Upcoming Events
September 25, 2024: Spice Blending Demo, Deerfield Public Library.
Past Events
May 20, 2024: Spice Blending Demo, Ela Area Public Library, Lake Zurich, IL.
May 18, 2024: What’s Blooming on Harrison, local artisan event, Oak Park, IL.
August 9, 2023: Spice mixing class, Hinsdale Public Library
January 8, 2023: Featured in an episode of the Foodie and the Beast Podcast
November 21, 2022: Food Network included Vegan Serendib in their Top Ten Vegan Cookbooks of 2022
November 15, 2022: Release of Vegan Serendib: Recipes from Sri Lanka
May 21, 2022: Vendor at What’s Blooming on Harrison, Oak Park market
May 17, 2022: South Asian Spice Mixing online class, Naperville Public Library
September 11, 2021: Virtual demo with Sugar Beet Food Co-op
April 15, 2021: Started selling scarves on Serendib Kitchen online store
March 1, 2021: Virtual roti-making class with Pooja Makhijani
January 29, 2021: Cooking demo
January 27, 2021: Fiberworld Spice Blending Demo
August 16, 2020 7:40 a.m. : Appearing live on WGN’s Sunday Brunch segment.
June 11, 2020: Cooking Kale Sambol: Online Cooking Event with Skokie Public Library
Serendib House Teatime Virtual Hangout
April 4, 2020, 3 – 4:30 CST
https://zoom.us/j/9430929936; Meeting ID: 943 092 9936
BAY AREA, CA
MARCH 6-8, 2020: Honored Guest, FogCon 2020. Panels: “Food in Genre Fiction,” “Societal Defaults That Carry Into Genre,” “Archives and Genre,” “Genre Nonprofits With Mary Anne Mohanraj,” + Honored Guest Reading
MARCH 6, 2020: A Feast of Serendib Official Launch Date!
OAK PARK, IL
JANUARY 31, 2020, 5:30pm – 9:30pm: OPRF Chamber of Commerce Bite Nite
The Nineteenth Century Club, 178 Forest Avenue
Oak Park and River Forest Chamber of Commerce presents Bite Nite, the ultimate foodie experience. Enjoy a mid-winter celebration of outstanding local dining sampling small bites from 50+ local restaurants, caterers and food brands during an evening of music + drinks.
OAK PARK, IL
DECEMBER 21, 10am – 2pm: L!VE A Colorful Holiday
L!VE Café and Creative Space, 163 S. Oak Park Ave.
Shop and browse a selection of homemade curry powder, Sri Lankan sweets, tropical soaps and bath salts, and of course, lots and lots of books. Featuring the forthcoming Feast of Serendib (not out ’til March, but we’ll have some sneak peek copies for sale), and also Bodies in Motion (immigrant fiction), The Stars Change (science fiction), and Perennial (an Oak Park romance). Happy to sign and personalize to your desire. 🙂
OAK PARK, IL
SEPTEMBER 29TH 3-5PM JAKE’S PLACE: COOK OFF + BOOK SIGNING: FREE ADMISSION
CHICAGO, IL
(not a Feast event, but happy to deliver signed cookbooks for pre-orders)
OCTOBER 3: 7-8:30 P.M.: SLF’S DEEP DISH SF/F READING, PART OF THE PLURALITY UNIVERSITY ‘MANY TOMORROWS FESTIVAL’, VOLUMES BOOK CAFE, 1474 N. MILWAUKEE: FREE ADMISSION, http://speculativeliterature.org/…/deep-dish-reading-series/
MONTREAL
OCTOBER 11TH-14: MARY ANNE @ SCINTILLATION CONVENTION
OAK PARK, IL
OCTOBER 16TH 6-8PM EASTGATE CAFE SOIREE: CANCELLED (sorry, folks!)
CHICAGO, IL
OCTOBER 22ND UNION LEAGUE CLUB OF CHICAGO: MEMBER EXCLUSIVE COCKTAIL HOUR
CHICAGO, IL
(not a Feast event, but happy to deliver signed cookbooks for pre-orders)
OCTOBER 23RD 7-9 PM INTERVIEW WITH BETH KANDER FOR HER BORN IN SYN LAUNCH PARTY: WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST BOOKSTORE, 5233 N. CLARK STREET. FREE ADMISSION
OAK PARK, IL
OCTOBER 27TH 10AM-12PM SUGAR BEET SCHOOL HOUSE: COOKING CLASS + BOOZY BRUNCH $45 — BUY TICKETS
Sri Lankan Hoppers –”If I had to pick the perfect Sri Lankan meal, this would be it. There’s nothing like breaking off a crisp piece of hopper, dipping it into broken egg, and scooping up some curry and a bit of seeni sambol. These rice flour pancakes have a unique shape; fermented batter is swirled in a special small hemispherical pan, so you end up with a soft, spongy center, and lacey, crispy sides — that contrast is the true glory of the hopper. Typically you’d make one egg hopper per person, plus another plain hopper or two, and maybe a sweet hopper to finish up.” Participants will make their own hoppers and enjoy them along with a few spicy curries, sambols and mango-passionfruit mimosas as accompaniment. Each guest with take home freshly-roasted Sri Lankan curry powder, along with recipes for hoppers, curry, and sambols. Mary Anne will also be offering discounted copies of her new
cookbook, A Feast of Serendib; typically $40, but just $30 for participants; she’s happy to sign them, of course!
WINNETKA, IL
OCTOBER 27TH MPS DINNER: ALUMNAE DINNER FEATURE
LOS ANGELES, CA
NOVEMBER 1ST-4TH: MARY ANNE @ WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION
COLUMBUS,OH
NOVEMBER 8TH-10TH: MARY ANNE @ PARALLELS WRITING CONFERENCE