Steve Hoffman

Taylor O'Brien

Author of "A Season For That," Steve Hoffman is a Minnesota tax preparer and food writer. His writing has won multiple national awards, including the 2019 James Beard M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award. He has been published in Food & Wine, The Washington Post and The Minneapolis Star Tribune, among others. He shares one acre on Turtle Lake, in Shoreview, Minnesota, with his wife, Mary Jo, their elderly and entitled puggle, and roughly 80,000 honeybees.

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Awards: James Beard Award, IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) Food Writing Award

Lives in Food and Drink

Taming nature to cultivate food and drink can create joy or immense heartache, often at the same time. Preparing that bounty for others is no small feat either. Join three intrepid adventurers who have braved the culinary establishment in different ways.

Koffler Room 216 (Seats 89, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sat, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Multigenre
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Silvana Esparza, Steve Friesen, Steve Hoffman
Moderator: Donna Nordin

The Nature of Things

Authors Mimi Zieman, Steve Hoffman and Neil Greenfieldboyce come to the festival after traveling to the edges of the world. How have their experiences in nature influenced them to provide a new perspective on the past and how we view the future?

Student Union Kachina (Seats 100)  
Sun, Mar 16, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Nell Greenfieldboyce, Steve Hoffman, Mimi Zieman
Moderator: Tony Paniagua

Book:

A Season for That

Lost and Found in the Other Southern France
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Crown
July 2024
ISBN 9780593240281
368 pages