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Author Event: "The Dog Who Ate the Truffle" - Nov. 10
Join us at the Central Library Auditorium next Wednesday, Nov. 10, from 7:00 - 8:30 pm for a discussion with Suzanne Carreiro, author of The Dog Who Ate the Truffle. Veteran food critic Suzanne Carreiro lived in the central Italian region of Umbria next door to her "adopted family" for a year and a half. Her book is a personal look at local recipes and culinary traditions, many of which can be traced back 2,000 years: roasting meat on a spit, making wine, pressing olives for oil, making cheese and cooking with saffron, pepper and bay leaves.
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Slightly Ot: Cfp: The Language Of Food (graduate Student Panel) - Conference Ithaca, Ny April 2012
Slightly OT: CFP: The Language of Food (Graduate Student Panel) - Conference Ithaca, NY April 2012 Call for Papers Graduate Student Panel ?The Language of Food? Cornell University, Ithaca, NY April 13-14, 2012 Cornell University?s upcoming conference...
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Author Talk: "images Of America--fort Myer" - March 24
Join us Thursday, March 24 for a discussion with author John Michael Kupik, author of Images of America - Fort Myer, from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. in Central Auditorium. During the Civil War, Washington DC was the most fortified city in the world with 70 fortifications...
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April Film Screenings For Arlington Reads
As part of our Arlington Reads 2010 program, we'll be screening the following films: Food, Inc. [2008] Wednesday, April 7 6:30 p.m. - Shirlington Branch Library The Oscar-nominated documentary ?Food, Inc.? looks at the corporate-controlled global...
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"on Hallowed Ground" Author Talk At Central - 02/25
Join us for a reading and discussion with Robert M. Poole, author of On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery, on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m., in Central Auditorium. Poole traces the founding of Arlington National Cemetery on what...
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Author Talk: "honorable Survivor" - 01/28
Join us for a discussion with author Lynne Joiner on her new book Honorable Survivor: Mao's China, McCarthy's America and the Persecution of John S. Service. Lynne Joiner, a veteran broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker, recounts the...
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