Busboys and Poets Books Presents CARLA AND THE CHRISTMAS CORNBREAD with Carla Hall
Date and Time
Dec 21, 2021 6:00 pm
Location
Columbia
6251 Mango Tree Rd, Columbia, Maryland, 21044
Dec 21, 2021 6:00 pm
Columbia
CARLA AND THE CHRISTMAS CORNBREAD is the perfect holiday book to show your little ones this holiday season. A twist on the classic cookies-for-Santa Christmas tradition many folks grew up with, Carla Hall remixes the classic holiday tradition with her own baked good twist. In a story that is bound to warm your heart, young Carla accidentally eats the cookies meant for Santa and tries to find a way to right her wrong- that’s when grandma and her cornbread recipe come to the rescue! Joined by Tricha Elam Walker, Carla will discuss the process that went into writing her book and her own Christmas stories before a Q&A with the audience.
We are elated to host Carla Hall and Tricia Elam Walker for a double feature CARLA AND THE CHRISTMAS CORNBREAD event on December 21st, 2021. The 6 PM program will be hosted out of our Columbia location (6251 Mango Tree Road, Columbia, MD). The livestream will be filmed out of our Columbia location at 6 PM EST. Both events are free and open to all, with the 6 PM livestream accessible through our Facebook and Youtube pages (@busboysandpoets).
Please RSVP if you are joining us in person or are interested in purchasing a signed book with shipping (limited to those tuning in via livestream)
Doors open to the Lucille Clifton room at 5:45 PM. There will be food and drink service and an opportunity to purchase a copy of CARLA AND THE CHRISTMAS CORNBREAD for Carla herself to sign at each location as well. Please note that we will only be livestreaming the Columbia event at 6 PM EST. There will be time for Q&A at the end of the program before we end for the author signings.
There will be food and drink service available at both locations, and there will be an opportunity to purchase a copy of CARLA AND THE CHRISTMAS CORNBREAD for Carla herself to sign at each location as well. Please note that we will only be livestreaming the Columbia event at 6 PM EST. There will be time for Q&A at the end of the program before we end for the author signings. If you are looking for the 2 PM Anacostia event listing, PLEASE GO HERE.
CARLA AND THE CHRISTMAS CORNBREAD - In this heartwarming tale inspired by her childhood, superstar chef and TV host Carla Hall shares the story of young Carla, who eats a sugar cookie meant for Santa on the night before Christmas and tries to make things right.
Christmas is Carla’s favorite holiday of the year. She goes to her grandparents’ house and eats grandma’s special recipe—a perfectly delicious cornbread. She listens to her grandpa Doc’s marvelous stories about traveling the world. And, best of all, she spends lots of time with her family.
But when Carla accidentally takes a bite out of Santa’s sugar cookie, she thinks she’s ruined Christmas. How will Santa know to stop at their house if they don’t leave him a midnight snack? With her grandmother’s help, Carla comes up with a plan, but will it be enough to save Christmas?
Carla Hall attended L’Academie de Cuisine in Maryland. She gained her audience when she competed on Bravo’s Top Chef and Top Chef: All Stars. She has been a TV personality since then, cohosting on the ABC talk show The Chew, contributing on Good Morning America, and featuring as a judge on Crazy Delicious on Netflix and on Bakeaway Camp on the Food Network.
Today, she is a trained chef who has worked in several professional restaurant kitchens in and around the Washington, D.C. area and is an accomplished television personality and author. In addition to being featured in numerous cookbook collections including The Chew Television Series of cookbooks, Carla’s other cookbooks are - Carla’s Comfort Food: Favorite Dishes from Around the World and Cooking with Love: Comfort Food That Hugs You.
She lives in Washington D.C. with her husband. Visit carlahall.com for more.
Tricia Elam Walker is an award-winning author, educator and recovered lawyer. Her novel, Breathing Room, was published by Simon & Schuster/PocketBooks. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Essence and other publications. She has provided commentary for NPR, CNN, the BBC and more. Tricia’s short stories are included in the O.Henry Prize Stories, New Stories from the South and other anthologies and her essays are published in Father’s Songs, Dream Me Home Safely, It’s All About Love and more. Several of her plays have been produced and her first children’s book, Nana Akua Goes to School, was published by Random House in June 2020 and won a 2021 Children’s Africana Book Award and the 2021 Ezra Jack Keats writer award. Her second picture book, Dream Street was published in November 2021, has garnered five starred reviews and is a New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2021 selection.
Tricia is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Howard University and resides in Takoma Park, MD with her husband.
