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Let's Get Real: Accidentally on Purpose by Kristen Kish

2026-05-18 18:00:00 2026-05-18 19:00:00 America/New_York Let's Get Real: Accidentally on Purpose by Kristen Kish From chef and Emmy-nominated host of Top Chef comes a tender, clear-eyed memoir charting a journey full of purpose, belonging, and real love—a “recipe for a life worth living” (Stacy London). Main Library - Cannon Conference Room

Monday, May 18
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-05-18 18:00:00 2026-05-18 19:00:00 America/New_York Let's Get Real: Accidentally on Purpose by Kristen Kish From chef and Emmy-nominated host of Top Chef comes a tender, clear-eyed memoir charting a journey full of purpose, belonging, and real love—a “recipe for a life worth living” (Stacy London). Main Library - Cannon Conference Room

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Cannon Conference Room

From chef and Emmy-nominated host of Top Chef comes a tender, clear-eyed memoir charting a journey full of purpose, belonging, and real love—a “recipe for a life worth living” (Stacy London).

Kristen Kish never could have imagined people on the street knowing her name—not when she was a carefree softball-tossing kid, in high school working at a pretzel stand, and not even when she finally found her true calling as a chef. In those early days, becoming a chef meant tethering oneself to a restaurant and working in the back of a kitchen, not a television set. But working in the spotlight happened naturally, even if the attention was totally unanticipated. And like most things in Kristen’s life, the road was so much more winding and complicated than it may have appeared from the outside.

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