SPOOKY October Bold Fork Book Club: BUTTER by Asako Yuzuki

Schedule

Tue Oct 28 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Bold Fork Books | Washington, DC

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Join us for a discussion led by Bold Fork Books staff about BUTTER by Asako Yuzuki
About this Event

ABOUT BOLD FORK BOOK CLUB

Our food writing section has it all - fiction, memoir, food studies, history, and more. Led by a member of our team, Bold Fork Book Club is a monthly in-shop event where we pick a book to read ahead and discuss together in a group — with snacks!

If you want to learn more about food and meet other members of the Bold Fork community, this is the group for you. NOTE: THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE.

If you buy a ticket including a book, we will email you when your book is ready for pickup or shipping.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Good food is the common ground shared by all of us, and immigration is fundamental to good food. In nineteen thoughtful and engaging essays and stories, You and I Eat the Same explores the ways in which cooking and eating connect us across cultural and political borders, making the case that we should think about cuisine as a collective human effort in which we all benefit from the movement of people, ingredients, and ideas.An awful lot of attention is paid to the differences and distinctions between us, especially when it comes to food. But the truth is that food is that rare thing that connects all people, slipping past real and imaginary barriers to unify humanity through deliciousness. Don’t believe it? Read on to discover more about the subtle (and not so subtle) bonds created by the ways we eat.

Everybody Wraps Meat in Flatbread:From tacos to dosas to pancakes, bundling meat in an edible wrapper is a global practice.

Much Depends on How You Hold Your Fork:A visit with cultural historian Margaret Visser reveals that there are more similarities between cannibalism and haute cuisine than you might think.Fried Chicken Is Common Ground:We all share the pleasure of eating crunchy fried birds. Shouldn’t we share the implications as well?

If It Does Well Here, It Belongs Here:Chef René Redzepi champions the culinary value of leaving your comfort zone.

There Is No Such Thing as a Nonethnic Restaurant:Exploring the American fascination with “ethnic” restaurants (and whether a nonethnic cuisine even exists).

Coffee Saves Lives:Arthur Karuletwa recounts the remarkable path he took from Rwanda to Seattle and back again.


ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Chris Ying is the cofounder and former editor in chief of Lucky Peach. He has written and edited numerous books about food and other topics.

René Redzepi is the chef and co-owner of noma in Copenhagen, four times recognized as the world’s best by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Redzepi has twice appeared on the cover of Time magazine (and been named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World); been featured in publications from the New York Times to Wired; and been profiled in two feature-length documentaries and countless national and international media outlets. His first book, Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine, an IACP and James Beard Award winner, has over 150,000 copies in print. He is also the author of A Work in Progress. He lives with his wife, Nadine Levy Redzepi, and their three children. Find him on Instagram @reneredzepinoma and @nomacph.

MAD (Danish for “food”) is a nonprofit dedicated to bringing together a global food community with an appetite for change. Food is inseparable from some of the most pressing global challenges of our time, and MAD’s focus is to help inspire, educate, and find creative solutions that make a real and sustainable difference in restaurants, communities, and the world at large.


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Bold Fork Books, 3064 Mount Pleasant Street Northwest, Washington, United States

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