News from 9th House

Kathy’s on the Food Network!

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Kathy’s on the new Food Network series Outchef’d, which pits home cooks against professional chefs. She’s one of the judges in the episode Maneet Chauran vs. Helena, who battle with seafood (something she rarely eats these days, but she made an exception for this!) 

It’s also streaming on Amazon Prime Video (with Discovery+), Hulu Live TV and YouTube TV.

After sitting on the sidelines of a Food Network show taping (“Food Games,” in Eat, Drink & Be Wary), she’s finally made it on screen!

Questions for those who watch it: Can you tell which dish won her vote? And guess which host comment before the big reveal caused an iconic lift of an eyebrow off camera?

Honors from the Eric Hoffer Award

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Eat, Drink & Be Wary has received three honors from the 2022 Eric Hoffer Award:

  • Grand Prize Shortlist
  • First Runner-Up, Nonfiction eBook
  • DaVinci Eye for cover design.

View the full list of awards here

The Eric Hoffer Book Award honors the memory of the great American philosopher Eric Hoffer by highlighting salient writing, as well as the independent spirit of small publishers. Since its inception, the Hoffer has become one of the largest international book awards for small, academic, and independent presses.

Non-fiction eBook

Eat, Drink & Be Wary in Dallas

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3 PM Thurs. March 17: Kathy Biehl will be talking about restaurants longtime residents remember, including backroom shenanigans at Mariano’s in the insanity of two-for-one-happy hour days. No food or drink service. Kuby’s Sausage House & European Market, 6601 Snider Plaza.

2 PM Friday March 18: Kathy will be talking about cellular food memories, at Beckley 1115, James Beard-nominated chef Sharon van Meter’s eatery at 1115 Beckley Avenue in Oak Cliff. Food and drink service!

7 PM Saturday, March 19: Kathy is a table host at the Tables of Content fundraiser for Friends of the Southern Methodist University Libraries.

Virtual Author Talk Dec. 7

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You asked; we’re making it happen! Kathy will be answering questions and reading excerpts from Eat, Drink & Be Wary: Cautionary Tales online.

7 PM ET, Tuesday, December 7. (Time zone converter:  https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/.)

Our host is Noah Diamond, designer of Eat, Drink & Be Wary, Groucho to Kathy’s Mintworth, author, playwright, and clever conversationalist. 

And it’s free! Register here and you’ll get the Zoom info, plus reminders. Got questions for Kathy or Noah? Send them on!

Fall Appearances!

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Kathy will be at Black Dog Book’s Local Author Showcase Saturday, October 16, from 1-4 PM, in the upstairs room — a former vaudeville venue! — of the Millside Cafe, 12 Morris Farm Road, Lafayette, NJ 87848. Directions.

She’s giving a talk and reading at the Jefferson Township Public Library at 2 PM Sunday, November 7. The Library is in the municipal complex at 1031 Weldon Road, Oak Ridge, NJ 07438. Directions

TBD: Kathy will be speaking to the Friends of the Southern Methodist University Library in Dallas, TX when the organization is back to in-person meetings and travel is a bit more certain.

Reading & Book Signing July 24!

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Historic Apple Acres is hosting an author talk and book signing!

Award-winning food writer Kathy Biehl will talk about the roles that food plays in our lives (way beyond nutrition) and read from her latest book Eat, Drink & Be Wary: Cautionary Tales. Copies will be available for purchase. If you already have it, bring your copy and Kathy will sign it!

Join her from 4-6 PM Saturday, July 24 at Apple Acres, 1064 Union Valley Road, West Milford, NJ (home to Passaic County’s largest community garden).

Eat, Drink & Be Wary explores the joys, quirks and questionable behavior that food and drink inspire.  From Houston’s burgeoning culinary landscape to late-night revelry in Britain and Barcelona to a Hell’s Kitchen TV studio, it captures a way of life we take for granted no longer, when people freely gathered at tables and counters, shared food, raised glasses, and partook of drama and laughter and magic.

It’s also very funny.

Kathy reviewed restaurants in Houston and NYC and covered the specialty food industry, for more than 30 years. Her food writing has won awards from the Association of Food Journalists and the Houston Press Club. She is also an attorney, an actress best known for the dowager role in the first revival of the Marx Brothers’ musical I’ll Say She Is, and an astrologer.

banner with golden background and two images in a dark brown rectangle, one of the cover of the book Eat, Drink & Be Wary and to the right of that a photo of Kathy Biehl. Between the two photos centered and touching the bottom of the image is a photo of a red wooden sign in the shape of an apple and the letters APPLE ACRES in all caps. To the left of that are the words 4 to 6 PM Sat. July 24 at Apple Acres. To the right of the apple photo are the words 1064 Union Valley Road, West Milford, NJ

What’s new!

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Eat, Drink & Be Wary is now available in hardcover and paperback from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Browseabout Books and more! Pick your purveyor here. Ebook to follow this summer.

  • Signed hard- and softcover copies. If you would like a copy signed by author Kathy Biehl, a limited number of autographed hardcover and softcover copies are available directly from 9th House..
  • Visit 9th House’s Cafe Press store. Accessorize your food, drink and writing with items featuring the gorgeous cover of Eat, Drink & Be Wary, its distinctive title logo, and 9th House’s cosmic 9.
  • Virtual author appearance. Kathy and some notable members of Houston’s acting community will be reading excerpts from the book via Zoom. Want an invite?
  • 9th House is now on Instagram and Twitter! Follow us and say hey!

What’s new and coming soon!

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Eat, Drink & Be Wary is now available in paperback from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Browseabout Books and more! Hardcover coming in April. with ebook to follow.

  • Signed hard- and softcover copies. If you would like a copy signed by author Kathy Biehl, a limited number of autographed hardcover and softcover copies are available directly from 9th House..
  • Visit 9th House’s Cafe Press store. Accessorize your food, drink and writing with items featuring the gorgeous cover of Eat, Drink & Be Wary, its distinctive title logo, and 9th House’s cosmic 9.
  • Launch party coming soon in NYC and via Zoom!