Events & Appearances

You can keep track of events via BookTour.com (and see who else is reading in your area, especially at independent bookstores...) Also, check out my blog about writing, food and whatever. The new wave of events are to support the paperback edition of The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry.

Sept 4               Auntie's Bookstore, Spokane, WA
7:30 p.m.          402 W. Main Street, (509) 828-0326 

Sept. 10th         Carmichael's Bookstore, Louisville, KY
7 p.m.                2720 Frankfort Avenue, (502) 896-6950

Sept. 11th          Garden District Book Shop, New Orleans, LA
5:30 p.m.           2720 Prytania Street, (504) 895-2266

Sept. 13th          Bookmarks Book Festival, Winston-Salem, NC
11:30 a.m.         Cooking demonstration, Food for Thought tent

Sept. 15th         Third Place Books, Bothell, Wa.
7 p.m.               17171 Bothell Way N.E.,

Sept. 18th         Village Books, Bellingham, Wa.
6:30 p.m.          Cooking class and reading, with wine with Ciao Thyme & In the Kitchen. 
                           This demonstration class is limited to 26 people and cost $60 per person
                           and includes a signed book. Details (360) 733-1599.

Sept. 23rd        Book Passage, San Francisco, CA
6 p.m.               1 Ferry Building  (415) 927-0960

Sept. 29th         Elliott Bay Book Co., Seattle, WA
 7 p.m.              101 S. Main Street (206) 624-6600
                           Reading and discussion with wine and cheese tasting and 
                           a brief culinary  trivia competition.
                        
Oct. 12             Big Read Festival, St. Louis, Mo.
TBD                  Reading and Q&A

October           Sofitel Hotel, Minneapolis, mN
                         Cocktail reception. Details TBD.

Winter 09         Introduction to Food Writing Weekend, Seattle, WA
Date TBD         Two-day intensive workshop on the fundmanetals of food
                          writing. Covers basics on writing books, articles, blogs, recipe
                          testing, restaurant reviewing and more. Includes a cooking
                          demo and reviewing dry run. Limited to 12 participants. 
                          Click here for a pdf file with details. (You will need Adobe
                         Acrobat to open.) Held at the Richard Hugo House.

Previous apperances, events, etc.:
(Bookstores below may have signed copies in stock)
The James Beard House, New York, Los Angeles Times Book Festival, Market Kitchen (UKTV), W.H. Smith (Paris, France), University Bookstore, Seattle, WA, Powell's City of Books, Portland Chicagourmet Club, Chicago, IL (author dinner at the fabulous 160 Blue restaurant), DePaul Univeristy Bookstore, Chicago, Harry W. Schwartz Reader's Retreat, Milwaukee, Wis., Brookline Books, Brookline, Mass., R.J. Julia, Madison, Conn., Sofitel Hotels (Philadelphia, Chicago, Miami, Redwood City, Los Angelos and Washington, D.C.), Malaprops, Asheville, N.C., Sarasota News & Books, Sarasota, Fla., Books & Books, Coral Gables, Fla., Vromen's Bookstore, Pasadena, Calif., Books Inc., San Francisco, Calif., Texas Book Festival, Austin, Tex., Left Bank Books, St. Louis, Mo., Wordstock, Portland, Richard Hugo House, Seattle, Bartolotta's Lake Park Bistro, Milwaukee, Union League of Chicago, Farmington Library, Metro Bis Restaurant, Simsbury, CT (author dinner),  Leonard Lopate Show (NPR radio interview), Borders at Columbus Circle, New York City