes
Click here for the mojakka recipe (not on YouTube)
Click here for the blueberry coffee cake recipe
Click here for the rosolli recipe
Noted Twin Cities food experts Soile Anderson and Eleanor Ostman will co-present a tasty program about Finnish foodways as Lecturer of the Year from July 1, 2019 through December 2022.
The Minnesotans co-authored the book Celebrations to Remember: Exceptional Party Decor and Fabulous Food.
Soile (below in red apron) is a native of Finland who relocated to Minnesota and the St. Paul area, where she opened The Deco Restaurant, Taste of Scandinavia bakeries and the Finnish Bistro. She has been featured in Martha Stewart Living magazine, and in 2017 she was inducted into the Scandinavian American Hall of Fame.
Eleanor (in blue apron) is of Finnish descent, and was born and raised in Hibbing, Minnesota. She studied journalism at Macalester College and was food writer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. She drew on decades of her columns and published two cookbooks, Always on Sunday and Always on Sunday Revisited.
She and Soile met in the 1980s and developed a lifelong friendship and partnership in presenting food demonstrations and talks. They are able to tailor their presentation to the interest and size of the audience and capabilities of the venue.
FFN chapters in good standing* may book their appearance between July 1, 2019 and December 30, 2022 by contacting LOY Chair Hilary-Joy Virtanen at hilary.virtanen @ finlandia.edu.
*A chapter must be fully current in dues owed to Finlandia Foundation National, and meet the other requirements of FFN affiliation, to be considered a chapter in good standing.
For more information on hosting the LOY, click here.
CLICK HERE for a brochure about Soile and Eleanor. 