The Pizza Planet Cookbook Launch: Author Sarah Walker Caron in Conversation with Justin Soderberg

Name: The Pizza Planet Cookbook Launch: Author Sarah Walker Caron in Conversation with Justin Soderberg
Start: 2026-03-18T19:00:00-04:00
Location: BookSpace

Schedule

Wed, 18 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

BookSpace | Bangor, ME

Calling all Toy Story fans and pizza lovers: join the Pizza Planet team and learn the secrets to their out-of-this-world pies, sides, and more! Join us on Wednesday, March 18 to celebrate the book launch of THE PIZZA PLANET COOKBOOK. Inspired by Pizza Planet from Toy Story, this cookbook from Maine author Sarah Walker Caron will help launch your skills into orbit. Sarah will be in conversation with Justin Soderberg from the Capes & Tights podcast about Toy Story, this book and more. Plus she will sign copies of the book.
Preorder your copy: https://briarpatchbooks.square.site/product/preorder-the-pizza-planet-cookbook/XGV7FTVUR5Q6HVV6GKTMUOV5?cs=true&cst=custom
ABOUT THE PIZZA PLANET COOKBOOK
Blast off planet earth and embark on a cosmic culinary adventure: From intergalactic celebrations to refueling after a journey through the stars, these delicious recipes are sure to satisfy even the hungriest of travelers. You’ll find all the basic techniques, ensuring you can quickly get up to speed with Pizza Planet’s signature doughs, sauces, and pizza-making tips. The recipes include everything you’d expect from the Pizza Planet you know and love from Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story, including classic pies as well as Sicilian-style pizzas, deep-dish pizzas, and creative specialty pizzas—one for each of the planets, of course! Shareable sides, quirky desserts, and a few drinks round out the menu.
ABOUT SARAH WALKER CARON
Sarah Walker Caron is a Pushcart nominated essayist as well as a food writer and author whose recent books include Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts: Official Wizarding World Cookbook, The Disney Princess Tea Parties Cookbook and Classic Diners of Maine. Her work has appeared in Farmer-ish, The Washington Post, the Boston Globe, SheKnows and more. She was named columnist of the year by the Maine Press Association in 2015. Most recently, she had creative nonfiction essays published in the journal Farmer-ish and the charity anthology Rivers of Ink. She is a part-time faculty member at the University of Maine and Husson University where she teaches journalism and blogging. She graduated from Barnard College, where she studied political science, and received her Masters in English with a Concentration in Creative Writing at the University of Maine. Sarah lives in Maine.
ABOUT JUSTIN SODERBERG
Justin Soderberg is the founder and host of the Capes and Tights Podcast and capesandtights.com, which launched in August 2021 and is set to surpass 300 episodes this fall. Through Capes and Tights, Soderberg has reviewed hundreds of comics, graphic novels, books, movies, and TV series. His quotes from his reviews have appeared on the print editions of more than 40 graphic novels and over five novels, and his reviews have been widely used to help promote a various comics and books. A native of Maine, Soderberg lives in Newport with his wife and two children. By day, he works as the Creative Director at Orono Brewing Company.
ABOUT THE BRIAR PATCH
For more than 35 years, The Briar Patch has inspired and delighted generations of readers of all ages in Bangor, Maine. Specializing in children's books and creative playthings from birth through high school, the shop also carries grownup books including fiction, cookbooks, titles on parenting, resources for teachers and more. Games, crafts, puzzles, and more fill the store with something for everyone. We also host regular book signings, storytimes and other events.
ABOUT BOOKSPACE BY THE BRIAR PATCH
BookSpace is an event venue focused on the literary arts that serves as an extension of downtown Bangor's beloved bookstore, The Briar Patch. It hosts programs will include author readings & signings, book clubs, writing workshops, illustrator exhibits and more.