Get your fill of books
You might have strong feelings about your favorite cookbook, but is it good enough to eat? If anything, a good book will leave you hungry for more.
Not at this festival. Eastern Washington University Friends of the Library are holding Books2Eat: An Edible Book Festival next Wednesday in the lobby of the JFK Library.
Interested? Prepare an edible entry (that does not have to be refrigerated) with an easily identifiable literary theme. Entries must be submitted by 2 p.m. on the day of the festival.
Even if you’re not creative enough to cook up an entry, the handiwork of others will be open for viewing from 2 to 4 p.m. The entries will be judged and eaten by those attending. Coffee and tea will be served.
The event is free and open to the public. A raffle will be held for a basket of assorted baking supplies. The money raised will benefit the Friends of the Library.
If you’re interested in entering something, please call Harriet Plucker to reserve a space at (509) 448-0934. Entries must include a card with the creator’s name, address, phone number and a brief explanation of the theme.
Cooking with Friends
Foodies might be hoping for rain this weekend. If they are forced inside by the weather, it would be the perfect excuse to spend all day watching cooking demonstrations on KSPS, the local public television station.
Between 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Saturday there will be 13 live cooking demos by folks from around the Inland Northwest. This year, Cooking with Friends will feature comfort food recipes. Cottage Pudding with Lemon Sauce, Cheddar Chicken Chowder, All-in-One Pork Chop Casserole, Pull-apart Cinnamon Buns and Tourtiere (a French meat pie) are all on the menu.
Spokesman-Review columnist Donald Clegg will be part of the show. He’s making his Beef Stroganoff. Look inside today’s section for the recipe.
“It’s a bit of a cooking marathon,” says Shawn Claypool, the event coordinator. The show is part of the station’s membership campaign. Viewers who call in to support public television with a $60 pledge during the show will receive a cookbook of all the recipes submitted for the contest. The book includes 187 recipes sent in by KSPS viewers.
Celebrate the Rain
The bounty of the Pacific Northwest, from Walla Walla onions to red Delicious apples, is featured in the latest cookbook from the Junior League of Seattle, “Celebrate the Rain.”
The book also showcases art from 17 Pacific Northwest artists, photos by Angie Norwood Browne and the writing and editing of Cynthia Nims.
It sells for $31.95 plus taxes and shipping costs. Profits support community projects and trainings by the Junior League of Seattle. To purchase a book, call (206) 324-3638.