About this Event
Join Bold Fork Books in Mount Pleasant as we welcome author Rosie Grant for a conversation about her first book, TO DIE FOR: A COOKBOOK OF GRAVESTONE RECIPES. Rosie will be in conversation with Carter Umhau.
ABOUT THE BOOK
For so many, food is a touching, nostalgic thing that brings us together. So much so that some families choose to remember their loved ones through the dishes they made and the food that brought comfort to those around them by immortalizing their recipes on their gravestones.
Rosie Grant, the creator behind @GhostlyArchive, has been searching out and documenting this interesting phenomenon. In To Die For, Rosie collects 40 recipes she’s found across the globe, carved into headstones or associated with a grave that has a story to share. Each recipe is accompanied by an interview with the remaining family, plus photography of the food, the gravestone, and any memorabilia the family wanted to share. Recipes include: Spritz Cookies, Homemade Fudge, Chicken Soup, French Silk Pie, Guava Cobbler…and more!
Thoughtfully and respectfully explored, Rosie has documented this connection between food, legacy, and family, remembering the deceased through the recipes they most loved, and giving their families a platform to share their loved one’s story and cherished dish with the world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rosie Grant is the creator behind @GhostlyArchive on TikTok and Instagram, where she researches and re-creates recipes found on gravestones. She works at the Center for the Study of Women at UCLA and is currently working on a food studies certificate at the UCLA Extension School. She received her Masters in Library Science (MLIS) at the University of Maryland with a concentration in digital archives in 2022, where she got to combine her love of food writing, cemeteries, and archival work. The gravestone recipe project first began during her digital archives internship at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
is a therapist, writer, and artist who has worked at the intersection of healing, food, and creativity throughout her career. She has a BA in Creative Writing, a MA in Counseling Psychology, and over ten years of experience directly exploring people’s food stories through her specialization as a therapist in eating disorders and body image, her work in podcasting (The Appetite; How to Be Alive), and in her own writing practice. Carter approaches the topic of food with an anti-diet, pro-pleasure, intersectional, and relational lens. She believes that finding wellness within one’s relationship to food and body is deeply personal and never one-size-fits-all.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bold Fork Books, 3064 Mount Pleasant Street Northwest, Washington, United States
USD 7.73 to USD 29.99
