Join the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation for a lively conversation about food and community moderated by Edmonds food critic Nancy Leson and featuring beloved restaurateur Shubert Ho and popular food writers Maria Montalvo and Marjie Bowker.
LET'S TALK ABOUT FOOD!
Friday, November 15, 6:30 PM | Edmonds Library
6:30 PM | Reception
7:30 PM | Panel Discussion and Q&A
RSVP by Tuesday, November 12. Seating is limited. Reservations are required.
• Enjoy refreshments and appetizers
• Meet accomplished Edmonds restaurateurs and writers
• Welcome Sno-Isle Libraries’ new Executive Director Eric Howard
• Mingle with fellow library supporters and make new friends
Libraries are for everyone! Please consider making a donation to the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation and supporting your library’s life-changing programs. Thank you for sharing your love of libraries. We look forward to seeing you on November 15th!
Rsvps have now closed for this event
Questions about the event? Please contact us at Foundation@sno-isle.org or (360) 651-7074.
ABOUT THE PANEL
Nancy Leson is a Seattle-based food writer and radio personality who learned much of what she knows about food during her first career: waiting tables. Seattle readers know her as a restaurant critic and food columnist for the Seattle Times and NPR member station KNKX. Nancy teaches cooking classes at PCC, Book Larder, Bayview School of Cooking, and other culinary schools. Learn more about her at http://www.nancyleson.com.
Shubert Ho is the executive chef and owner of Feedme Hospitality & Restaurant Group, located in Edmonds. The group has established six restaurants–Salt & Iron, Bar Dojo, The MAR·KET, SanKai, Fire & The Feast, and Shore Pine Coffee & Gelato–and a catering business in the last decade.
Marjie Bowker is an Edmonds-based world traveler who lives for street food. She is an accomplished home cook whose new food blog Eat99 introduces readers and eaters to the wide world of international foods along Highway 99. Marjie is also an English Teacher and the editor of books of essays written by students who share their personal experiences and struggles.
Maria Montalvo is an Edmonds-based consultant, an instructor at Edmonds College’s Creative Retirement Institute, and a freelance writer whose column, Arts & Appetite, appears weekly in the Edmonds Beacon where she regularly writes about local restaurants.
Read Maria's latest article highlighting some of the great restaurants along Highway 99: Highway 99: The restaurant gift that keeps giving.