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WEEK SCHEDULE

Books • Food • Drinks • Live Entertainment

All paid events are ticketed separately. Collaboration dinners are ticketed directly through our restaurant partners.

Books • Food • Drinks • Live Entertainment

All paid events are ticketed separately. Collaboration dinners are ticketed directly through our restaurant partners.

Side-by-side portraits of chefs Dong Choi and Tu David Phu, with text paying tribute to Charles Phan and featuring a cookbook cover titled "Memory of Taste.
Dinner Series

Kickoff Dinner: A Tribute to Charles Phan

Tuesday, April 21 6:30 pm
Farming Hope
690 Van Ness Ave San Francisco, CA 94102
$175
Featuring
  • Dong Choi
  • Tu David Phu
A collage of four chefs: David Nayfeld, Nite Yun, Anna Voloshyna, and Arnold Myint, each pictured individually with their names displayed below their portraits.
Dinner Series

Dinner: Noodle Night at Che Fico

Wednesday, April 22
Che Fico
838 Divisadero St San Francisco, CA 94117
$175
Featuring
  • Anna Volosyhna
  • Arnold Myint
  • David Nayfeld
  • Nite Yun
Split image featuring Alison Roman on the left with her cookbook "Something Nothing," and Brandon Jew on the right with his cookbook "Mister Jiu's in Chinatown.
Dinner Series

A Cocktail Party with Alison Roman x Brandon Jew

Wednesday, April 22 5:00 pm
Moongate Lounge at Mister Jiu's
28 Waverly Pl San Francisco, CA 94108
$95
Featuring
  • Alison Roman
  • Brandon Jew
A collage of five people posing individually; three women in the top row and one man and one woman in the bottom row, each in different indoor settings.
Book TalkCommunity Event

Building Your Brand: Cookbook to Community (& Back Again)

Wednesday, April 22 6:30 pm
Omnivore Books
3885A Cesar Chavez St San Francisco, CA 94131
Free
Featuring
  • Allie Lehman
  • Colu Henry
  • Hetty Lui McKinnon
  • Reilly Meehan
  • Violet Witchel
Three women, Sana Javeri Kadri, Asha Loupy, and Gayle Pirie, are pictured side by side, each smiling, with cookbooks displayed below their names.
Dinner Series

Dinner: Diaspora Spice Co. x Foreign Cinema

Thursday, April 23
Foreign Cinema
2534 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94110
Featuring
  • Asha Loupy
  • Gayle Pirie & John Clark
  • Sana Javeri Kadri
Split image: Left shows Amon and Jenna Muller holding produce on a farm; right shows Evan and Sarah Rich in a kitchen. Book covers “Full Belly Farm & Kitchen” and “Rich Table” are below.
Dinner Series

Dinner: Rich Table x Full Belly Farms

Thursday, April 23
Rich Table
199 Gough St San Francisco, CA 94102
$110
Featuring
  • Amon & Jenna Muller
  • Evan & Sarah Rich
A collage of four people: a man preparing food in a kitchen, a woman eating outdoors, a man holding a dish outside, and a man with glasses posing against a plain background.
Book TalkCommunity Event

Queer Voices, Bold Flavors: A Cookbook Conversation

Thursday, April 23 6:30 pm
Omnivore Books
3885A Cesar Chavez St San Francisco, CA 94131
Free
Featuring
  • Celia Sack
  • John Birdsall
  • Jon Kung
  • Justin Burke
  • Soleil Ho
A woman in a white chef's coat stands in front of a wall with a pink "milk" sign. Logos for Milk Bar and Graffeo Coffee Co. are shown at the bottom.
Community Event

Milk Bar Pop-Up

Friday, April 24 9:00 am
Graffeo Coffee Roasting Co.
735 Columbus Ave San Francisco, CA 94133
Free
Featuring
  • Christina Tosi
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Headnotes Live
Featured Event

Headnotes Live

Friday, April 24 5:00 pm
Presidio Theatre
99 Moraga Avenue San Francisco, CA 94129
$85-$125
Featuring
  • Ali Bouzari
  • Arnold Myint
  • Brandon Jew
  • Chuck Cruz
  • Crystal Wahpepah
  • Hailee Catalano
  • Harold McGee
  • Hetty Lui McKinnon
  • Jillian Knox
  • John Birdsall
  • Jon Kung
  • Justin Burke
  • Lisa Anderson Shaffer
  • Michele Norris
  • Nite Yun
  • Rogelio Garcia
  • Soleil Ho
🎉 Special Event

Through The Left Door: Official Cookbook Week Afterparty

Friday, April 24 9:30 pm
Left Door
1905 Union Street, San Francisco
$30
Featuring
Three women—Kate Leahy, Jenny Wapner, and Leslie Jonath—are shown in individual portrait photos, with their names labeled below each image.
Community Event

Cookbooks: Past, Present, and Future

Saturday, April 25 11:00 am
The Civic Kitchen
2961 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110
$50
Featuring
  • Jenny Wapner
  • Kate Leahy
  • Leslie Jonath
A collage of six chefs, three women in the top row and three people in the bottom row, all smiling and posing in various indoor and outdoor settings.
Community Event

‘You Had Me at Almonds’ Cookbook Week Bake Sale

Saturday, April 25 1:00 pm
Kantine
1906 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94102
Featuring
  • Christina Tosi
  • Domenica Marchetti
  • Henry Awayan
  • Justin Burke
  • Nichole Accettola
  • Roxanna Jullapat
A woman smiling, a man smiling, the "Your Mama's Kitchen" podcast logo, and the "Andrew Talks to Chefs" podcast logo arranged in a grid.
Community Event
Featured Event

Live Cookbook Podcast Happy Hour

Saturday, April 25 4:00 pm
The Civic Kitchen
2961 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94110
$25
Featuring
  • Andrew Friedman
  • Arnold Myint
  • Jon Kung
  • Michele Norris
  • Nicole Krasinski
  • Stuart Brioza

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