
A conversation with Bea Ojakangas
From Welcome to Duluth! by Mayor Roger Reinert
April 24, 2026 · 42 min · Season 1 · Episode 9
About this episode
This episode features a conversation with Beatrice Ojakangas, a renowned cookbook author and public television personality, discussing her culinary journey and experiences.
This month we feature Beatrice Ojakangas. Bea is an icon of the northland. She has published more than 32 cookbooks, written for a variety of magazines and is familiar face from public television who has shared her love of cooking and Finnish heritage with audiences across the country. Our conversation covered everything from her journey in the kitchen to what it was like to get a call from Julia Childs.
People in this episode
Host: Roger Reinert
Guest: Beatrice Ojakangas
Topics covered
- cooking
- Finnish heritage
- cookbooks
- public television
- culinary journey
Keywords
- Beatrice Ojakangas
- cookbooks
- cooking
- Finnish heritage
- Julia Childs
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