Deb Perelman is a self-taught home cook who, over the past 17 years, has earned millions of devotees for her unfussy and triumphant recipes through her blog, Smitten Kitchen. On Monday, she talks to fans at the Hotel Paradox, brought to town by Bookshop Santa Cruz.
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‘You’re the only one who could have written this book’: Bettina Aptheker on ‘Communists in Closets’
UC Santa Cruz professor emerita Bettina Aptheker’s new book delves into the homophobia of the American Communist Party and its repression of LGBTQ members — of which she was one. She’ll talk about “Communists in Closets” and her experience Tuesday at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn at UCSC.
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‘Wine Bible’ author Karen MacNeil talks wine trends, history and mysteries
Now in its third edition, “The Wine Bible” is one of the best-selling books on wine of all time. Author Karen MacNeil comes to downtown’s Soif Wine Bar on Thursday at 7 p.m. in an event hosted by Bookshop Santa Cruz, Soif, Santa Cruz DJ, the MAH and the Santa Cruz County Chamber to celebrate the updated classic with local oenophiles.
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‘Let’s do this, 50 poems before I’m gone’: How two writers explored life, faced death
Paola Bruni and Jory Post connected at a literary workshop, then in letter-writing relationship, as each faced a dark period in their life. Post died of cancer in January 2021 before he could see the poems turned into a book; Bruni will be on hand Friday for an online reading from “How Do You Spell the Sound of Crickets,” published earlier this year.
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Santa Cruz’s Writers of Color tell stories we might otherwise never hear
Twenty-two local writers share their own shared, and distinct, experiences as the new group hosts an evening of poetry and music at the Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz on Oct. 6.
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Bookshop Santa Cruz announces robust fall live line-up, including events around town
Santa Cruz is a terrific place to be in the black-and-orange season, from the beautiful and family-oriented cultural…
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America’s millions of guns have lives of their own; Santa Cruz novelist Vinnie Hansen tracks the one involved in her own burglary
America has the highest per-capita gun ownership in the world — estimated at about 120 per 100 residents. Vinnie Hansen got interested in one of them — the one used, and which then disappeared, after a burglary of her home. She talks about the new book virtually Tuesday via Bookshop Santa Cruz.
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Q&A: Sandor Katz on the enduring popularity of fermented foods
Fermentation revivalist Sandor Katz discusses the enduring popularity of fermented foods, their ubiquity in cultures around the world and recipes from his new book, “Fermentation Journeys,” ahead of a visit Wednesday to Bookshop Santa Cruz.
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EATERS DIGEST: Wine tasting at Regan, Sandor Katz coming to Bookshop and Santa Cruz’s British chippy
New projects from John Bargetto and Luna Sea Vodka, and travel across the pond with Scrumptious Fish & Chips and Mentone. It’s all here as Lily Belli delivers another scoop of Eaters Digest.
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UCSC grad Reyna Grande retells tale of ‘invasion of Mexico,’ talks our ‘collective amnesia’
Celebrated writer Reyna Grande triumphantly returns to her alma mater with a new novel set during the Mexican-American War. She talks about its roots, her teachers along the way and how Santa Cruz changed her life.
