Things Cooks Love: Implements. Ingredients. Recipes.

By Sur La Table and Marie Simmons

Things Cooks Love: Implements. Ingredients. Recipes.

About Sur La Table

Seattle-based Sur La Table has kept its finger on the pulse of America's cooks since opening its doors in 1972 at Seattle's historic Pike Place Market. Since then, chefs and home cooks with a taste for adventure have flocked to the culinary mecca. A destination for iconic chefs like Julia Child, Jacques Pepin, Martha Stewart, and Mario Batali, Sur La Table entices aficionados and curious beginners alike with its amazing selection of cookware and tools. With a successful catalog, Web site, cooking class program, and stores from coast to coast, Sur La Table continues to share its passion for the traditions and tastes of the world with people who love to cook and entertain. For more about Sur La Table, see surlatable.com.

Things Cooks Love

Book Tour

The following details are for book signing events and cooking classes for each location:

NEW YORK

• New York, NY • SoHo • 75 Spring Street (corner of Spring and Crosby) • Phone 212.966.3375 Launch Party and Book Signing: Tuesday, April 22, 6:30 – 8:00 PM

ILLINOIS

• Naperville, IL • Main Street Promenade • 55 South Main Street • Phone 630.428.1110 Book Signing: Wednesday, April 23, 5:00 – 6:00 PM Tools of the Global Kitchen Cooking Class: Wednesday, April 23, 6:30 PM

CALIFORNIA

• San Francisco, CA • Ferry Building Marketplace • One Ferry Building • Phone 415.262.9970 Launch Party and Book Signing: Friday, April 25, 6:30 – 8:00 PM

• San Francisco, CA • 77 Maiden Lane • Phone 415.732.7900 Tools of the Global Kitchen Cooking Class: Tuesday, May 6, 6:30 PM

• Santa Rosa, CA • Montgomery Village • 2323 Magowan Drive • Phone 707.566.9820 Tools of the Global Kitchen Cooking Class: Wednesday, May 7, 6:30 PM

• Los Gatos, CA • Old Town Center • 23 University Avenue • Phone 408.395.6946 Tools of the Global Kitchen Cooking Class: Thursday, May 8, 6:30 PM

• Los Angeles, CA • Farmer’s Market • 6333 West Third Street • Phone 323.954.9190 Tools of the Global Kitchen Cooking Class: Tuesday, May 13, 6:30 PM

• Newport Beach, CA • Corona del Mar Plaza • 832 Avocado Avenue • Phone 949.640.0200 Tools of the Global Kitchen Cooking Class: Wednesday, May 14, 6:30 PM

• Carlsbad, CA • Forum at Carlsbad • 1915 Calle Barcelona • Phone 760.635.1316 Tools of the Global Kitchen Cooking Class: Thursday, May 15, 6:30 PM

WASHINGTON

• Kirkland, WA • 90 Central Way • Phone 425.827.1331 Book Signing: Monday, April 28, 5:00 – 6:00 PM Tools of the Global Kitchen Cooking Class: Monday, April 28, 6:30 PM

OREGON

• Portland, OR • Brewery Blocks • 1102 NW Couch Street • Phone 503.295.9679 Book Signing: Wednesday, April 30, 5:00 – 6:00 PM Tools of the Global Kitchen Cooking Class: Wednesday, April 30, 6:30 PM

TEXAS

• Dallas, TX • 4527 Travis Street • Phone 214.219.4401 Book Signing: Friday, May 2, 5:00 – 6:00 PM Tools of the Global Kitchen Cooking Class: Friday, May 2, 6:30 PM

• Houston, TX • River Oaks Shopping Center • 1996 West Gray • Phone 713.533.0400 Tools of the Global Kitchen Cooking Class: Saturday, May 3, 10:30 AM

VIRGINIA

• Arlington, VA • Pentagon Row • 1101 South Joyce Street • Phone 703.414.3580 Tools of the Global Kitchen Cooking Class: Wednesday, June 11, 6:30 PM

• Richmond, VA • Stoy Point Fashion Park • 9200 Stony Point Parkway • Phone 804.272.7094 Tools of the Global Kitchen Cooking Class: Thursday, June 12, 6:30 PM

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About Marie Simmons

Marie Simmons is an award-winning cookbook author, popular cooking teacher, and food writer. Her recipes and food articles have appeared in hundreds of magazines. For more than 15 years she wrote a monthly column for Bon Appétit magazine and a weekly column for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. She currently writes a bi-monthly column, "Simmons Sez," for the Contra Costa Times and the Bay Area News Group.

Marie Simmons

Marie has written 18 cookbooks, including Fig Heaven; Fresh & Fast; The Amazing World of Rice; The Good Egg, winner of a James Beard Award; and Lighter, Quicker, Better, written with Richard Sax and winner of Julia Child and James Beard awards. She also wrote Bar Cookies A to Z, Puddings A to Z, Muffins A to Z, and Pancakes A to Z. One of her first cookbooks, 365 Ways to Cook Pasta, has more than 500,000 copies in print. Marie, a native New Yorker, lives in Richmond, CA.

Contact: Aimee Bianca, YC Media: (212) 609-5009, aimee@ycmedia.com

THINGS COOKS LOVE: Implements. Ingredients. Recipes.

Authors: Sur La Table, Marie Simmons
ISBN: 978-0-7407-6976-4
Format: 8 ½ x 10 ½, 336 pp, Jacketed hardcover with lay-flat binding, Color photography
Price: $35.00 U.S.A. ($42.00 Canada)