Events

Join us for a demo, tasting, and book signing with Top Chef Masters winner Rick Bayless, as he shows us the goods from his newest cookbook, Fiesta at Rick's. Tickets are $65 per person and include samples of Rick's dishes, wine and beer tastings, and a signed copy of Fiesta at Rick's. Tickets may be purchased at Brown Paper Tickets. This James Beard Award-winning chef of Frontera Grill is also the host of the PBS show, Mexico--One Plate at a Time, and his new cookbook, Fiesta at Rick's is required reading for everyone who loves opening their home to friends and good times.

Left Bank Books and KMOX/Fontbonne University Book Club with Charlie Brennan present a discussion and book signing with Top Chef Masters winner Rick Bayless. Whether you're hosting a casual get-together with friends or thowing an outdoor shindig, no one can teach you the art of fiesta like Rick Bayless. This James Beard Award-winning chef of Frontera Grill is also the host of the PBS show, Mexico--One Plate at a Time, and his new cookbook, Fiesta at Rick's is requried reading for everyone who loves opening their home to friends and good times. This event is free and open to the public, but please RSVP to rsvp@left-bank.com. Books for signing must be purchased from Left Bank Books in advance or at the event.

America works, but only for the Financial Elite. In Getting America Back to Work, America's best known and foremost union organizer Stewart J. Acuff teams up with economist Dr. Richard Levins to show how to put money and power back into the hands of working families. Missouri Representative Jeanette Mott Oxford has cited Acuff's arguments during House debate on the "Ford bill," and she will introduce the author at the event.(Check out Rep. Oxford's Letter to the Editor in the Post-Dispatch at http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-to-the-editor/article_72e8ea15-4cb7-5e0c-a97c-50ac93014dd6.html!)

In Honest Eating, Jane McClaren shares what enabled her to merge her love of food with a healthy attitude and body, going from being a depressed over-eater to embarking on a 35-year study of food and health. She shares hard-won insights about good foods that "tell the truth" and "bad foods that lie," and she teaches us that we can be healthy and still maintain a positive relationship with food. McClaren received her M.A. in English from University of Missouri-St. Louis.

A shadowy figure seen lurking on the widow's walk is only the beginning of Laura's strange and frightening experiences in her creepy old house. Add in a stalker, acerbic adult stepchildren, an unwanted suitor, a mother with Alzheimer's, and the rumor that her house is haunted. Join us in celebrating local author Judy Moresi's newest mystery, Widow's Walk.

A native of St. Louis, Michele Andrea Bowen grew up in the Washington Metropolitan AME Zion Church, and she returns to both for a reception and book signing of More Church Folk. Her newest book finds Rev. Theophilus Simmons running a congregation in St. Louis and discovering a new scandal that will come to a head at the 1986 Tirennial General Conference. More Church Folk is a sequel to Bowen's best-selling, wise, and hilarious Church Folk. The cost to attend the reception and book signing is $10; RSVP to Karen Lenior: 314.210.1651, or KASL107@aol.com .

In The Wild Vine, author Todd Kliman sets out on an epic quest to unravel the mystery behind Norton, a grape used to make a Missouri wine that claimed a prestigious gold medal at an international exhibition in Vienna in 1873. And then Norton all but vanished. What happened? Find out the mystery behind Norton as well as sample Norton and other wines, courtesty of St. James Winery, at this special discussion, book signing, and wine tasting.

Combining rollicking intellectual history and playful journalism, In Utopia explores and interprets a concept as influential as any in the history of mankind. J.C. Hallman is also the author of The Chess Artist, The Hospital for Bad Poets, and The Story About the Story.