Friends of the Key West Library Speaker Series

Ann Hood is the author of a dozen books of memoir and fiction, including The Stolen Child, The Book That Matters Most, and The Knitting Circle, and editor of the anthologies Knitting Yarns and Knitting Pearls. She’s been honored with two Pushcart Prizes and two Best American Food Writing Awards, among others. Michael Ruhlman has written cookbooks and nonfiction narratives, including chef Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry Cookbook as well as a series about the training of chefs: The Making of a Chef, The Soul of a Chef, and The Reach of a Chef. He also wrote The Elements of Cooking and Ratio, The Book of Cocktail Ratios: The Surprising Simplicity of Classic Cocktails, and for younger readers, If You Can’t Take the Heat.

This Speaker Series event is sponsored by the Ambrosia Inn.

• Date: February 24, 2025
• Time: 6 p.m.
• Location: Key West Public Library Palm Garden, 700 Fleming Street

All speaker series events begin at 6:00 p.m. Speaker Series talks are free. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Gates open at 5:30. We will make every effort to seat everyone. In case of rain, the event will be held inside the library.