This interview originally aired on In the Moment on SDPB Radio.
J. Ryan Stradal wrote a book about a restaurant during a year he couldn't go to one. "Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club" was written during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He talks about how he fell in love with food and why it's important to write strong female characters living in the Midwest.
Stradal is part of the South Dakota Festival of Books.
