Martha's Vineyard Books & Ideas

The Expanding Palate of Food Writing

Louisa Hufstader | Thursday, August 12 2021 - 4:46pm

A sell-out crowd of more than 200 people took their seats at café-style tables at the museum talk about the Changing Story of American Home Cooking, sponsored by Cook the Vineyard, a Vineyard Gazette publication.

Cook the Vineyard

A Man for Many Mediums, Skip Gates Leaves No Stone Unturned

Louisa Hufstader

Henry Louis Gates Jr. has been vacationing on the Vineyard since 1981.

Adam Gopnik Talk

New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik headlines the Summer Institute Speaker Series on Thursday, August 1 at the Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center.

Three Women Travels to the Heart and Complexity of Desire

Elizabeth Bennett

Lisa Taddeo spent eight years doing research and interviews for Three Women.

Living a Life Fueled by Brisket

Bill Eville

Reached by phone at his outpost on Chappaquiddick, or "Barbecue Central" as Steven Raichlen calls it, the prolific writer and barbecue expert admitted to being a bit shaky on just how many books he has written.

Philip Weinstein Shares from Work in Progress

Philip Weinstein shares his work in progress, a volume of essays entitled Soul-Error on Tuesday, July 23 at the Vineyard Haven Library.

Tale of Hedge Fund Titan's Fall Is One Book Festival Highlight

Bill Eville

Gary Shteyngart will take part in a panel on transformative friendships in fiction.