Chef sue zelickson biography

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Many of us like to consider ourselves foodies, but for one pint-sized almost 80-year-old, the term means charity events, cookbooks and developing new organizations.

Sue Zelickson might be one of the Twin Cities' notable "ladies who lunch," but she gets up around 5 a.m.

to organize, create and plead with others to help the community.

There's a lot to love at Good Day Cafe in Golden Valley -- the buzz, the atmosphere, the sweet potato pancakes.

Many have shared a meal with Zelickson.

She is a James Beard Award winner who founded the local Charlie Awards.

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You may recognize her picture from her column in Minnesota Monthly, where she got involved in their food and wine experience since its beginning in 1994.

She also crams in hundreds of hours of charity work each year. She founded Women Who Really Cook and Kid's Cafe at Perspectives Family Center.

Proceeds from the line go back to the Kid's Cafe.

That's not her only recipe for charity.

"I edited about eight