Cookbook Talk, Signing, & Tasting with North Carolina Chef & Gardener Cathy Cleary
Asheville, North Carolina, chef, gardener, and restaurateur Cathy Cleary will be discussing her new cookbook, The Southern Harvest Cookbook (The History Press, paperback, $24.99), at a book talk, followed by a Q&A session and a book signing, at Fiction Addiction on Monday, January 29th, at 2pm. Ms. Cleary will have samples from her cookbook for attendees to taste.
This event is free and open to the public, but please RSVP to Fiction Addiction if you plan to attend. Books can be purchased online, at the store, or by calling Fiction Addiction at 864-675-0540.
The southern garden produces delights in all four seasons, from asparagus to tomatoes, apples to collard greens. Make use of the bounty of your garden or farmers’ market with new twists on familiar favorites. Recipes for Apple Radish Salad and Bacon Apple Burgers break up a fall parade of crisps and crumbles. Instead of roasting, make Whiskey Braised Sweet Potatoes or Sweet Potato Peanut Stew and add greens to Shrimp and Grits. Recipes for preserving herbs, pickling peaches and berry jams mean that your harvest will never go to waste. Let experienced gardener and cook Cathy Cleary walk you through four seasons of fresh, flavorful cooking.
About the author:
Cathy Cleary began cooking and baking at the ripe age of four. In 2000, she opened the West End Bakery and Cafe in West Asheville, which quickly became an iconic eatery, and in 2014 published The West End Bakery and Cafe Cookbook to satistisfy requests to share her recipes. Cathy and her husband own a small farm outside Asheville where they grow as much food as possible. Cathy is a contributor to the Carolina Table: North Carolina Writers on Food, and her website (thecookandgarden.com) includes a blog of stories about her adventures in the kitchen and garden.