Gastronomy III – Librar y Book Discussion Series (with a bonus film)
\nJoin us for our Fall/Winter season as we explore how food fuels experiences\, societie s and cultures. We’ll be digging into a classic memoir of kitchen culture\ , the perils and perplexities of immigration\, and the life-changing poten tial of feeding others and ourselves. Book discussions take place at noon in the Latham Library Community Room and include a voluntary potluck lunch \, featuring foods inspired by the books and film. To register and reserve a book\, please contact librarian@thetfordlibrary.org.
\nOc tober 23 – Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain – non-fiction< br />\nWhen this book made its startling debut in 2000\, it launched the a uthor’s media career. Bourdain’s blunt account of unsavory and other aspec ts of working in high-end restaurant kitchens has since become a classic o f food literature.
\nNovember 20 – Solito – Javier Zamora –
non-fiction
\nAt age 9\, Javier Zamora left his home in El S
alvador to join his parents in the U.S. This memoir of his harrowing journ
ey is told from his perspective as a young boy.
December 4
– The Big Night – film – script by Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci
\nBased on the novel by Joseph Tropiano\, this film is the hilar
ious and poignant story of two brothers from Italy\, who open a restaurant
in New Jersey\, hoping that the meal they prepare for an appearance by fa
mous Italian-American bandleader Louis Prima\, will save their culinary dr
eams.
January 22\, 2026 – Kitchen Front – Jennifer Ryan –
fiction
\nTwo years into World War II\, four British women c
ompete to co-host a wartime BBC radio cooking show to improve their own li
ves and to help other housewives cope with food rationing.
February 26 – The Girl With the Louding Voice – Abi Dare – fiction
\nA 14-year-old Nigerian girl seeks an education to discover her s
elf-worth and evade her country’s negative cultural treatment of women\, i
ncluding child marriage\, domestic servitude and gender inequality.