Brigit Binns to Discuss Rottenkid Over Dinner with The Bookslinger
Join Brigit Binns and The Bookslinger in Los Alamos, CA, for dinner (hosted by Full of Life Flatbread) and wine to discuss Binns’ memoir, Rottenkid: A Succulent Story of Survival! The event will be held on Friday, August 2nd.
EVENT LOCATION:
Full of Life Flatbread
225 Bell St, Los Alamos, CA 93440
Reserve your spot at the following link: https://order.toasttab.com/online/full-of-life-flatbread
About Rottenkid: A Succulent Story of Survival
Prolific cookbook author Brigit Binns’ coming-of-age memoir—co-starring her alcoholic actor father Edward Binns and glamorous but viciously smart narcissistic mother—reveals how simultaneous privilege and profound neglect led Brigit to seek comfort in the kitchen, eventually allowing her to find some sense of self-worth. A memoir sauteed in Hollywood stories, world travel, and always, the need to belong.
In the old Hollywood of her childhood, Brigit seems to live in an elite world. But when her parents eventually divorce—her father flees and her mother sense her off to boarding school so she can more easily conduct her decades-long romance with a married California governor—Brigit racks up seven schools and a host of bad decisions before the age of 16.
Marriage to an Englishman takes her across the pond and to professional cooking school. But when that life comes crashing down, she returns heartbroken and alone to Los Angeles eighteen years after vowing never to return. Here she thrives, cold pitching herself to top chefs as co-author for their cookbooks. Peppered with humor and seasoned with optimism, Brigit’s story is an entertaining tribute to female resilience.
About Brigit Binns:
Brigit’s cookbook Eating up the West Coast was her 29th. A prolific cookbook author, her titles have sold over 100,000 copies. In addition, she’s helped some of the U.S.A.’s most respected chefs, like New York’s Michael Psilakis and Los Angeles’ Joachim Splichal, turn their cookbook dreams into reality. During the 10 years she lived in Europe, Brigit graduated from England’s Tante Marie cooking school, lived and catered in Spain, and edited the Costa del Sol’s English-language magazine. Brigit and her dishes have been featured on The Today Show multiple times. She now lives full-time in California’s Central Coast wine country with her dog and fabulous husband, Casey, (aka the Wine Spectator-award-winning Paso Wine Man).
