Lawson will discuss her new book, Cook, Eat, Repeat, and recount her trajectory as a global food icon
SUMMARY
- UCSB Arts & Lectures presents An Evening With Nigella Lawson, in conversation with KCRW’s Evan Kleiman
- Saturday, November 12 | 7:30 p.m.| The Granada Theatre
- The global food icon will speak about her latest cookbook, Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes, and Stories
- In conversation with KCRW’s Evan Kleiman, Lawson will explore her storied career and speak about the foods and experiences that have shaped her life
- Pre-signed books will be available for purchase, courtesy of Chaucer’s
- $31-$46 General Public / $16 UCSB Students (Current student ID required)(Includes facility fee)
- Tickets & Info: www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu, (805) 893-3535; or The Granada Theatre, www.granadasb.org, (805) 899-2222
“Nigella Lawson still knows best… Her charmingly aloof yet unpretentious approach to cooking, food, and life has never resonated with home cooks more.” – Harper’s Bazaar
Santa Barbara, CA – UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) presents an evening with Nigella Lawson, Saturday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m. at The Granada Theatre. An iconic home chef, bestselling cookbook author, and star of countless television specials. Nigella Lawson has become an unstoppable and empowering force in the world of food since publishing her first cookbook, How To Eat, in 1998. She is the author of 12 bestselling books, including her latest, Cook, Eat, Repeat, and the beloved personality of TV series including Nigella Bites. She was voted Author of the Year at the British Book Awards and Best Food Personality at the Observer Food Monthly Awards. In conversation with Evan Kleiman, host of KCRW’s Good Food, the culinary powerhouse and global food icon will recount her trajectory by way of the people, food, and recipes that have shaped her unique life of cooking, eating, and repeating.
ABOUT NIGELLA LAWSON
Nigella Lawson is an internationally-renowned food writer and television cook whose successful television programs have made her a household name around the world.
Lawson read Medieval and Modern Languages at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and went on to become deputy literary editor of The Sunday Times at the age of 26. Followed by a successful career as a critic and op-ed columnist, writing for a range of newspapers including The Times and The Guardian.
In 1998, she published her first cookbook, How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food. She now has twelve bestselling books to her name, including her latest, Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes and Stories. Her books have sold over 12 million copies worldwide.
Her first television series, Nigella Bites, aired in 2000, followed by a string of successful series broadcast in the U.K., U.S., Australia and beyond. Lawson was a judge on the three seasons of The Taste, which broadcast in the U.K. and U.S. in 2013 and 2014. She has made several appearances on MasterChef Australia.
Lawson was voted Author of the Year at the 2001 British Book Awards (Nibbies), and Best Food Personality 2014 at the Observer Food Monthly Awards.
She lives in London.
ABOUT EVAN KLEIMAN
Native Los Angelena Evan Kleiman knew she was a culinarian by the age of 9, and a geeky food scholar by 20. Food was the way she navigated the world.
Her first visit to Italy at the age of 17 changed her life. Food became linked with cultural experience and was to infect every part of her world.
Eventually Kleiman walked into a professional restaurant kitchen and found her home. She cooked first for others, then opened her own restaurant, Angeli Caffe, in 1984. By serving rustic, regional Italian food in a beautifully designed, yet casual atmosphere she created a restaurant archetype that inspired imitations all over the country. By the time her beloved restaurant closed in 2012, it was a Los Angeles institution known as much for the warmth of the welcome as for the food.
Since 1998, the radio show and podcast Good Food has been the place where Kleiman could explore every aspect of food and how it intersects with human (and sometimes animal) life. The show airs on KCRW, an NPR station in Southern California, and has a worldwide audience on the web.
About UCSB Arts & Lectures
Founded in 1959, UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) is the largest and most influential arts and lectures organization between Los Angeles and San Francisco. A&L annually presents more than a hundred public events, from critically acclaimed concerts and dance performances by world-renowned artists to talks by groundbreaking authors and film series at UCSB and Santa Barbara-area venues. With a mission to “educate, entertain and inspire,” A&L also oversees an outreach program that brings visiting artists and speakers into local classrooms and other venues for master classes, open rehearsals, discussions and more, serving K-12 students, college students and the general public.
Nigella Lawson is presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures. Tickets are $31-$46 General Public / $16 UCSB Students (Current student ID required) (Includes facility fee)
For tickets and more information, call UCSB Arts & Lectures at (805) 893-3535 or visit www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu,; or The Granada Theatre, www.granadasb.org, (805) 899-2222
Special thanks to Santa Barbara Independent, KCRW and MichaelKate.
UCSB Arts & Lectures gratefully acknowledges our Community Partners the Natalie Orfalea Foundation & Lou Buglioli for their generous support of the 2022-2023 season.