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Literary Bites (free online or ticketed in person)

"Salt, Sweat, and Steam" by Brigid Washington

Join us, either online (free) or in person (ticketed) at No Thyme to Cook, to discuss and digest a culinary book. This month, we're reading "Salt, Sweat and Steam" by Brigid Washington. Register to attend virtually at no cost. In-person attendance at No Thyme to Cook in Solomons requires a paid ticket and includes dinner that is based on the book!

*Registration for the virtual program is free; you will receive an email the week of September 24, 2026, with login information.*

**In-person attendance at No Thyme to Cook in Solomons includes dinner that complements the theme of the book and requires a paid ticket registration. 
To register & pay for in-person attendance, please click on the link:

https://www.simpletix.com/e/september-literary-bites-salt-sweat-steam-tickets-278723

Rich with detail, "Salt, Sweat & Steam" takes readers inside America's top culinary school and shows what's really required to become a chef: from brutal unpaid internships and grueling practical exams to late-night vending machine dorm-room dinners while trudging through the rarefied world of fine wine. As editor of the school's newspaper, "La Papillote" Washington, a Trinidadian, meets and interviews food-world luminaries such as Jerome Bocuse, Daniel Boulud and Thomas Keller and savors the joys of a life devoted to food. She puts us all in her kitchen clogs as she finally achieves the perfect mise-en-place both in and out of the dignified kitchen of The Culinary Institute of America.

Unwilling to accept a future that was anything but delicious, readers follow along Washington's high-octane journey through the rigors and rewards of the country’s most elite cooking school.

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