special activities Celebrating the beginning of the holiday season
Flintridge Bookstore hosts an Open House celebrating the beginning of the holiday season, including appearances by two cookbook authors, a comic book writer and illustrator and cookie and coffee pop-ups. Plus, there are store give-aways, a drawing to win a bag of books, and a Find the Niffler! contest. Come, join the fun, and show your support! SHOP SMALL this season!
Here is the bookstore’s line-up (so far) for the day:
11:00 AM-3:00 PM
Cozy Cookie Company Pop-Up
Small cottage food operation located in La Cañada Flintridge. Kat and Amanda bake high quality cookies straight from Kat’s home kitchen.
Inicio Coffee Company Pop-Up
Full service Los Angeles espresso bar (and partners with a non-profit, anti-human trafficking organization that helps survivors learn vocational and life skills for re-entry). Every cup of coffee sold contributes to the initiative to change lives and inspire hope.
Meet & Greet/Booksigning for Demi Naito
Comic book author and artist inspired by animals and nature - The Pigeons of Los Angeles, Mourning Doves are People, Too, and How to Solve a Problem. Bird stickers for sale, too
Jewelry Designs by Aleen Langton
Unique handmade designs from Cultured Lil Pearl created with a variety of pearls, crystals, and other beads and gemstones
Noon-3:00 PM
Meet & Greet/Booksigning for Julie Seyler
Baker, author and blogger at TwoBitTart.com
Gluten for Punishment: Just Desserts for the Heartbroken, Lovesick, and Jilted, her debut book, a sharply observant, deliciously personal story about dating, desire, and the comfort of dessert – with recipes
1:00-2:00 PM
Meet & Greet/Booksigning for Nik Sharma
Bestselling cookbook author celebrated for blending culinary science with deeply personal storytelling
Veg-Table: Recipes, Techniques, and Plant Science for Big-Flavored, Vegetable-Focused Meals, Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by NPR, The Los Angeles Times, Epicurious, Vice, Food Network, Good Housekeeping, and a Best Cookbook of Fall 2023 by Bon Appetit. Sharma is an editor at America’s Test Kitchen.
