Tuesday, September 29, 6:15 p.m.

Gourmet Today: More Than 1,000 All-New Recipes for the Contemporary Kitchen  BUY NOW

Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto

In no other period of our country's history has the food scene changed so rapidly. Exciting new ingredients are available everywhere, expanding our culinary horizons. Even casual meals have globe-trotting flavors. We want memorable dishes, and we want them to be healthy for our families and our planet. And with our busy schedules, we want them on the table faster than ever.

Gourmet Today responds to our changing foodscape. Each of the over 1,000 recipes was selected by editor in chief Ruth Reichl, a best-selling author in her own right, who wrote the introductions to each chapter. Every recipe has been tested and cross-tested in the Gourmet test kitchen so every cook, whether a first-timer or a veteran, gets impeccable results. Includes menus for holidays and other seasonal occasions, an authoritative glossary of ingredients (plus mail-order sources), and hundreds of sidebars on ingredients and handy techniques from the test kitchen.  

For reservations, call 1-800-847-7730 or register online at CommonwealthClub.org/sv