Your favorite regional and national cookbook authors are on hand in the Lifestyle Lounge to sign books and chat.  Authors signing cookbooks include:

• James Peterson, author of:
  • Cooking
  • Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making
  • Fish & Shellfish: The Definitive Cook's Companion
  • Splendid Soups
  • and more
  
  
• The Brass Sisters, authors of:
  • Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters
  • Heirloom Cooking with the Brass Sisters
  
  
• Kathy Gunst, author of:
  • Stonewall Kitchen Favorites
  • Stonewall Kitchen Harvest
  • Relax, Company's Coming!
  • The Parenting Cookbook
  • and more
  
  
• Rowan Jacobsen author of:
  • A Geography of Oysters
  • Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honeybee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis
  
  
• Cynthia Finnemore Simonds, author of:
  • Superb Maine Soups
  • Fresh Maine Salads
  • the forthcoming book The Aspiring Locavore
  
  
• Kate Krukowski Gooding, author of:
  • Black Fly Stew: Wild Maine Recipes
  • Cooking with Karen's Grass-fed Lamb
  
  
• Jean Kerr, author of:
  • Windjammer Cooking: Great Recipes from Maine's Windjammer Fleet
  • Mystic Seafood
  • Union Oyster House Cookbook
  
  
• Tilar Mazzeo, author of:
  • The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It
  • the forthcoming books Back Lane Wineries of Sonoma and Back Lane Wineries of Napa

Rabelais, a nationally recognized purveyor of fine new, out-of-print and rare books on food and drink, will have a satellite store in the Lounge all day to offer guest authors’ books for sale. Rounding out the lifestyle lounge are furniture displays from furniturea and Green Design Furniture, with stunning table settings and floral arrangements by Sawyer & Company / Harmon’s & Barton’s Florists, J’accents and many more. Come see how to decorate for your next soirée!

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