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	Events at Omnivore Books on Food If you would like a signed copy of a book from one of our events, but are unable to attend, just call the shop at 415-282-4712, we’ll be happy to take care of it for you.



	Sun. Feb. 5 • Shannon O'Malley • Apocalypse Cakes: Recipes for the End • 3-4 p.m. FREE We are besieged with talk of crisis, meltdown, earthquakes, sink holes, global warming, bailouts, and more. Once you realize there's not a whole lot of time left, grab a Bundt pan and whip up your own scrumptious Fallen Angel Food Cake--or one of the other 29 apocalyptic cakes in this irreverent cookbook--and indulge in your final days. Each full-color dessert photograph is accompanied by a short hilarious description, and there will be samples, of course! Add this event to your calendar.
	Thurs. Feb. 9 • Pam Peirce • Golden Gate Gardening • 6-7 p.m. • FREE Pam’s book is a classic guide for those who want to grow food in San Francisco and nearby. She will speak of learning to garden in a new climate, in the history of California and in current San Francisco gardens, including stories from her personal gardening journey from the temperate to the Mediterranean climate. Climate and culture determine what we want to grow for our table, and Pam teaches us how to find the crops and schedule that work in our lives. Time for gardening questions will follow her talk. Add this event to your calendar.
	Sat. Feb. 18 • Cupcake Contest! • 3-4 p.m. • FREE to entrants; $5 for eaters-only Yes indeed, it's time for another cooking contest, the first of 2012. This contest challenges you to throw down your best cupcakes, of any flavor. The rules are simple: Bake as many cupcakes as you can (either minis or regular size cut into smaller slices so as many judges can try them as possible). Bring them over between 2:30 and 3:00, and then we'll let the public taste them all and decide their favorite. Non-bakers pay $5 to taste, and the winner splits the door money with us. Come hungry! Add this event to your calendar.
	Thurs. Feb. 23. Nina Simonds • Simple Asian Meals: Irresistibly Satisfying and Healthy Dishes for the Busy Cook • 6-7 p.m. • FREE Nina came last year to give a talk, and trust me, she is a dynamic & wonderful speaker worth spending the evening with! Using only commonly available ingredients, award-winning cookbook author and Asian-food guru Nina Simonds creates easy, soothing, healthful meals that are masterpieces of simplicity. In Simple Asian Meals, Simonds presents over 100 recipes for accessible Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and Vietnamese specialties—packed with fresh, seasonal ingredients and health-giving benefits from immune support to ease of digestion to cholesterol reduction. Add this event to your calendar.
	Sun. Feb. 26 • Colman Andrews • The Country Cooking of Italy • 2 events! 3-4 p.m. talk at Omnivore Books - FREE 5:30 p.m. Dinner with Colman Andrews at Camino in Oakland! Russ will create a special 3-course dinner inspired from the book. $85 per person including wine, gratuity and tax. Cocktails and cookbooks available for purchase. Call 510-547-5035 to reserve. Colman Andrews and Christopher Hirsheimer achieve the formidable feat of illuminating the world's most beloved cuisine in an entirely new light in this beautiful book. Drawing on more than 40 years of experience traveling and eating in Italy, Andrews explores every region, from Piedmont to Puglia, and provides the fascinating origins of dishes both familiar and unexpected. Add this event to your calendar.
	Wed. Feb. 29 • Gerald Asher • A Carafe of Red • 6-7 p.m. • FREE Every wine has a story. In this collection of elegantly written essays from the past thirty years, updated with a new introduction and endnotes, renowned author Gerald Asher informs wine enthusiasts with insightful, engrossing accounts of wines from Europe and America that offer just as much for those who simply enjoy vivid evocations of people and places. Asher puts wine in its context by taking the reader on a series of discursive journeys that start with the carafe at his elbow. Add this event to your calendar.