Hungry for Bookmarks
Bookmarks book festival is coming up Saturday, Sept. 12. It has moved downtown, around Trade Street, this year.
As usual, cookbook authors will not only be signing books, but also doing cooking demos.
Best of fall, they give out samples of their dishes, and it’s FREE.
Notable this year is an appearance by Frank Stitt, the author of Frank Stitt’s Southern Table and Frank Stitt’s Bottega Favorita. The latter is on Italian food, and that’s the new book from which he’ll be demonstrating.
Stitt, who owns three restaurants in Birmingham, Ala., is probably one of the best chefs in the Southeast. His cooking combines a love of French and Italian with a Southerner’s heart.
He may use polenta instead of grits, or pancetta instead of bacon, but you can’t deny the Southern feel to his Italian food and vice-versa.
Check out my Sept. 9 story on all four cookbook authors coming to Bookmarks.
For a complete schedule of Bookmarks authors and events, visit www.bookmarksbookfestival.org.
