Talk of the Stacks, a free author series exploring contemporary literature and culture, will host the chef/owner of Prune restaurant of NYC, Gabrielle Hamilton, presenting her memoir, Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef.

Talk of the Stacks with Gabrielle Hamilton
Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 7 PM
Gabrielle Hamilton is the chef/owner of Prune restaurant in New York’s East Village. She received an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Michigan, and her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, GQ, Bon Appétit, Saveur, and Food & Wine. She has appeared on The Martha Stewart Show and the Food Network, among other television programs. Her memoir, Blood, Bones & Butter, is an unflinching and lyrical memoir about her unconventional journey as a cook for the last twenty years.

“I will read this book to my children and then burn all the books I have written for pretending to be anything even close to this.”
— Chef Mario Batali

Held at the Minneapolis Central Library in Pohlad Hall (300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401), the program is free and open to the public. Book sale/signing follows the presentation. Seating is first come, first served. Doors open at 6:15 PM and program begins at 7 PM.

For more information: www.supporthclib.org or 612-543-8107.

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The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank presents Talk of the Stacks, a program of the Friends of the Hennepin County Library. Additional support provided Dorsey and Whitney LLP, Marquette Hotel, Minn Post, KARE 11, and Magers and Quinn Booksellers.

Friends of the Hennepin County Library (Friends of HCL) is a vibrant community of supporters for our library system. Over the last ten years, our support community has provided more than $41 million in direct programmatic and cash support to libraries in Hennepin County. From fundraising to purchasing library materials to presenting a diverse range of cultural programs, our independent, non-profit network helps make the wonder of learning and discovery more accessible to all.