At the LA Times Food x Now concession stand
World-famous Los Angeles cookbook store Now Serving teams up with LA Times Food for meet-ups and signings with recent and upcoming chefs and cookbook authors. We'll also have merchandise from LA Times Food, including a new apron from Hedley & Bennett and a new batch of our California Heat spice from Burlap & Barrel. Also meet the LA Times Food staff writers and editors!
Saturday April 20
Sara Kramer, left, and Sarah Hymanson outside Kramer's home in Echo Park.
(Catherine Dzilenski / For The Times)
10 to 11 hours: Ask chefs and authors Sarah Kramer and Sara Hymanson anything about her “vegetable-intensive” restaurant (on LA Times 101) and her upcoming book “Kismet: Bright, Fresh, Vegetable-Loving Recipes.”
The author of “The SalviSoul Cookbook”, Karla Vásquez, in the LA Times Test Kitchen.
(Katrina Frederick / For The Times)
11 a.m. to noon: Ask the author Karla Tatiana Vasquez anything about Salvadoran food and her upcoming book “The SalviSoul Cookbook: Salvadoran Recipes and the Women Who Preserve themeter.”
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.:Ask the vegan recipe developer and founder of the Veggiekins website Remy Morimoto Park nothing about her book “Sesame, Soy, Spice: 90 Asian, Vegan, and Gluten-Free Recipes to Reconnect, Root, and Restore.”
1 to 2 p.m.: Ask the Cooking Video Host Rie McClenny anything about cooking on camera and her book “Make It Japanese: Simple Recipes for Everyone.”
2. to 3 p.m.: Ask Magnolia Network Host and “Ranch to Table” Lifestyle Professional Elizabeth Poett anything about ranching and his book “The Ranch Table.”
Sunday April 21
Chef Michael Twitty with his food memoir “Koshersoul” at the LA Times Test Kitchen.
(Andrea D'Agosto / For The Times)
11 a.m. to noon:Ask the recipe developer, food stylist and author of “Salad Freak” Jess Damuck anything about working with Martha Stewart and her new book “Health Nut.”
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.: Ask wild Rose anything about baking with whole grains, her Red Bread bakery, or her “Bread and Roses” cookbook.
1 to 2 p.m..: Ask the Netflix TV food editor and cooking host Alicia Whitney anything about her career and her new cookbook “Big Dip Energy: 88 Parties in a Bowl for Snacks, Dinners, Desserts, and More.”
2 to 3 p.m.: Ask the culinary historian and author. Michael Twitty anything about his Afroculinaria website, the James Beard Book Award for “The Cooking Gene” or his later book “Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew.”
3 to 4 p.m.: Ask the Michelin Star Chef Iliana Regan about running a restaurant in the Michigan woods or his latest memoir, “Fieldwork.”
Author, former restaurant critic and magazine editor Ruth Reichl.
(Michael singer)
4 to 5 p.m.: Ask Ruth Reichl nothing about being a restaurant critic, editor of Gourmet, and author of memoirs and fiction. Plus, he gets signed bookplates for his upcoming “The Paris Novel.”
