Events for December 6, 2016
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6:00 pm
America’s Test Kitchen presents “Cook’s Science: How to Unlock Flavor in 50 of our Favorite Ingredients”
Harvard Book Store welcomes back the cast of America's Test Kitchen (ATK) for their annual ATK event at the Brattle Theatre. Jack Bishop, Julia Collin Davison, Bridget Lancaster, Lisa McManus, and Adam Ried will present ATK's latest cookbooks, including the evening's featured title, Cook's Science: How to Unlock Flavor in 50 of our Favorite Ingredients—the all-new companion to the New […]
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The Feud: Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful Friendship
In 1940 Edmund Wilson was the undisputed big dog of American letters. Vladimir Nabokov was a near-penniless Russian exile seeking asylum in the States. Wilson became a mentor to Nabokov, and their intimate friendship blossomed over a shared interest in all things Russian. But then came Lolita, and suddenly Nabokov was the big (and very rich) […]
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Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.