William Grimes on Appetite City: A Culinary History of New York, Connie Rosenblum on Boulevard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx and Edward Rutherfurd on New York: The Novel
New York Stories
Sunday, Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m., Batten (Building 2, 1st Floor, Room 2106)
Author(s) and Guest(s)
William Grimes
William Grimes was the restaurant critic at The New York Times from 1999 to 2003. He then wrote book reviews for the paper before becoming its lead obituarist. He is the author of Straight Up or on the Rocks, My Fine Feathered Friend and Eating Your Words: 2000 Words to Tease Your Taste Buds, and the co-author of The New York Times Guide to New York City Restaurants 2004. His latest, Appetite City: A Culinary History of New York (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), offers a grand tour of the history of the city’s restaurant scene.
Constance Rosenblum
Constance Rosenblum is the longtime editor of The New York Times’ City section and former editor of the newspaper’s Arts & Leisure section. She is the author of Gold Digger: The Outrageous Life and Times of Peggy Hopkins Joyce and editor of New York Stories: The Best of the City Section of the New York Times. Her latest, Boulevard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx (New York University Press), is “a must for those interested in the cultural history of the Bronx and New York City.” – Publishers Weekly.
Edward Rutherfurd
Edward Rutherfurd, a leading historical novelist, is the author of many best-selling books, including Sarum, London, The Princes of Ireland and his latest, New York: The Novel (Doubleday). A native of Salisbury, England, he divides his time between Europe and New York City.
Schedule
| Sunday, Nov. 15, 2:30 p.m. |
Free |
Location
Miami Book Fair International * Miami Dade College
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
Batten (Building 2, 1st Floor, Room 2106)
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