At Online Event via Zoom

Foodies, join us to welcome in style, comme il se doit the great David Lebovitz!

We are thrilled to spend this morning with you, and honored to have the chance to get to know David better and to explore his culinary world. This event will be presented in two parts. First, our librarian will interview David to learn more about his different books, his blog, and his life in France and Belgium. In the second part of the event, David will put on another hat and show us 2 beverage recipes from his latest book: Drinking French. If you want to join in making the drinks, please find the ingredients and utensils needed below.

This author talk will be followed by a live Q&A, so come ready with your questions!

Please make sure that the email address entered in your account is correct. We will send you a link to be able to participate in the activity.

Beverage Recipes:
Chocolate Frappe
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup lowfat or whole milk (plant-based milk can be used)
1 tablespoon sugar
whipped cream and chocolate shavings or cocoa powder for garnish (both are optional)

Equipment:
A cocktail shaker, although a blender can be used, serving glass

The Last Word Cocktail
3/4 oz London dry gin
3/4 oz green Chartreuse
3/4 oz maraschino liqueur
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
lime twist, for garnish

Equipment:
Cocktail shaker (or large jar and strainer), coupe glass.

Drinking French: The Iconic Cocktails, Apéritifs, and Café Traditions of France, with 160 Recipes (Ten Speed Press)

Member

Non-member

$12

About David Lebovitz

David began his pastry career in San Francisco working in the pastry department at the world-famous Chez Panisse restaurant for thirteen years beginning in 1983. He was named one of the top five pastry chefs in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Chronicle. His first cookbook Room for Dessert (HarperCollins 1999) was nominated for an IACP/ KitchenAid Award. His ice cream book, The Perfect Scoop (Ten Speed Press) was chosen as one of Amazon’s Top Ten Cookbooks of 2007. Considered the definitive book on frozen desserts, David published a revised and updated edition of the bestseller The Perfect Scoop in 2018. Both Williams-Sonoma and Cuisinart purchased copies to feature in their stores and promote to their customers.

David Lebovitz has been featured in Bon Appétit, Food & Wine magazine, Gourmet, Cook’s Illustrated, Saveur, Travel and Leisure, Milk Street, Better Homes and Gardens, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, People magazine, Financial Times, the Washington Post, The Guardian, L’Express, Le Monde and other publications around the world.

His blog www.davidlebovitz.com is one of the first and most phenomenally popular blogs with over a million pageviews per month. His blog was named “Blog of the decade” by Saveur magazine.

His two memoirs, The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World’s Most Glorious – and Perplexing – City (Crown 2009) was a New York Times bestseller. The sequel L’Appart: The Delights and Disasters of Making My Paris Home (Crown 2017) was praised by the Washington Post as “equal parts honest, intriguing, distressing, entertaining, funny and appetizing.” Both books have been optioned for a television series and are currently in development with David as the main character.

His recent cookbooks My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories (Ten Speed Press 2014) and Drinking French (Ten Speed Press 2020) have become bestsellers and praised by everyone from Ina Garten to Yotam Ottolenghi.

Where to find David’s books:
https://www.davidlebovitz.com/books/