THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT—THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST! If you did not get tickets, you can still order a copy of Smitten Kitchen Keepers (below) and we will have it signed for you at the event on January 23rd.
TICKETED OFFSITE EVENT: Beloved and bestselling culinary writer Deb Perelman returns to town to share her third cookbook, Smitten Kitchen Keepers—a fantastic collection of essential recipes for meals you'll want to prepare again and again—from Cozy Chicken and Dumplings to Fettuccine with White Ragú, and Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies to Strawberry Summer Stack Cake. Perelman will be in conversation with Lily Belli, food and drink correspondent at Lookout Santa Cruz.
This event will take place at Hotel Paradox, 611 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz. Multiple ticket options available.
Deb Perelman is the author of two best-selling cookbooks; one of the internet's most successful food bloggers, the creator of a homegrown brand with more than a million Instagram followers; and the self-taught cook with the tiny kitchen who obsessively tests her recipes to make sure that no bowls are wasted and that the results are always worth the effort.
In her third book, Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files, Perelman gives us 100 recipes (including a few favorites from her site) that aim to make shopping easier, preparation more practical and enjoyable, and food more reliably delicious for the home cook.
What's a keeper?
- A full-crunch salad you'll want to make over and over again for lunch
- A tomato and corn cobbler that tastes like summer sunshine
- An epic deep-dish broccoli cheddar quiche that even quiche skeptics love
- A slow-roasted chicken on a bed of unapologetically schmaltzy croutons
- A butterscotched apple crisp that will ruin you for all others
- Perfect spaghetti and meatballs, better than ever
- Deb's ultimate pound cake, one to redeem all the sleepy ones you've eaten over the years
- These are the fail-safe, satisfying recipes you'll rely on for years to come—from Perelman's forever files to yours.
DEB PERELMAN is a self-taught home cook and photographer and the creator of the award-winning blog SmittenKitchen.com. She lives in New York City with her husband and their children.
LILY BELLI is the food and drink correspondent at Lookout Santa Cruz. Over the past fifteen years since she made Santa Cruz her home, Lily has fallen deeply in love with its rich food culture, vibrant agriculture and creative minds. Lily has reported on Santa Cruz County’s food scene for the past ten years, and attempts to widen the lens beyond “what’s good to eat” at the many excellent local brick-and-mortar establishments to include trends and industry news, from craft beer, food trucks and pop ups, and to the agriculture industry and labor market.
Lily was a staff writer at alt-weekly Good Times, and has also written for Edible Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz Weekly and Thrillist. In between, she has worked in the craft beer and local wine industries. She has also been at the helm at local food-centric events, including the Santa Cruz County Fermentation Festival, Hop ‘N Barley Festival, and Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing’s Twisted Tasting.
Lily lives on the Westside in Santa Cruz with her husband, toddler and dog. She loves cooking for friends and family, trying fermentation and canning projects and visiting Santa Cruz County’s beautiful outdoors.