A three-course cookbook authors lunch and book signing featuring renowned chefs Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Claudia Fleming, Dennis Prescott, and Palak Patel will be held on Saturday, October 19, at 12:30 PM at Sound View Greenport as part of James Lane Fest.
Lidia Bastianich is a television host, best‐selling cookbook author, successful restaurateur, and the owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business. Her most recent book “Lidia’s From Our Family Table to Yours,” which was released in October 2023, is a companion to her new 26-part public television series, “Lidia’s Kitchen.” Lidia is a celebrated chef and restaurateur and a founder of Eataly. Among the numerous awards and accolades she has earned are seven James Beard Awards and two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Culinary Host.
Claudia Fleming is a pastry chef, restaurateur, and author. She has worked in New York restaurants such as Union Square Cafe, Montrachet, TriBeCa Grill, and Gramercy Tavern, and at Fauchon in Paris. Fleming and her husband, chef Gerry Hayden, opened The North Fork Table & Inn in Southold. She is currently the Culinary Director of Daily Provisions for Union Square Hospitality Group. Fleming has been named “Outstanding Pastry Chef” by the James Beard Foundation, and is the author of “The Last Course” and “Delectable.”
In 2020, Dennis Prescott’s reach literally and figuratively went global with the hit original Netflix series “Restaurants on the Edge,” in which three food and design experts travel to flailing restaurants around the world to transform and place them on the road to success. Next up for Chef Dennis Prescott is his second book, “Cook With Confidence. Over 100 Inspiring Recipes To Cook & Eat Together” (HarperCollins).
“Food Is Love: Plant-Based Indian-Inspired Recipes to Feel Joy and Connection” is a cookbook by Palak Patel, an acclaimed chef and Food Network champion. Chef Patel is the owner of Dash & Chutney restaurant and two-time winner of Food Network’s famous shows “Chopped” and “Beat Bobby Flay.”
James Lane Post’s editor at large, Bridget LeRoy, will introduce the chefs during lunch. Following the lunch, guests will have the opportunity to purchase books supplied by Burton’s Books in Greenport and have them signed by the authors.
Menu items include Ira’s biodynamic green salad, a North Fork lobster roll with French fries, and swordfish tacos with cumin cabbage slaw, avocado crema, and salsa verde created by Executive Chef Nathan Hitchcock. Enjoy rosé wine from Ultimate Provence, cocktails from Dillon’s Small Batch Distillers, and Buena Vida coffee. Bedside Reading will provide gift bags. Tickets to lunch are $175 and are available here.
Following the lunch and signing, attendees are invited to explore the beauty of Sound View and capture perfect beach photos during a guided walk by content creator Kelly Alvarez Siry of @kellys_weekend_plans and enjoy a curator’s talk with Kara Hoblin of the North Fork Art Collective.