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BOWL + SPOON LAUNCH PARTY

Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party

What I do is not a typical job. I don't exactly have an official title, my paychecks are random and my schedule is both amazingly flexible and annoyingly inconsistent. I have loved this program before, but find it a bit more complicated with a mini person around. It's not just the time management aspect. I have Hugh around who is an expectional father and so supportive that I am able to take the time I need to get my own work done, but it has made my identity as a mother confusing. Perhaps for only me, but our sense of self can be so key - so pivotal and nocuous if left unencouraged. Who I am as a worker versus who I am as a mother has been tough for me to fuse as I feel like society tells me you can only excel at one or the other. In short, only because I still don't think I am on the other side of understanding where I am in all this, I needed this book to come out. I needed all the recipe deliberation, days at the library to concentrate, emails to testers, and fights with Hugh over final photos to be held in my hands, to show other people, to see my work. I am proud that this is my job and that some days I allow my son to tear through all the kitchen cabinets to entertain himself so I am able to do it. This work is something to celebrate.

I wanted to share a few photos from the launch party we hosted for the cookbook last week. It was family and friends and a good handful of local SK readers. I had about four times as much food as I needed and I was so stressy my legs were shaking the whole time BUT I am so glad we did it. I had dear friends help me set up and sell books, my sister and her best friend bartend and my mom help me make it pretty. The Ecology Center is a really special place, they are doing great things, inspiring really, and being in that space felt just right. 

"...When you realize that the story of your life could be told a thousand different ways, that you could tell it over and over as a tragedy, but you choose to call it an epic, that's when you learn what celebration is. When you see that what's in front of you is so far outside of what you dreamed, but you have the belief, the boldness, the courage to call it beautiful instead of calling it wrong...THAT is celebration."

- Shauna Niequist, Cold Tangerines

Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party

This party was possible because of a few very generous sponsors. Our local Laguna Niguel Whole Foods supplied me with the groceries so I could prepare a few recipes from the book, we served Seven Daughters Wines , House Beer and a sessions beer from New Belgium. I had bowls full of Justin's Dark Chocolate PB Cups that went just as quickly as you'd think they would while a few handfuls may have gone home with us. THANK YOU for making it possible to do this! 

Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
Sprouted Kitchen . Bowl & Spoon Launch party
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BOWL + SPOON

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This post is dense. So many links but all for good reason. Before we scroll down for a hearty dose of self promotion, I need to say thank you. Because you read this blog, or because you come to look at the pretty pictures, we have been given the opportunity to create cookbooks. Two of them! I appreciate that I have this space and that you visit it and perhaps own our first cookbook and even use it. That is so incredibly strange and flattering for me. Our second cookbook, Sprouted Kitchen: Bowl + Spoon, will be available March 31st and I would be so excited if you would preorder it on AmazonB&NIndieBoundGoogle Books, or iBooks. I'm anxious that it will finally be "out there" but ready for all that comes with that chapter as well. I started the manuscript well before I was even pregnant so it seems this has been a part of me, our life, for some time now. Much like a band who puts out a second record, it is tough to create something when there is an expectation. In design and style Bowl+Spoon mimics the first book and this blog, but like I mentioned a few posts back, there is something that feels more casual, more everyday, about this one. I like that. It feels so true to what is happening at our table.

Included here is a promo video shot by our talented friend Phillip Lopez. It's a peek into our home combined with a decent amount of unscripted (clearly) babbling on my own part. Also, Ten Speed Press created a little excerpt so I could share a few of the recipes in the book with you. It makes it all feel so real! Lastly, I'm including a few dates we have events set up. If you live in these areas, please please come! If anything, it'll be worth the trip to see how excessively I talk with my hands when I'm nervous. Kind of like a mime show. These events will be updated on our BOOK tab as new things come up. We are trying to rally something together on the east coast and perhaps a local pop-up dinner but stay tuned. I'll mention things on social media as well if you're into that sort of thing. Really truly I hope to meet some of you.

.EVENT DATES.

Thursday April 2nd 4:30-6:30pm

The Ecology Center, San Juan Capistrano CA

Launch party! Books available for purchase. I am partnering with New Belgium Brewery, Seven Daughters Wine, and our local Whole Foods to celebrate with a few bites and a beverage. If you live nearby, come say hi, give hugs and buy a book. It's an awesome space doing great things. 

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Monday April 13th 6:30-8pm

Book Larder, Seattle WA

Ashley Rodriguez of Not Without Salt and I will have a little chat about the book and talk bowls, inspiration, work and such. Would love for you to join. This event is $5 or free with purchase of a cookbook. There will be snacks! 

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Tuesday April 14th 6:00pm

Omnivore Books, San Francisco, CA 

Book signing. 

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Thursday June 4th Time TBD

Laguna Beach Books, Laguna Beach, CA

Book signing.  

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