Nina Mukerjee Furstenau Reading & Presentation

Nina Mukerjee Furstenau, author of Biting through the Skin, will read and present from her new book next weekend at the Chicago Foodways Roundtable! For more information, visit our Facebook event. We hope you can make it!

Date: Saturday, April 26
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Kendall College, 900 N North Branch Street, Chicago, IL

Praise for Biting through the Skin
"It should be noted that the recipe for the keema… had me combing the country for cardamom pods."—New York Times Book Review

"Lush and lyrical, Nina Mukerjee Furstenau's memoir, Biting through the Skin: An Indian Kitchen in America's Heartland, blends foods and childhood, cuisine and family into a story that resonates and lingers like the spices she lovingly describes."—Kansas City Star

"A beautiful and sensitive memoir—with recipes!—about life in Kansas for a Bengali family."—Star Tribune

Biting through the Skin: An Indian Kitchen in America's Heartland, by Nina Mukerjee Furstenau

David Peterson Book Signing

David Peterson, author of The Drake Relays and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, will be signing copies of his new book this weekend! He will be in Des Moines, just in time for the Drake Relays. For more information or to RSVP, visit our Facebook event.

Date: Saturday, April 19
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Friedrichs Coffee, 4126 University Ave, Des Moines, IA

Praise for The Drake Relays
"If, as the great sports commentator Heywood Hale Broun has said, 'Sports do not build character. They reveal it,' then here—in the masterful images of David Peterson—is character revealed beautifully, powerfully, fully."—Chris Johns, editor in chief, National Geographic

The Drake Relays: America's Athletic Classic, by David Peterson