Word on the Street, we meet a chef!

The weather was beautiful over the weekend, and I was lucky enough to stop doing homework long enough to go outside and enjoy the annual Word on the Street festival downtown. Books galore, magazines and organizations come out and give great discounts, author meet & greets and demonstrations. This year there was a cooking section, sponsored by the Cookbook store, and Mark McEwan did a demonstration to promote his new cookbook and restaurant, Fabbrica.

He made some of his mushroom crustini that is in the book, and served at the restaurant. The spread of Gorgonzola and Marscapone was melting like butter under the herbed grilled mushrooms. I should have fought off the other people and had more.

He also signed my roommate's book. The picture is awful, but he was very nice and personable, answering our questions about Top Chef and when the new season was coming out. We like our food porn in this house.