For this food-loving novel, I thought we'd offer something a little extra: you can buy a VIP ticket for $18 which includes a paperback copy of The School of Essential Ingredients (signed and personalized by the author the night of the event, of course!) and a pre-signing tasting reception with the author, featuring sumptuous nibbles from Eat Local.  The VIP event starts at 6:00.  Tickets are limited and will be on sale at the store (or over the phone) through closing on Thursday January 14.

If you can't make it to the VIP tasting at 6:00, please join us at 6:30 for our no-reservations-required reading and signing with Erica Bauermeister.  This portion of the evening is free and open to the public.  Erica will read from her novel, which is centered around a cooking class.  Savor her evocative taste descriptions and richly-created characters!  The reading will be followed by a question and answer session and a signing, when the author will autograph copies of her book.

The School of Essential Ingredients (Paperback)

By Erica Bauermeister

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780425232095
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Berkley Trade, 1/2010

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A "heartbreakingly delicious" national bestseller about a chef, her students, and the evocative lessons that food teaches about life

Once a month, eight students gather in Lillian's restaurant for a cooking class. Among them is Claire, a young woman coming to terms with her new identity as a mother; Tom, a lawyer whose life has been overturned by loss; Antonia, an Italian kitchen designer adapting to life in America; and Carl and Helen, a long-married couple whose union contains surprises the rest of the class would never suspect...

The students have come to learn the art behind Lillian's soulful dishes, but it soon becomes clear that each seeks a recipe for something beyond the kitchen. And soon they are transformed by the aromas, flavors, and textures of what they create.

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