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Kevin West, author portrait
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Kevin West

Kevin West comes from East Tennessee farmers and Smoky Mountain settlers, country people with generations of commitment to growing delicious food. He is the author of Saving the Season: A Cook’s Guide to Home Canning, Pickling, and Preserving and also coauthored The Grand Central Market Cookbook and contributed to Edna Lewis: At the Table with an American Original. He lives the Berkshires, in rural western Massachusetts.
The Cook's Garden
The Grand Central Market Cookbook
Saving the Season

Sat Oct 18 | 04:30 PM
Tennessee State Library | panel event
1001 Rep. John Lewis Way N
Nashville, TN 37219
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Sun Oct 26 | 01:30 PM
Madison Central Library | Wisconsin Book Festival's Fall Celebration
201 W Mifflin St
Madison, WI 53703
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Books

The Cook's Garden
The Grand Central Market Cookbook
Saving the Season

Events

Sat Oct 18 | 04:30 PM
Tennessee State Library | panel event
1001 Rep. John Lewis Way N
Nashville, TN 37219
Google Map

Sun Oct 26 | 01:30 PM
Madison Central Library | Wisconsin Book Festival's Fall Celebration
201 W Mifflin St
Madison, WI 53703
Google Map

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