Paris USED to be the Food Capitol of the World...

But that's so over:

SARA FOSTER
Thursday, April 7, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Local cookbook author and owner of Foster’s Market, Sara Foster, will launch her new book, Sara Foster’s Southern Kitchen: Soulful, Traditional, Seasonal, with a reading, signing and tasting. Bill Smith, local chef and author, writes, “In her Southern Kitchen, Sara uses her simple yet sophisticated style of cooking to introduce us to the foods she grew up with in Tennessee. Some of the recipes are traditional, others have been adapted to modern times. All will tempt people who love to cook.”

SHERI CASTLE
Thursday, April 21, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Food writer and cooking instructor Sheri Castle will discuss and sign copies of her new book, The New Southern Garden Cookbook. Samples will be served! “Castle has written an Asparagus-to-Zucchini compendium of delectable recipes with deep southern soul,” write Matt and Ted Lee, authors of The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern. “Interwoven throughout is Castle’s own narrative—of a North Carolina gal who found her way home through cooking and gardening—told in an engaging, encouraging voice that home cooks will enjoy having close to the stove.”

ANDREA REUSING
Friday, April 22, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
James Beard nominee and chef/owner of Lantern Restaurant Andrea Reusing will discuss and sign copies of her new book, Cooking in the Moment: A Year of Seasonal Recipes. Samples will be served! With an emphasis on local ingredients, this collection is a “mix of childhood favorites, standbys that can be prepared quickly, simple restaurant dishes, and celebration dishes to feed a crowd.” This is a book to sit-down-and-read, as well as open-and-use.

PATRICIA WELLS
Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Cookbook author Patricia Wells will discuss and sign copies of her new book, Salad as a Meal: Healthy Main-Dish Salads for Every Season. The author of ten previous books, Wells also runs a well-known cooking school in Paris and Provence. She was also the restaurant critic for the International Herald Tribune from 1980 to 2007.