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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Pages To Plates - Celebrity Chef Meet & Greet  Chef Maricel Gentile
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an unforgettable evening with NJ-based celebrity Chef Maricel (as seen on Food Network\, PBS & Hulu)\n\n\nYou’re Invited: A Culinary Celebration with Chef Maricel Gentile \nJoin us for an unforgettable evening with NJ-based celebrity Chef Maricel Gentile (as seen on Food Network\, PBS\, and Hulu) as she celebrates the release of her highly anticipated debut\, Maricel’s Simply Asian Cookbook. \nThis special event is your chance to:\n✅ Hear Maricel’s inspiring story—from her Lola’s kitchen in Manila to her Cooking Studio in New Jersey\n✅ Taste exclusive bites from the cookbook\n✅ Get your copy of Simply Asian signed in person\n✅ Ask questions and connect through food and culture \nWhether you’re a seasoned foodie or just starting your journey into Asian cooking\, you’ll leave inspired\, full\, and ready to bring joyful\, approachable\, authentic Asian flavors into your own kitchen. \n📚 Books will be available for purchase on-site for $39.99\n🎟️ Attendance is free but RSVP is required to reserve your spot \nWhat People Are Saying \n⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️\n“Maricel blends culture\, technique\, and amazing flavors\ninto a simple and beautiful experience.” — Mark T. \n⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️\n“…it might be the best overall general/fusion beginner-friendly Asian cookbook\,\nand is up to date and highly recommended. The emphasis is on real\, fresh ingredients\, and family-friendly non-pretentious good food.”\n— Annie B. \n  \n⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️\n“If you’re looking for a cookbook that makes Asian cooking feel fun and more achievable\, this is one you’ll want to add to your collection. Definitely a go-to if you’re a beginner or if you know your way around a kitchen!” \n  \n⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️\n“The best part? Her personal stories. It feels like I’m learning from a friend!”\n– Jessica R. \n  \nIf you’ve ever wanted to cook with confidence\, connect through food\, or meet the woman behind the flavors of Maricel’s Kitchen—this is your moment. \nLight bites inspired by the cookbook will be served. \nPerfect for food lovers\, cookbook collectors\, and anyone who believes in the power of stories told through food. \nSpace is limited. RSVP now to save your seat and savor the experience. \n\n\n\nMaricel’s Simply Asian Cookbook: A Journey Through Filipino\, Cantonese\, Japanese\, Thai\, Vietnamese\, and Korean Recipes for Every Day\nBring the Flavors of Asia into Your Kitchen \nYou want to cook Asian dishes at home—authentic\, delicious\, and doable. But most recipes online feel too complicated\, or worse\, inauthentic. \nThat’s why Chef Maricel Gentile created Maricel’s Simply Asian Cookbook—to be your guide. \nIn this beautifully photographed\, easy-to-follow cookbook\, Maricel brings you everyday recipes from Filipino\, Cantonese\, Japanese\, Thai\, Vietnamese\, and Korean cuisines. Inspired by her journey from her Lola’s kitchen in Manila to running her own award-winning kitchen in New Jersey\, every recipe is packed with heart\, heritage\, and flavor. \n✅ Step-by-step recipes with accessible ingredients\n✅ Tips from Maricel’s professional experience and family traditions\n✅ Cook with confidence and bring joy to your table \n📖 Ready to start your journey?\n👉 Click Here ot Learn More \nLet’s cook something beautiful together. \n\n\n\nMeet Chef Maricel\nYour Guide to Confident\, Joyful Asian Cooking \nYou want to cook authentic Asian dishes that bring people together—but figuring out where to start can feel overwhelming. That’s where Chef Maricel comes in. \nYou may have seen her on the Food Network\, PBS\, or Hulu\, where she brings her passion for food and vibrant personality to life. But whether she’s on screen or in person\, Maricel’s mission is the same: \nto make Asian cooking simple\, joyful\, and absolutely delicious. \nHer journey began in her grandmother’s kitchen in the Philippines\, where she learned that food is love. Decades later\, after traveling the world and working in some of New York’s most prestigious restaurants and hotels\, she founded Maricel’s Kitchen—a culinary experience destination where tradition meets creativity. \nAs a Chef Ambassador for K-Seafood and the author of Maricel’s Simply Asian Cookbook\, Maricel helps home cooks like you confidently create Filipino\, Cantonese\, Japanese\, Thai\, Vietnamese\, and Korean dishes—no matter your skill level. \n🎟️ When you join Chef Maricel’s classes or buy her book\, you’re not just learning recipes—you’re gaining a guide\, a cheerleader\, and a new love for cooking. \n👉 Let’s cook something unforgettable. \n\n\n\n🍴💨 Don’t miss out – 🎟️Book Your Tickets Now! 🚀\n\n\n\nAbout Bluestockings Cooperative Bookstore\n  \nBluestockings is a collectively-run activist center\, community space and feminist bookstore that offers mutual aid\, harm reduction support\, non-judgemental resource research and a warming/cooling place that is radically inclusive of all genders\, cultures\, expansive sexualities and identities. Our space has existed on the Lower East Side for over 21 years as a model for integrating direct programming grounded in the community with sustainable labor practices and engagement in political education. Historically\, we have served as a sanctuary for NYC’s overlapping queer communities\, and have evolved from a “women’s” bookstore that was volunteer powered to become a horizontalist feminist community center whose work is rooted in care and mutuality\, and now cooperatively worker-owned. \n  \nMore about Bluestockings here!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/book-signing-pages-to-plates-celebrity-chef-meet-greet/
LOCATION:Bluestockings Cooperative Bookstore\, 116 Suffolk Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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SUMMARY:Coming Out of My Skin: Book Talk
DESCRIPTION:Jean-Baptiste Phou in conversation with Sokunthary Svay\n\n\nComing Out of My Skin: Jean-Baptiste Phou in conversation with Sokunthary Svay \nIn this searing memoir\, Phou faces his fears and shame to examine the role his ethnic origin has played in the construction of his sexual identity and his romantic relationships in a predominantly white environment. Being gay in a largely straight world is difficult but being Asian within this sexual minority can be a doubly oppressive experience. Coming Out of My Skin deftly tackles this challenge and aspires for a reconciliation that can empower people of sexual and racial minorities to joyfully inhabit their bodies. \nJean-Baptiste Phou is writer and multidisciplinary artist born in Paris to Chinese-Cambodian parents. He wrote the play Cambodia\, Here I Am! and directed the short film My Mother’s Tongue (2022) that received the Public’s Choice award at the 29th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema. He is also the author of Coming Out of My Skin (Seagull Books\, 2023) and 80 mots du Cambodge (L’Asiathèque\, 2024). His works explore issues of identity\, exile\, the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge genocide and minority experiences. He has made his home in Phnom Penh\, Cambodia since 2017. \nSokunthary Svay is a Cambodian writer and performer from the Bronx. A founding member of the Cambodian American Literary Arts Association (CALAA)\, she has received fellowships from the American Opera Project\, Poets House\, Willow Books\, and CUNY\, as well as commissions from Washington National Opera\, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, the Chautauqua Institution\, and ISSUE Project Room. She is a doctoral candidate in English at the CUNY Graduate Center and a Lecturer at CCNY in Harlem. Author of a poetry collection and three opera libretti\, her hybrid memoir\, Put it on Record: A Memoir-Archive\, is now available from Willow Books. \nThis is a free event but we highly encourage a donation of $10 to support the work of Bluestockings’ Collective. RSVP here and pre-order a copy of the book. Masks are required.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/coming-out-of-my-skin-book-talk/
LOCATION:Bluestockings Cooperative Bookstore\, 116 Suffolk Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
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