Nancie McDermott’s Summer-into-Fall 2018 Events!
AUGUST 2018
August 24 – 26, 2018 Friday-Sunday
International Food Blogger’s Conference
Royal Sonesta Hotel
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August 30, 2018 Thursday 6:00 pm
Piedmont Cookbook Author Dinner featuring “Fruit: A Savor the South Cookbook”
So honored to be have my latest cookbook featured at this lovely and fruit-full dinner at Piedmont Restaurant in downtown Durham NC. Chef Julio and his team at Piedmont will prepare a five-course menu inspired by Fruit: A Savor the South Cookbook from UNC Press.
Here’s the menu from Piedmont Restaurant’s website:
MENU for Nancie McDermott’s “Fruit” Cookbook Dinner 8/30/18.
SEPTEMBER 2018
September 5, 2018 Wednesday
Hallmark Home & Family Television
10 am Eastern/9 am Central time
Can’t wait to get back in the beautiful Home & Family kitchen with darling delightful Debbie Matenopoulos! This will be my fourth appearance on Home & Family and it is SO much fun in every way, before, during and after the cooking segment you get to see on Hallmark Channel. Can’t wait to share it with you. Tune in if you can! And if you miss it, no worries because this time I’m going to post about the behind-the-scenes here on my blog and on social media.
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September 15, 2018 Saturday 12 noon – 5 pm
Commonwealth Coastal Classic Norfolk VA
Town Point Park at Downtown Norfolk Waterfront
Come see me and my friend Cynthia Stevens Graubart and lots of brilliant creative chefs cooking and teaching and talking and making things fun with food!
Here’s the Facebook page for this great tasty day in the park in beautiful Norfolk VA.
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September 25-30, 2018
Association of Food Journalists Annual Conference
Phoenix AZ
Association of Food Journalists
I love the annual AFJ conference, which delivers provides extraordinary sessions on writing, journalism, ethics, business and workplace issues, and inspiration on writing, travel, and food. This year I’m thrilled to be a speaker, on ways to publicize and market cookbooks. I’ll join my colleagues Andrea Nguyen and Donna Battle Pierce to explore this topic.
OCTOBER 2018
October 11 – 14
Fall Symposium for Southern Foodways Alliance
University of Mississippi
Oxford MS
I am a longtime member of the Southern Foodways Alliance and supporting the work and mission of SFA gives me great joy and energy. I’ve missed the last two major gatherings, and am deligthted to be able to return this year. So many wonderful friends attend that the gathering has the best aspects of a family reunion, including memorable marvelous food!
Some Past Events, Archived
August 11, 2018
Grits & Groceries Third Annual Pie Contest
Belton SC
DETAILS Coming!
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Winston-Salem NC
(AM event) 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Mary’s Gourmet Diner
North Trade Street
Cooking presentation with tastings
Michael Hastings, Food Editor of the Winston-Salem Journal, will emcee
* Free and open to the public
Book sales courtesy of BookMarks of Winston-Salem
(PM Event) 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Southern Home & Kitchen
Thruway Shopping Center
Open House: Meet Nancie and enjoy snacks and stories
* Free and open to the public
Books available from Southern Home & Kitchen
(6pm Ticketed Event)
(Nancie’s Cooking class, a ticketed event at 6:00 p.m. is Sold Out)
Thursday, August 10th, 2017
Regulator Bookshop
Durham, NC
7:00 p.m.
Joint event with author Tema Flanagan, presenting Corn, a Savor the South Cookbook, along with yours truly on Fruit.
* Free and open to the public: Stories and snacks.
Friday, August 11th, 2017
Quail Ridge Books
Raleigh NC
7:00 p.m.
Joint event with author Tema Flanagan, presenting Corn, a Savor the South Cookbook, along with yours truly on Fruit.
* Free and open to the public: Stories and snacks.
Sunday, August 13th, 2017
Pleasant Green Farms, Hillsborough
Open House with tastings and stories from “Fruit”
Books available for sale courtesy of
Purple Crow Bookshop of Hillsborough (Off-site event at Pleasant Green Farms)
* Free and open to the public; reservations requested via Eventbrite (link coming!)
Monday, August 14th
Page 158 Books
Wake Forest NC
Book signing
6:30 p.m.
Snacks and stories
* Free and Open to the public.
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Wednesday, August 16th (NOTE New Date/Time!)
Scuppernong Books
Greensboro, NC on South Elm Street
7 p.m.
Book signing with snacks and stories
* Free and open to the public
Thursday August 17th
“Cook the Book with Denise and Jenni”
Live webcast for online viewing – Check this link for details on how to tune in
Also to be Archived on Facebook for viewing at your leisure
Cooking and sharing stories with renowned food blogger and culinary genius Jenni Field of Pastry Chef Online and Denise Vivaldo, food stylist, author and funniest person in the world.
MONDAY August 28th:
TUNE IN your TV SET to see me “LIVE!” from Los Angeles on
Hallmark Channel’s national show
“Hallmark Home & Family”
Check back for details on time and such….I am so excited; my first national tv gig!
Tuesday, August 29th (NOTE NEW Date & TIME)
Sunrise Books
High Point, NC
5:30 p.m.
Book signing, with snacks and stories
Short link: goo.gl/6B9JCN
* Free and open to the public
Saturday, September 2nd (Note NEW Date & Time)
McIntyre’s Books
Fearrington Village NC,
8 miles south of Chapel Hill, near Pittsboro
2:00 pm
Book signing, with snacks and stories
