LYNNE ROSSETTO KASPER

Claim to fame: Host of the American Public Media's "The Splendid Table," (6 a.m. Sunday, 2 p.m. Saturday on KNOW 91.1 FM); author of "The Splendid Table" and "The Italian Country Table."

Lives on: A St. Paul street lined with Victorian homes.

Shares home with: Husband Frank and Babe, the six-burner, 17,500-btu Wolf range.

Loves Minnesota because: "This is a fabulous place. Look at all the restaurants, the markets, all the ethnic grocery stores. I can go to a farmer's market and buy pork that was raised 20 minutes from here."