James Beard award winner Adrian Miller will be at the Grandview Yard Giant Eagle Market District for a book signing & meet and greet! He will also be doing a 30 minute cooking demonstration.
Miller is a food writer, attorney and certified barbecue judge who lives in Denver, CO. He describes himself as a “recovering lawyer and politico who turned into a food writer interested in the following topics: African heritage food (especially soul food), barbecue, the intersection of faith and food, and presidential foodways.”
Miller’s first book, Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time won the James Beard Foundation Award for Scholarship and Reference in 2014. His second book, The President’s Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, From the Washingtons to the Obamas was published on President’s Day, 2017, and it has been nominated for a 2018 NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding Literary Work—Non-Fiction.”
Adrian is also a culinary historian and a certified barbecue judge who has lectured around the country on such topics as: Black Chefs in the White House, chicken and waffles, hot sauce, kosher soul food, red drinks, soda pop, and soul food.
Saturday, February 10 at 3pm
Grandview Yard Giant Eagle Market District: 840 W. 3rd Ave. (614-294-2186)
Information provided by Giant Eagle Market District.
