Join us for a program with four phenomenal women in the food industry sharing their experiences and culinary adventures. Join us for a casual “in Conversation” style program. A discussion of the roots of food and culture, grounding in the land, impact of migrations and immigration on our food traditions.
Sandra A. Gutierrez is celebrating her new book, LATINÍSIMO an encyclopedic cookbook celebrating Latin American home cooking. She is a journalist, food writer and historian, professional cooking instructor, and author of four cookbooks. She is considered one of the top national experts on Latin American foodways and on the Southern regional cuisine of the United States. She has been awarded the Les Dames D’Escoffier M. F. K Fisher Grand Prize Award for Excellence in Food Writing. Her work has been recognized as part of the permanent FOOD exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
Carla Hall has entertained audiences with her quick wit, culinary knowledge, and charisma. Since her debut on “Top Chef Season 5”, this vibrant chef strives to communicate that food is love and is proud to share soul food recipes inspired by her Southern roots. Carla is an author, television host, member of the James Beard Foundation's Women's Leadership Advisory Committee, and champion of many child-hunger-focused charities. Carla spent seven years co-hosting ABC’s Emmy award winning, popular lifestyle series “The Chew”, and is currently featured on the Food Network judging and cooking on shows such as “Thanksgiving, Holiday and Halloween Baking Championships”, and “Worst Cooks in America”.
Nancie McDermott has written fourteen cookbooks, focusing on the food of the American South, and on the cuisine of Thailand, where she spent three years as a Peace Corps volunteer. Nominated for a James Beard award in journalism, she has written on food and travel for Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Fine Cooking, Cooks Illustrated, and the Los Angeles Times. Her national television credits include playing the role of Cake Historian on Alton Brown’s Peabody Award-winning Food Network program, “Good Eats”, and leading a Thai market tour in Los Angeles for Discovery Channel’s “Epicurious”. She loves researching food history, exploring regional culinary cultures, and celebrating home cooks and home cooking around the world.
Fran McCullough is the author of the, The Low-Carb Cookbook, and Living Low-Carb. She won a James Beard Award for Great Food Without Fuss and, since 1999, has been the editor of the annual bestselling The 150 Best American Recipes anthology series. A graduate of Stanford University, McCullough began her career as an editor, discovering Sylvia Plath, Pulitzer Prize winner N. Scott Momaday, and National Book Award winner Robert Bly as well as Richard Ford. She also edited and published a distinguished list of cookbook authors, including Diana Kennedy, Paula Wolfert, and Deborah Madison.
Library programming is supported by the Greensboro Public Library Foundation. We are also grateful to the O.Henry Hotel and Green Valley Grill for their sponsorship of this program.
About One City, One Book: Since 2002, The Greensboro Public Library, along with our many community partners, brings community together with conversations and programs. This year’s One City, One Book selection is The Carolina Table: North Carolina Writers on Food, a collection of essays by various authors with the themes of roots of food and culture, sustainability and resilience, family and our food traditions.
