BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Adventures By The Book - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Adventures By The Book X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Adventures By The Book REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260419T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260419T193000 DTSTAMP:20260506T181641 CREATED:20251222T161147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T183040Z UID:10000602-1776619800-1776627000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Inside the Author's Studio: a Life & Laughter Adventure featuring actress\, comedian\, and New York Times bestselling author Annabelle Gurwitch DESCRIPTION:About the Live and In-Person Adventure\n\n“Laughter is my favorite survival skill.” — Annabelle Gurwitch \nAdventures by the Book® is delighted to welcome beloved actress\, comedian\, and bestselling author Annabelle Gurwitch for a special Life & Laughter Adventure as part of our Inside the Author’s Studio series. Join us for an intimate\, early-evening gathering inside a private San Diego home\, where Annabelle will share the wit\, warmth\, and fearless honesty that have made her both a fan favorite and a cultural truth-teller. \nIn her new book\, The End of My Life Is Killing Me\, Annabelle chronicles her experience living with Stage 4 lung cancer with the same sharp humor and emotional clarity that defined her earlier award-winning work. The result is a memoir that is unexpectedly joyful\, profoundly human\, and—yes—laugh-out-loud funny. This conversation will explore not only her writing and her creative process\, but also the ways humor\, community\, and storytelling illuminate even life’s most challenging chapters. \nGuests will enjoy a cozy\, salon-style discussion\, light bites and sweets\, a signed copy of Annabelle’s book\, and the rare opportunity to connect up close with an author whose voice is as courageous as it is hilarious. Come share an evening of resilience\, truth-telling\, and the kind of heartfelt laughter that reminds us why stories matter. \nRegistration\nTo register for the in-person event\, simply select the Event Registration (4.19.26) option below\, and the address to the private San Diego (Tierrasanta) residence will be provided 3 days prior to the event via email. Due to the special nature of this event\, only a limited number of spaces are available. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nAnnabelle Gurwitch is an actress\, activist\, and New York Times bestselling author of six books and two-time finalist for the Thurber Prize. \nHer essays have appeared in The New Yorker\, New York Times\, Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, Boston Globe\, and Hadassah Magazine amongst other publications. Her six books include the New York Times bestseller and Thurber Prize finalist I See You Made an Effort. \nAnnabelle co-hosted the fan favorite Dinner & a Movie on TBS\, was a regular commentator for NPR. She is serving in leadership as a patient advocate with the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC). Her acting credits include: “Seinfeld\,””Murphy Brown\,””Boston Legal\,” and “Dexter.” She is a Jewish mother\, a terrible gardener\, even worse ukulele player\, a lung cancer survivor\, and an unrepentant cat lady who lives in Los Angeles. \nIn her deftly comedic and deeply contemplative memoir\, The End of My Life is Killing Me\, Annabelle faces life’s biggest curveball only to find resilience in the most unlikely places. After she received an out-of-the blue diagnosis of Stage 4 lung cancer\, an existential dread set in\, but instead of turning into a cancer warrior\, Annabelle declared herself a cancer slacker. Her motto: no runs\, no ribbons\, no religion. \nIn this hilariously and deeply affecting meditation on mortality\, the actress and activist illuminates life with chronic disease\, inequities in care\, and celebrates tiny victories\, the crusty ends of baguettes\, the discreet pleasure of sucking at a hobby\, and the unshakable bond of female friendship. She upends the notion of living each day as if it were your last\, as she discovers you can carpe too much diem\, embracing\, instead\, the extraordinariness of the ordinary. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/annabelle-gurwitch-4-19-26/ CATEGORIES:Cooking Adventure,Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/4.19.26-annabelle-gurwitch-studio-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231104T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231104T190000 DTSTAMP:20260506T181641 CREATED:20230831T080303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185854Z UID:10000450-1699113600-1699124400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Inside the Author's Studio: a Desi High Tea Adventure featuring South Asian chef and food memoirist Madhushree Ghosh DESCRIPTION:About the Live and In-Person Adventure\n\n“Equal parts memoir\, political commentary\, and cookbook\,… (KHABAAR) braids food and memory and loss into a single compelling strand.” – Rishi Reddi in LA Review of Books \nJust in time for Diwali\, India’s biggest and most important holiday of the year\, we would be honored for you to join us for a Desi High Tea Adventure\, with traditional Indian fare such as homemade masala chai\, samosas with chutney\, tandoori chicken masala in roti\, kheer with berries\, as chef and author Madhushree Ghosh shares the stories of chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners as well as her experiences as an immigrant in her cookbook memoir KHABAAR: An Immigrant Journey of Food\, Memory\, and Family. \nJoin us at Madshushree’s private home in San Diego for the next in our Inside the Author’s Studio series\, where you will have the opportunity to meet the author up close and personal. \nYour Adventure includes food\, a beverage\, tax\, a copy of KHABAAR: An Immigrant Journey of Food\, Memory\, and Family to be delivered and signed at the event\, the intimate\, authentic Desi High Tea ceremony that includes a diya\, or tea light\, outdoor lighting ceremony for people to light and wish each other well as part of the Diwali celebration experience and the opportunity to engage with Madhushree live and in-person. \nDue to the special nature of this event\, only a limited number of spaces are available and event is expected to sell out. \nRegistration\nTo register for the in-person event\, simply select the Event Registration (11-4-23) option below\, and the address to Madhushree’s private residence will be provided 3 days prior to the event via email. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nMadhushree Ghosh has written prolifically on how food—especially South Asian food—travels globally though immigration\, migration and indenture. As the daughter of refugees and an immigrant to America\, food stories inform her about the history of her people\, how they traveled and what happened to them when they held onto recipes\, let go or modified them over countries\, continents and generations. \nHer work has been a Notable Mention in Best American Essays in Food Writing\, Pushcart nominated and published in The New York Times\, Vogue India\, Washington Post\, LA Times\, The Writer\, Longreads\, Catapult\, BOMB\, Guernica\, LA Review of Books\, LitHub and others. She is an invited workshop leader at conferences and workshops such as Grub Street Writers\, Encinitas Writers Workshop\, San Diego Memoir Writers’ Workshop and others. \nBesides writing about food\, recipes and history of food from South Asia\, Madhushree works in oncology and infectious diseases’ diagnostics in San Diego where she is a sought-after speaker at major food and book festivals\, women in science forums as well as global conversations on domestic partner violence in the South Asian immigrant communities in America. \nMadhushree Ghosh’s debut food narrative memoir\, KHABAAR: An Immigrant Journey of Food\, Memory\, and Family\, was published in 2022 by the University of Iowa Press to great acclaim. KHABAAR focuses on chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners\, and the author’s own immigrant journey as the daughter of refugees\, questioning what it means to belong and what does “belonging” in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country. \n  \nAbout Diwali\n \nDiwali is the Hindu festival of lights with its variations also celebrated in other Indian religions. It symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness\, good over evil\, and knowledge over ignorance.” Diwali is celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar months of Ashvin (according to the amanta tradition) and Kartika (between mid-October and mid-November). The celebrations generally last five or six days. \nDuring the festival\, the celebrants illuminate their homes\, temples and workspaces with diyas (oil lamps)\, candles and lanterns. Hindus\, in particular\, have a ritual oil bath at dawn on each day of the festival. Diwali is also marked with fireworks and the decoration of floors with rangoli designs\, and other parts of the house with jhalars. Food is a major focus with families partaking in feasts and sharing mithai. The festival is an annual homecoming and bonding period not only for families\, but also for communities and associations\, particularly those in urban areas\, which will organize activities\, events and gatherings. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/madhushree-ghosh-11-4-23/ CATEGORIES:Cooking Adventure,Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/madhushree-gosh-the-authors-studio-11-4-23-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230827T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230827T150000 DTSTAMP:20260506T181641 CREATED:20230606T111837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185847Z UID:10000390-1693141200-1693148400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Inside the Author's Studio Adventure featuring Moroccan-born chef and cookbook author Kitty Morse DESCRIPTION:About the Live and In-Person Adventure\nThis event is SOLD OUT. To join the waitlist\, please email admin@adventuresbythebook.com.\n\n“But what was the tattered black leather valise doing there\, hidden behind a crocheted comforter on the top shelf of my late mother’s closet? The tarnished brass locking mechanism had already been sprung. I held my breath and lifted the lid…” \nWhen award-winning author and Morocco-born chef Kitty Morse was sorting through her late mother’s belongings\, she never could have imagined the astonishing story that would unfold from those long-forgotten objects. Now\, in her new book – part Holocaust history\, part memoir\, part cookbook – Kitty delivers Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France\, featuring recipes and the untold true accounts of her Alsatian ancestors during the Nazi occupation in WWII. \nJoin us at Kitty’s Moroccan-themed Vista home for the next in our Inside the Author’s Studio series\, where you will have the opportunity to meet the author up close and personal to learn more about the remarkable story behind her new book\, Bitter Sweet. \nYour Adventure includes  a tasting of savory and sweet bites from her heirloom recipes\, tea\, a slide show of Kitty’s recent remarkable trip to France to visit the sites in her book\, an autographed copy of Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France to be delivered and signed at the event\, tax\, book presentation\, and the opportunity to engage with Kitty live and in-person. \nDue to the special nature of this event\, only a limited number of spaces are available and event is expected to sell out. \nRegistration\nTo register for the in-person event\, simply select the Event Registration (8/27/23) option below\, and the address to Kitty’s private Vista residence will be provided 3 days prior to the event via email. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nKitty Morse is the author of ten cookbooks\, including a memoir with recipes titled Mint Tea and Minarets: a Banquet of Moroccan Memories\, named Best Book/Arab Cuisine by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Other titles include Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from my Moroccan Kitchen (now in its tenth printing from Chronicle Books)\, The California Farm Cookbook\, and Edible Flowers: A Kitchen Companion with Recipes. \nKitty’s career as an author\, travel writer\, cooking teacher\, and tour organizer spans more than twenty-five years\, including a 2019 Moroccan Adventure by the Book trip. Once a food columnist for the Los Angeles Times\, Kitty has written for most major food publications including Fine Cooking\, Sunset\, and Bon Appetit. She hosted 2 television series of her own\, and has appeared on national television in the US and abroad. \nShe has been a guest lecturer and presenter at venues in California and beyond: from the Los Angeles Public Library\, to the City of Chicago\, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC\, cooking schools\, museums\, and universities. She taught Moroccan cuisine at the famed Rancho La Puerta Spa in Tecate\, Mexico\, for several years. Her monthly enewsletter\, The Kasbah Chronicles\, is now in its thirteenth year. \n Her 11th cookbook Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France — part Holocaust history\, part memoir\, part cookbook — features recipes from Kitty’s Alsatian ancestors\, and is based upon original family documents and photographs chronicling living in Alsace during the Nazi occupation in WWII. \n\n\nTo schedule a book club visit with Kitty or any of our authors on NovelNetwork: \n Connect with this Author on NovelNetwork® URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/kitty-morse-8-27-23/ CATEGORIES:Cooking Adventure,Event,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/kitty-morse-author-studio-8.27.23-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230303T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230303T120000 DTSTAMP:20260506T181641 CREATED:20221130T014135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185833Z UID:10000351-1677837600-1677844800@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Bitter Sweet: an Heirloom Brunch Adventure with award-winning author and chef Kitty Morse DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!! \nTo add your name to our wait list\, please email events@adventuresbythebook.com. Please make sure to specify which event you are inquiring about.\n  \nAbout the In-Person Event\n“But what was the tattered black leather valise doing there\, hidden behind a crocheted comforter on the top shelf of my late mother’s closet? The tarnished brass locking mechanism had already been sprung. I held my breath and lifted the lid…” \nWhen award-winning author and Morocco-born chef Kitty Morse was sorting through her late mother’s belongings\, she never could have imagined the astonishing story that would unfold from those long-forgotten objects. Now\, in her new book – part Holocaust history\, part memoir\, part cookbook – Kitty delivers Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France\, featuring recipes and the untold true accounts of her Alsatian ancestors during the Nazi occupation in WWII. \nJoin us at a private San Diego residence for our live and in-person Bitter Sweet Brunch Adventure. Your Adventure includes a cooking demonstration\, followed by a tasting of savory and sweet bites from her heirloom recipes\, tea\, a copy of Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France to be delivered and signed at the event\, tax\, book presentation\, and the opportunity to engage with Kitty live and in-person. \n  \nRegistration\nTo register for the in-person event\, simply select the Bitter Sweet Brunch Registration (3/3/23) option below\, and the address to the private San Diego residence will be provided 3 days prior to the event via email. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nKitty Morse is the author of ten cookbooks\, including a memoir with recipes titled Mint Tea and Minarets: a Banquet of Moroccan Memories\, named Best Book/Arab Cuisine by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Other titles include Cooking at the Kasbah: Recipes from my Moroccan Kitchen (now in its tenth printing from Chronicle Books)\, The California Farm Cookbook\, and Edible Flowers: A Kitchen Companion with Recipes. \nKitty’s career as an author\, travel writer\, cooking teacher\, and tour organizer spans more than twenty-five years\, including a 2019 Moroccan Adventure by the Book trip. Once a food columnist for the Los Angeles Times\, Kitty has written for most major food publications including Fine Cooking\, Sunset\, and Bon Appetit. She hosted 2 television series of her own\, and has appeared on national television in the US and abroad. \nShe has been a guest lecturer and presenter at venues in California and beyond: from the Los Angeles Public Library\, to the City of Chicago\, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC\, cooking schools\, museums\, and universities. She taught Moroccan cuisine at the famed Rancho La Puerta Spa in Tecate\, Mexico\, for several years. Her monthly enewsletter\, The Kasbah Chronicles\, is now in its thirteenth year. \n Her 11th cookbook Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France — part Holocaust history\, part memoir\, part cookbook — features recipes from Kitty’s Alsatian ancestors\, and is based upon original family documents and photographs chronicling living in Alsace during the Nazi occupation in WWII. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/kitty-morse-3-3-23/ CATEGORIES:Cooking Adventure,Holiday Adventure,Lunch Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sold-out-kitty-morse-3.3.23-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221118T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221118T130000 DTSTAMP:20260506T181641 CREATED:20220810T024819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185827Z UID:10000334-1668769200-1668776400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Holiday Pie Making: a Demo and Lunch Adventure with LA Times bestselling author\, writing instructor and baker Amy Wallen DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!\nTo add your name to the wait list\, please email events@adventuresbythebook.com and we will notify you if a spot opens up. \nAbout the Live and In-Person Event\nLA Times bestselling author and baker Amy Wallen has long provided comfort food and inspiration for aspiring novelists and seasoned writers\, so it should come as no surprise that she channeled her love for pies into a whimsical new book\, How To Write a Novel in 20 Pies. \nWith the holidays soon upon us\, we think it’s the perfect time for a fun (and delicious) holiday pie baking/demo Adventure with Amy that reminds us to taste the sweet (and savory) moments that life has to offer! \nJoin us at a private San Diego residence for our live and in-person Holiday Pie Making: a Demo and Lunch Adventure.  Your Adventure includes a pie baking demonstration\, followed by a lunch of savory pie and a sweet pie dessert\, a glass of wine\, a copy of How To Write a Novel in 20 Pies to be delivered and signed at the event\, tax\, and the opportunity to engage with Amy live and in-person to discuss her books\, pie\, writing\, reading\, or anything else on your mind. \n  \nRegistration\nTo register for the live event\, simply select the Holiday Pie Making Event Ticket (11/18/22) option below\, and the address to the private San Diego residence will be provided 3 days prior to the event via email. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nAmy Wallen is the San Diego-based author of When We Were Ghouls\, A Memoir of Ghost Stories and the Los Angeles Times bestseller Moon Pies & Movie Stars. Her essays have been published in The Gettysburg Review\, The Normal School\, Country Living and other national magazines and anthologies. \n Her soon-to-be-released book\, How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies is a charming illustrated book on her journey writing a novel\, some of her teaching experience\, and some recipe-stories on pies\, because it was through pie that she claims she survived novel writing. \nAs writer-in-residence at Ocean Discovery Institute\, Amy teaches personal storytelling to young people traditionally excluded from science due to race\, income status\, and educational opportunity. She facilitates and co-teaches manuscript workshops in San Diego and France (at which she serves pie). For several years\, Amy was associate director at the New York State Summer Writers Institute\, and a novel writing instructor at UCSD and UCLA Extensions. \nAnd her pie baking. As a kid\, she was a chicken pot pie fanatic. Today she bakes any kind of pie. If you can dream it\, she will bake it. Can she whet your appetite with salmon and portobello pie\, carne asada pie in a cornmeal crust\, and for dessert four-cherry pie or apple ginger pie. Pie\, pie\, pie. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/amy-wallen-11-18-22/ CATEGORIES:Cooking Adventure,Holiday Adventure,Lunch Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Amy-Wallen-pie-lunch-11.18.22-5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221103T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221103T130000 DTSTAMP:20260506T181641 CREATED:20220804T041518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185826Z UID:10000331-1667473200-1667480400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Holiday Cooking Adventure: a plant-based Thanksgiving cooking class (and lunch) with professional chef and cookbook author Katie Farina DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT! To add your name to the wait list\, please email Amber at events@adventuresbythebook.com\n  \nAbout the Live and In-Person Event\nLet’s be honest\, the Thanksgiving meal is all about the side dishes (and pie!)\, and professional chef and cookbook author Katie Farina wants to share her deliciously healthy Thanksgiving side dish recipes with you! \nJoin us at a private San Diego residence for our live and in-person Holiday Cooking Adventure. Your Adventure includes a holiday themed cooking class\, recipe packet\, full lunch meal\, a copy of Katie’s Healing Kitchen cookbook (filled with over 100 mouthwatering recipes) to be delivered and signed at the event\, tax\, and the opportunity to engage with Katie live and in-person and ask her your Thanksgiving menu questions. \nPerhaps the best part of this experience is that many of the recipes you will learn can be made in advance\, leaving you with less time in the kitchen and more time with family and friends… just in time for the holidays. \n\nWhat’s on the menu?\nMAPLE DIJON BRUSSELS \nROASTED VEGETABLE WILD RICE SALAD \nKATIE’S FAMOUS CAULIFLOWER MAC N’ CHEESE \nCRANBERRY SHALLOT MASSAGED KALE SALAD \nPUMPKIN PIE CHIA PUDDING PARFAIT  \n  \nRegistration\nTo register for the live event\, simply select the Holiday Cooking Class/Lunch option below\, and the address to the private San Diego residence will be provided 3 days prior to the event via email. \n\nAbout the Author and Book\n \nKatie Farina is a professional chef\, cookbook author and winner of the 2017 and 2018 Best Vegan Cooking Class in San Diego by Vegan in San Diego. \nKatie grew up surrounded by food. By day\, she helped her parents with their local farmers’ market business and by night\, she assisted her dad in the kitchen with endless recipe testing. Even though she grew up in the kitchen\, her passion for cooking did not peak until her mom was diagnosed with cancer. It was then that she first made the connection between what we eat and its strong impact on our health. \nAfter graduating from college\, Katie realized she wanted to pursue both her passions: Social Justice and Food. She worked in restaurants to develop her culinary skills while still being a counselor in a group home for troubled youth.  In June 2013\, she graduated from the Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts\, a Professional Chef Training Institute. \nKatie’s lifelong goal is to inspire others to make the connection between the food they eat and its effect on their body\, the environment and the world. \nHer cookbook\, Katie’s Healing Kitchen\, is filled with over 100 vegan\, gluten-free\, refined sugar-free recipes\, with full page color photos for each recipe. Learn tips and tricks for creating the best and healthiest meals\, from breakfast\, to drinks\, to mains\, to sides\, to appetizers\, to desserts! This cookbook is packed with easy\, fun\, healthy\, and delicious recipes everyone in your family is sure to love. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/katie-farina-11-3-22/ CATEGORIES:Cooking Adventure,Holiday Adventure,Lunch Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/katie-farina-holiday-cooking-class-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221022T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221022T170000 DTSTAMP:20260506T181641 CREATED:20220806T051428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185827Z UID:10000335-1666450800-1666458000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Inside the Author's Studio Adventure (with Pie!) featuring LA Times bestselling author\, writing instructor and baker Amy Wallen DESCRIPTION:About the Live and In-Person Adventure\n\nHave you ever wanted to go behind the scenes with an author to get a glimpse of where they live and work\, to learn more about the writer behind the book? Well\, our curiosity got the best of us too\, which inspired the launch of our series\, Inside the Author’s Studio\, dedicated to exclusive and intimate private home Adventures with some of your favorite authors. \nLA Times bestselling author and baker Amy Wallen loves providing comfort food and inspiration for aspiring novelists\, and her new book\, How To Write a Novel in 20 Pies\, offers sweet and savory insider secrets on living the writing life… And what better way to learn the tricks of the trade than through an intimate (and delicious!) pie baking Adventure inside the author’s kitchen! \nAnd since part of any writer’s journey is ensuring that everyone has access to literacy and reading materials\, we want to dedicate a portion of all book sales from the event to Traveling Stories\, whose mission it is to eradicate illiteracy\, one book at a time. \nJoin us at Amy’s private San Diego residence for our live and in-person Inside the Author’s Studio Adventure with Amy Wallen. Your Adventure includes sweet and savory pie tastings\, wine\, an autographed copy of How To Write a Novel in 20 Pies\, tax\, book discussion\, Q&A\, donation to Traveling Stories\, and an opportunity to meet the author up close and personal in her private residence. Due to the private and intimate nature of this event\, tickets are limited and will be offered on a first-come\, first-served basis\, so make sure to register soon to guarantee admission. \nNOTE: Event is limited to fully vaxxed Adventurers and will be held in the open space of Amy’s back deck\, complete with view! \n  \nRegistration\nTo register for the live event\, simply select the Inside the Author’s Studio Event (10/22/22) option below\, and the address to the private San Diego residence will be provided 3 days prior to the event via email. \n  \nAbout the Author\n \nAmy Wallen is the San Diego-based author of When We Were Ghouls\, A Memoir of Ghost Stories and the Los Angeles Times bestseller Moon Pies & Movie Stars. Her essays have been published in The Gettysburg Review\, The Normal School\, Country Living\, Alta Journal and other national magazines and anthologies. \n Her soon-to-be-released book\, How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies is a charming\, illustrated book sharing her journey writing a novel\, some of her teaching experience\, and some recipe-stories on pies\, because it was through pie that she claims she survived novel writing. \nShe was the Associate Director of the New York State Summer Writers Institute in Saratoga Springs\, NY for 7 years. She has taught creative writing classes at UCSD and UCLA Extensions. She co-facilitates a bi-annual manuscript workshop with pie. Amy also mentors science and engineering students on personal essays\, and has helped scores of writers finish their books with her editing services. \nAnd her pie baking. As a kid\, she was a chicken pot pie fanatic. Today she bakes any kind of pie. If you can dream it\, she will bake it. Can she whet your appetite with salmon and portobello pie\, carne asada pie in a cornmeal crust\, and for dessert four-cherry pie or apple ginger pie? Pie\, pie\, pie. \n  \n  \nAbout Traveling Stories\n\n\nTraveling Stories is a nonprofit organization based in San Diego\, California that has been providing low-income children access to quality literacy support since 2010. Their mission is to empower children to achieve their dreams. Since its inception\, Traveling Stories has opened eight international libraries\, has empowered almost 10\,000 local children in San Diego\, and has trained almost 700 volunteers. \nFounder Emily Moberly was inspired to start Traveling Stories after teaching English to students at a bilingual school in Honduras. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/amy-wallen-10-22-22/ CATEGORIES:Cooking Adventure,Dinner Adventures,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Amy-Wallen-inside-author-studio.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190408T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190408T180000 DTSTAMP:20260506T181641 CREATED:20190321T061018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185638Z UID:10000095-1554746400-1554746400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Cooking at the Cantina Adventure: Healthy Spring Cooking DESCRIPTION:Photos From the Event\nClick here to view the rest of the photos from this event. \n \nAbout the Event\nPart two of our new Cooking at the Cantina Adventure Series!\n\nAdventures by the Book is excited to partner with renowned Latin chef\, Isabel Cruz\, for a fun cooking series\, Cooking at the Cantina. Isabel\, a beloved San Diego chef who is known for her innovative and healthy twist on traditional Latin fare\, will offer two delicious\, seasonal\, hands-on cooking classes to our Adventurers. \nIn the second installment of our Cooking at the Cantina Adventures\, enjoy a fun\, hands-on class creating a delicious yet healthy spring meal.  It promises to be a “Fun and Deliciousness” seafood evening on March 25th at Isabel’s Cantina when Isabel Cruz and Dan Natrass from Fishbone Kitchen team up for a Show & Tell & Eat demonstration with Local Seafood.  Dan will discuss and display a diversity of sustainable locally caught seafood\, as well as demonstrate basic fillet technique. Isabel will share her culinary secrets and serve her delicious healthy signature dishes  plus other tasty bites! \nYour Adventure includes a festive evening of making (and eating!) a delicious yet healthy meal\, Isabel’s signature hibiscus mimosa\, tax\, gratuity\, and the opportunity to meet and interact with Isabel\, up close and personal in her fabulous Latin-inspired restaurant. \nDon’t forget to purchase a copy of Isabel’s cookbook\, The Latin Table\, so you have all her recipes easily accessible. 25% of all book sales will be donated to the Center for Community Solutions. \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nSelf-taught owner\, cookbook author\, and chef Isabel Cruz brings her culinary Latin heritage front and center\, adding to it the Asian influence she absorbed while growing up in Los Angeles. \nYou can feel the passion that goes into each surprising new flavor combination\, resulting in the bold and exotic–and surprisingly healthy-menu choices she proudly serves. \nFor more than two decades\, customers have lined up outside the doors of west coast chef Isabel Cruz’s three popular restaurants. Cruz\, who is known for her innovative and healthy twist on traditional Latin fare\, balances her ingredients to cook the delicious food that she\, her family\, and her restaurant patrons love. \nHer newest cookbook\, The Latin Table (Skyhorse Publishing)\, is full of simple\, easy-to-make recipes with the Latin flavors you’ll love producing in your own kitchen\, while keeping her foods flavorful and health-conscious. In The Latin Table\, Cruz shares her signature recipes and award-winning cocktails\, like the featured hibiscus mimosa and tamales in our Adventure\, teaching home chefs how to easily prepare flavorful Latin meals at home. URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/cooking-at-the-cantina-adventure-healthy-spring-cooking/ CATEGORIES:Cooking Adventure,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3868B46A-45DF-4171-BBA3-0F59C632B12C-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190211T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190211T180000 DTSTAMP:20260506T181641 CREATED:20190327T044701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185645Z UID:10000128-1549908000-1549908000@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Cooking at the Cantina Adventure: Special Occasion Cooking DESCRIPTION:With Renowned Chef and Cookbook Author Isabel Cruz\n\n \n\n\nAbout the Event\nPart one of our new Cooking at the Cantina Adventure Series!\n\nAdventures by the Book is excited to partner with renowned Latin chef\, Isabel Cruz\, for a fun cooking series\, Cooking at the Cantina. Isabel\, a beloved San Diego chef who is known for her innovative and healthy twist on traditional Latin fare\, will offer two delicious\, seasonal\, hands-on cooking classes to our Adventurers.  \nIn the first installment of our Cooking at the Cantina Adventures\, enjoy a fun hands-on class making a decadent meal for any and all the loved ones in your life! Explore these recipes with your significant other\, your son or daughter\, or even your best friend! Join us as we enjoy making\, and of course eating\, these delicious dishes. \nYour Adventure includes a festive evening of making (and eating!) a decadent special occasions meal\, Isabel’s signature hibiscus mimosa\, tax\, gratuity\, and the opportunity to meet and interact with Isabel\, up close and personal in her fabulous Latin-inspired restaurant. \nDon’t forget to purchase a copy of Isabel’s cookbook\, The Latin Table\, so you have all her recipes easily accessible. 25% of all book sales will be donated to the Center for Community Solutions. \nAbout the Author and Book\n \nSelf-taught owner\, cookbook author and chef Isabel Cruz brings her culinary Latin heritage front and center\, adding to it the Asian influence she absorbed while growing up in Los Angeles. \nYou can feel the passion that goes into each surprising new flavor combination\, resulting in the bold and exotic – and surprisingly healthy- menu choices she proudly serves. \nFor more than two decades\, customers have lined up outside the doors of west coast chef Isabel Cruz’s three popular restaurants. Cruz\, who is known for her innovative and healthy twist on traditional Latin fare\, balances her ingredients to cook the delicious food that she\, her family\, and her restaurant patrons love. \nHer newest cookbook\, The Latin Table (Skyhorse Publishing)\, is full of simple\, easy-to-make recipes with the Latin flavors you’ll love producing in your own kitchen\, while keeping her foods flavorful and health-conscious. In The Latin Table\, Cruz shares her signature recipes and award-winning cocktails\, like the featured hibiscus mimosa and tamales in our Adventure\, teaching home chefs how to easily prepare flavorful Latin meals at home. \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/cooking-at-the-cantina-adventure-special-occasion-cooking/ CATEGORIES:Cooking Adventure,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Cooking-at-the-Cantina-Banner-1-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180403T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180403T180000 DTSTAMP:20260506T181641 CREATED:20181205T141611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T185659Z UID:10000036-1522778400-1522778400@adventuresbythebook.com SUMMARY:Latin Tamale Making Adventure DESCRIPTION:About the Event\n\nHave you ever wanted to make tamales and sip mimosas with a renowned Latin chef? Well\, here’s your chance\, as we celebrate a festive book launch party for beloved San Diego chef Isabel Cruz\, whose debut cookbook\, Isabel’s Cantina\, was one of the New York Times‘ Top Cookbooks of the Year. In her new cookbook\, The Latin Table\, Isabel\, who is known for her innovative and healthy twist on traditional Latin fare\, shares her simple\, easy-to-make recipes with the Latin flavors you’ll love producing in your own kitchen. \nYour Adventure includes a festive evening of tamale making (and eating!)\, Isabel’s signature hibiscus mimosa\, tax\, gratuity\, an autographed copy of The Latin Table\, and the opportunity to meet and interact with Isabel\, up close and personal in her fabulous Latin-inspired restaurant. \nAbout the Author\n \nSelf-taught owner\, cookbook author and chef Isabel Cruz brings her culinary Latin heritage front and center\, adding to it the Asian influence she absorbed while growing up in Los Angeles. \nYou can feel the passion that goes into each surprising new flavor combination\, resulting in the bold and exotic – and surprisingly healthy- menu choices she proudly serves. \nFor more than two decades\, customers have lined up outside the doors of west coast chef Isabel Cruz’s three popular restaurants. Cruz\, who is known for her innovative and healthy twist on traditional Latin fare\, balances her ingredients to cook the delicious food that she\, her family\, and her restaurant patrons love. \nFor more than two decades\, customers have lined up outside the doors of West Coast chef Isabel Cruz’s three popular restaurants. Known for her innovative and healthy twist on traditional Latin fare\, Cruz balances her ingredients to cook the delicious food that she\, her family\, and her restaurant patrons love. \nHer new cookbook\, The Latin Table (Skyhorse Publishing)\, is full of simple\, easy-to-make recipes with the Latin flavors you’ll love producing in your own kitchen\, while keeping her foods flavorful and health-conscious. In The Latin Table\, Cruz shares her signature recipes and award-winning cocktails\, like the featured hibiscus mimosa and tamales in our Adventure\, teaching home chefs how to easily prepare flavorful Latin meals at home. \n\nSave URL:https://adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-event/latin-tamale-making-adventure/ CATEGORIES:Cooking Adventure,San Diego Adventures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adventuresbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/27751701_1560263370694562_5046364561897674344_n.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR