Culinary Panel: Kim Fay, Maite Gomez-Rejón & Fanny Singer

Culinary adventures from Kim Fay, Maite Gomez-Rejón and Fanny Singer left us hungry for more

MAY 7, 2023

At LitFest in the Dena's Open Book Culinary Panel, Kim Fay, Maite Gomez-Rejón and Fanny Singer shared their perspectives uniquely illustrating the ways in which food can draw meaningful connections between art, culture, and the people we love. From fiction, to memoir, to the fusion of art and food, they explored how our wellbeing is inextricably tied to how we feed ourselves and each other, through the nourishment of delicious food, artistic expression, and human connection.

Kim Fay is the author of two historical novels, the Instant National Bestseller and #1 Indie Next Pick Love & Saffron and The Map of Lost Memories, an Edgar Award Finalist for Best First Novel. She has also written a food memoir, Communion: A Culinary Journey Through Vietnam, a Gourmand World Cookbook Award winner.

For over a decade Maite Gomez-Rejón has been exploring the nexus of art and culinary history through lectures, cooking classes and tastings presented at museums and cultural centers across the country. She worked in restaurant kitchens in France and Mexico before combining her two passions of art and food in 2007 when she founded ArtBites.

Fanny Singer is a writer and founder of Permanent Collection, a design brand that makes heirloom quality objects for the kitchen and home. In March of 2020, her first book, Always Home: A Daughter’s Recipes and Stories, was published by Knopf. Her next book, devoted entirely to salad, will be published in 2025.

Moderator Lian Dolan, is a writer and talker. She’s the author of four best-selling novels, including her latest, Lost and Found in Paris, and the producer and host of the award-winning talk show Satellite Sisters.