Yummy Words: A Food & Writing Workshop

615-D San Benito St.,Hollister CA 95023

17 November, 2021

Description

An in-person, food & writing workshop Enjoy an autumn small-bite tasting with Becky Herbert of the Farmhouse Cafe & Engage in a food-inspired writing workshop with Amanda Chiado, local poet. $25 per person, price includes food and workshop. *Wine available for purchase at the event. 3 tasting courses includes: Persimmon Jam & Ricotta Cheese on Crostini Pumpkin Soup with Honey Whipped Cream & Pepitas Turkey Meatloaf, Cranberry Gravy, Parsnip Potato Puree, Brussels Sprouts For more information, email [email protected] More about poet Amanda Chiado Amanda is the author of Vitiligod:  The Ascension of Michael Jackson (Dancing Girl Press, 2016).  Her poem "The Devil's Taken his Dress Off" won the Molotov Cocktail Shadow Poetry Award.  Her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart, and Best of the Net.  Her poetry and fiction has garnered support from Squaw Valley, The Creative Capacity Fund, and The Highlights Foundation.  She holds a teaching credential, and degrees from the University of New Mexico and California College of the Arts where she was the poetry editor for Eleven Eleven.  Her poetry appears or is forthcoming in Best New Poets, Paper Darts, Witness, Cimarron Review, Fence, and It Was Written: Poetry Inspired by Hip Hop, among others.  She is the Program Manager for the San Benito County Arts Council, is an active California Poet in the Schools, and edits for Jersey Devil Press and Tattoo Highway.  She lives with her husband and two children in rural Hollister, California where she sings, dances and collects horror-movie memorabilia.  Get weirder at www.amandachiado.com More about chef Becky Herbert Becky is the owner of the Farmhouse Café and founder of Eating with the Seasons CSA, a program that offers a weekly subscription service where members have access to an array of local, organic produce, pasture-raised & grassfed meats, eggs, dairy, breads, and prepared foods from Farmhouse Café. Get tickets for great Summer Arts Programs!