Tuesday, December 2nd 7:00pm

Tamra Adler: Book Release Party for her new book, Feast on Your Life!

in Conversation with Shaina Loew-Banayan. Free.

From the award-winning author of An Everlasting Meal comes a record of daily delights from inside the kitchen and just outside it; designed to help you find joy every day. Come help us celebrate the release of Feast on Your Life while Tamar is back in the US!

“Delight in food, in eating, in cooking, in serving, in recognizing our luck when we feel full is available to all of us,” says writer Tamar Adler. Adler found relief and ease in spending a year recording instances of such delight. Her hope is that her observations might do the same for you.

Each captivating entry is a celebration of simple pleasures. From the pleasure of picking sun-warmed cherries to the comfort of a perfectly cooked meal, Adler’s reflections range from short, lyrical musings—a series of phrases, a list of words, a quick poem—to longer, thought-provoking meditations. All in all, they represent the kitchen (and adjacent) happinesses of one year.

Step into a world where cooking becomes a meditative, soothing retreat. Adler brings her signature warmth and poetic charm to this daily devotional of sorts. Her writing, brimming with zest and wisdom, has earned comparisons to food legends like MFK Fisher and Laurie Colwin—a testament to her ability to weave storytelling and culinary insights. But Adler doesn’t just write about food—she transforms how we see it. With her gentle guidance, even the most routine kitchen tasks become opportunities for reflection. Her voice is like a trusted friend’s—knowledgeable, comforting, and endlessly inspiring.

Feast on Your Life is the perfect holiday gift or addition to your own library. Adler’s reflections help you see the magic in everyday meals and embrace the art of cooking with a renewed sense of peace, helping you find greater happiness and mindfulness the kitchen.

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TAMAR ADLER
is the James Beard and IACP Award–winning author of An Everlasting MealSomething Old, Something New; and the bestselling The Everlasting Meal Cookbook. She is a contributing editor at Vogue and has been a New York Times Magazine columnist. She has cooked at Chez Panisse. Formerly a resident of Hudson, she now lives in Madrid, Spain.

Tamar will be joined in conversation with:

SHAINA LOEW-BANYAN
chef and owner of Cafe Mutton (here in Hudson) and the author of Elegy for an Appetite. Shaina lives in Austerlitz and raises wise chickens.

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Saturday, December 6th 5:00pm

Author Julie Doar at Winter Walk!

Signing copies of her Hudson Valley-based novel The Gallagher Place. Free!

Come by during Winter Walk on December 6th from 5:00 to 6:00PM and meet Julie Doar, author of The Gallagher Place, a layered exploration of family secrets, sibling misconceptions, and an unsolved murder in this chilling debut set in New York’s Dutchess County. 
 
Lisa Unger, Author of Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six, gushes: “Gothic and twisty! Don’t miss it.” Signed copies of this new paperback release make excellent holiday gifts for the mystery lovers in your life.
 
When Marlowe Fisher, an illustrator living in New York City, returns to her family’s bewitching Hudson Valley home for the holidays, she discovers a body in the woods—a murder that draws her back into the haunting case of her teenage best friend’s disappearance two decades earlier. What happened to Nora?
 
As police descend on the sprawling Fisher property, Marlowe is pulled into an investigation that threatens to unravel the town’s fragile loyalties and expose the shadowed legacy of a weekend home steeped in secrets. Marlowe must confront the fallibility of her own memory and the feeling that everyone—including her brothers—is hiding something if she’s to uncover the shocking truth about her lost friend. In this gripping debut, Julie Doar delivers a chilling mystery that explores the corrosive power of silence and the tension of family secrets.
 
Julie Doar grew up in the Hudson Valley. She’s worked as a cold-calling Sales Rep, a Starbucks barista, and a romance novel ghostwriter. Currently, she is a middle school English teacher in Brooklyn. This is her first novel.

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