In October we have a feast of foodie events to tempt your tastebuds, including homages to Italian and Greek cuisine, vegan baking and an Australian favourite.

The Vegan Baker by Zacchary Bird

Tue 3 October 2023 at 6:30pm
Readings Carlton, Woiwurrung Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053

For any vegans struggling to veganize their favourite savory treats, sweets or desserts, Zacchary Bird is here to take you on a cooking experience like no other. Come and join us discuss everything delicious and vegan! His cookbook, The Vegan Baker is packed with over 100 recipes for all our baked favourites, made vegan. Each recipe is explained with Zac’s signature humor and easy-to-follow instructions. Veganism isn’t about missing out, and with Zacchary’s ingenuity, baked goods are no longer forbidden.

Free, but bookings are essential. Please book here.

The Vegan Home Baker by Georgia Irwin

Wed 4 October 2023 at 6:30pm
Readings Carlton, Woiwurrung Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053

Georgia Irwin is the brains behind The Kindness Echoes on Instagram and Tiktok. When she adopted a vegan lifestyle, Georgia found herself craving the baked goods of her childhood: vanilla slices, sausage rolls, apple pies and more. She spent years experimenting with family recipes until she came up with vegan alternatives that live up to (and maybe even surpass!) the originals – and now you can make them too. Join us to celebrate the launch of Georgia's cookbook The Vegan Home Baker.

Free, but bookings are essential. Please book here.

Pasta Love by Jaclyn Crupi

Sat 7 October 2023 at 2:30pm
Readings Carlton, Woiwurrung Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053

Join us as author, chef, gardener and all round ray of sunshine, Jaclyn Crupi as she talks about her new book, Pasta Love: How to make, eat and celebrate pasta like an Italian.

To celebrate her book Pasta Love, Jaclyn Crupi will be in-store doing a pasta-making demonstration. Come along to see how easy it is to shape pasta by hand and hear all her pasta tips. A flour and water dough will be transformed into cavatelli, orecchiette, lorighittas, fusilli and more using simple kitchen equipment. 

Free, no need to book. More event information can be found here.

Philoxenia: A Seat at My Table by Kon & Sia Karapanagiotidis

Mon 16 October 2023 at 6:30pm
Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston St, Carlton VIC 3053

Join us to celebrate the launch of Kon Karapanagiotidis's Philoxenia: A Seat at my Table, co-written with his mother Sia. Philoxenia generously shares Kon and Sia's family recipes in a focused vegetarian and vegan cookbook. Through these recipes, Kon shares family stories, how food impacted his path in life, and the importance of extending kindness and generosity to the stranger, as what is celebrated through Philoxenia.  While Kon is known for his human rights advocacy work after founding the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Melbourne in 2011, his passion for cooking, food and his own Greek culture and history is a big part of who he is.

Free, but bookings are essential. Please book here.

Even More Basics to Brilliance by Donna Hay

Wed 18 October 2023 at 6:30pm
Cinema Nova, Lygon St, Carlton 3053

Join us to hear the incredible Donna Hay chat about her work, mixing and creating the most wonderful cookbooks. In Even More Basics to Brilliance, the follow-up to her internationally best-selling book Basics to Brilliance, you'll find more of those much-loved foundation recipes everyone needs in their cooking repertoire – but reimagined for today's home cook, with simple flavour switch-ups and shortcuts to take you from basics to brilliance in the kitchen. This is your chance to meet and hear from one of Australia’s most loved cooks.

Tickets are $10 – redeemable off Even More Basics to Brilliance on the night. Please book here.

And lastly, get excited about this November cheese-centric event:

The Best Things in Life are Cheese by Ellie & Sam Studd

Thu 9 November 2023 at 6:30pm
Readings Hawthorn, Woiwurrung Country, 687 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122

Join us in store for a celebration of all things cheese with Ellie & Sam, the Studd Siblings to chat about their book, The Best Things in Life are Cheese: An Incomplete (but delicious) Guide to Cheese! Ellie & Sam will demonstrate how to put together a killer cheese board and will talk you through the selection of cheeses while you taste the cheese and enjoy a glass of bubbles.

Tickets are:
$70 per person, includes cheese tasting, a glass of bubbles and a signed first edition of The Best Things in Life Are Cheese by Ellie and Sam Studd
$95 per couple, includes cheese tasting, a glass of bubbles each and a signed first edition of The Best Things in Life Are Cheese by Ellie and Sam Studd

Please book here.