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April 30, 2008

Fein Cooking

(...and puns are served.)

At the Library in May, John Feinstein will talk sports and Bob Spitz will talk cooking. (And I'll try and lay off the puns.)

John Feinstein will be here this Sunday, May 4th at 5:30 p.m. It's a rare personal appearance for him and we are very excited that he's coming to Darien...and just a few days after the release of his new book, Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember!

The premise of the book? Glavine and Mussina, Mets and Yankees. 2007. Lots of drama. High stakes. The inside scoop. What's happening in their heads? In spring training? On the mound? With the team? With the press? At home? You won't get any closer than this. Feinstein's insight and his ability to convey what he knows and what he learns makes this a fascinating read even for the non sports fan (so engrossed was I, I nearly missed my subway stop).

We know this is going to be a great program! We know John from NPR's "Morning Edition," ESPN, CBS Sports...and we've seen him on Charlie Rose and The Colbert Report. You'll want to make a point to be here on Sunday. (If there's a game on that you want to watch at that time, dvr or tivo it....excellent technology...excellent advice.)

Janet and I had the great experience of interviewing John this morning! Click here
to listen to the podcast.

And (hooray!), on Sunday, May 18th at 5:30 p.m., Bob Spitz returns to tell tales out of school...cooking school. Cooking schools, actually. The Saucier's Apprentice: One Long Strange Trip through the Great Cooking Schools of Europe is his brand new book and we are the first stop on his book tour! The book is filled with wonderful stories, cooking instructions, and (hard-to-pronounce) recipes.

When Bob was last here, he talked about his New York Times bestseller, The Beatles: The Biography. It was a fabulous program, and we are quite fond of Bob....not just because he's a bestselling author...and not just because his articles appear regularly in almost every major magazine and newspaper...and not just because he lives right here in Darien...it's just... because. (And now we know he can cook!). He was here in October 2006 and he told us about working on this memoir -- about how he'd finished the Beatles book, his marriage had ended, his heart had been broken on the rebound, and he turned 50, and how he took off for Europe and attended some of the finest cooking schools and returned a world-class cook. He promised us that he would come back to talk about it when the book was published (it comes out on May 12th). The man who calls himself "a barbarian in the temples of haute cuisine" is a man of his word. (Thank you, Bob.)

(Receptions and book signings will follow both of these presentations. Books will be available for purchase.)

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