Spring Break Pickle Camp: El Cosmico Marfa

I can’t wait for March and not just because the poppies I planted in November will be at full tilt, but because I’m headed back to West Texas. I’m teaching two workshops which you can sign up for here. The friendly folks at El Cosmico said that accommodations that are not-camping are pretty much snatched up already, but what could be more fun than pickle camp?! We’ll be camping out in the desert at one of its prettiest times.

They have tents that are already set up if you’re still building your camp skills, and there are bathrooms, showers, and sinks for washing up.

Hope you can join me in the high desert!

Cyber Monday sales benefit

Happy post-Thanksgiving everyone! The time is here, and you obviously have a choice to shop (or not) and where to shop for your holiday gifts. This year, instead of slashing already-low profit margins on the small-batch artisan goods and books in my shop, I was inspired by my friend Natalie of Canoe to share profits from this shopping-tastic weekend with a charity. I’ll be donating 15% of profits from the sales of Hip Girl’s Guide to the Kitchen books and all the pickle design merchandise through midnight tonight to a group fighting for reproductive equity in Texas, Lilith Fund.

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Texas Book Festival 2014

We’re in store for a fun weekend at the Texas Book Festival, especially if it’s anything like the last time I did this fest. Thanks to Addie Broyles and the Austin American Statesman for including me in a highlight of cookbook authors in the cooking demo tent.

I’ll be kicking off the festival at the gala afterparty on Friday starting at 9:30p. Cocktails with the authors! More info here.

Daytime! - Saturday October 25

11a-1p

I’ll be churning out poems with my Typewriter Rodeo crew on Saturday. Location of their tent TBD, but it will likely be on Congress by food vendor Amy’s Ice Cream. Come say hello and get yourself a poem.

2:30-3:30p

I’ll be demo’ing two recipes from the book, a fermented pickle and homemade mayonnaise in the Cooking Tent, then signing Hip Girl’s Guide to the Kitchen immediately following in the signing tent.

 

Check out the festival schedule here.

Nighttime! - Saturday October 25

8:30-9:15p

I agreed to flex my non-existent trivia muscles in Nerd Jeopardy at Wonderland. (I hope they ask a lot of questions about Jane Austen.) Lit Crawl events happen in two phases and it’s a lot of good free fun.