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2011 Annual Conference Preview Update NEW ORLEANS Cognotes • Page 15 he “What’s Cooking @ ALA” Cooking stage will showcase a variety of chefs and authors. Chefs will be heating up the exhibit floor with fantastic displays of the latest cookbooks. Chefs will be there every day to prepare the hottest recipes and to autograph their latest books. The “What’s Cooking @ ALA” Cooking Stage is located in the Exhibit Hall at the back of aisle 3000. Among the works expected featured include: T “What’s Cooking @ ALA” Cooking Stage Schedule L The Graphic Novel Stage Saturday June 25, 2011 Modernist Cuisine Maxime Bilet Saturday June 25, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Maixime Bilet, one of the authors of Modernist Cuisine, will tell the story of this amazing six-volume cookbook. In Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking, Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young, and Maxime Bilet—scientists, inventors, and accomplished cooks in their own right—have created a sixvolume 2,400-page set that reveals science-inspired techniques for prepar-ing food that ranges from the other-worldly to the sublime. The authors—and their 20-person team at The Cooking Lab— have achieved astounding new flavors and textures by using tools such as wa- Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, The Fabulous Beekman Boys, will present at the “What’s Cooking @ ALA” Cooking Stage on Sunday, June 26. ter baths, homogenizers, centrifuges, and ingredients such as hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, and enzymes. It is a work destined to reinvent cooking. For more information visit: www. modernistcuisine.com Sponsored by the Cooking Lab Cooking Favorites from Teen Cuisine and Superchef Matthew Locricchio w/ Guest Chef Frank Brigtsen » see page 23 and wonderful, this graphic novel has been garnering high praise from kids and librarians alike. Come find out the secrets behind the making of Zita! Sponsored by First Second Books Jim Ottaviani: Science in Words and Pictures Saturday June 25, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Come meet Jim OtFriday June 24 taviani, the pre-emExhibits Opening inent graphic novel Reception writer about science. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. A nuclear engineerGet the party turned-librarian, Jim started in the Graphic Mark Seigel, First Second has a unique perspecNovel Pavilion. Get Books, is one of many tive on science nonyour geek on with noted presenters at this fiction, and shows it free food and special year’s pavilion. with books like Cowevents. Continue the party at ALAplay 2011 from 7:30 boys, Bone Sharps, and Thunder - 10:30 p.m. at the Hilton New Lizards, T-Minus: The Race to the Orleans Riverside (Versailles Ball- Moon, and his latest, Feynman. Sponsored by First Second Books room). ocated in the Graphic Novel/ Gaming Pavilion at the back of the 1600 aisle, the Graphic Novel Stage will feature discussions and presentations on the graphic novel. This year we debut the ALA Artist Alley. Be present for autographs, the Artist Alley and giveaways! Saturday June 25 Ben Hatke in Conversation with Unshelved Saturday June 25, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Come meet Ben Hatke, the author and illustrator of the debut graphic novel Zita the Spacegirl. Whimsical Comics as Children’s Literature 1:00- 2:00 p.m. Join Jimmy Gownley, author and illustrator of Amelia Rules, along with special guests from the comic » see page 22 http://www.modernistcuisine.com http://www.modernistcuisine.com http://www.lssi.com

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ALA Cognotes New Orleans Preview Update
Friday’s Opening General Session Features Dan Savage
ALA Annual Conference Exhibits to Open Friday Afternoon
Visit New Artist Alley, Mobile App Pavilion
Auditorium Speaker Series Attracts Range of Authors
Writer, Actor Molly Shannon at Closing General Session
ALA Mobile Connects at Annual
Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens at Wrap Up Rev Up!
ALA Annual Conference Exhibits Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA Halls G-JJ
ERT Silent Auction to Benefit Christopher J. Hoy/ERT Scholarship
Wikimedia Director to Speak at ALA President’s Program
Celebrating Libraries: The Power of Renewal and Service to Their Communities
“What’s Cooking @ ALA” Cooking Stage Schedule
The Graphic Novel Stage
Now Showing @ALA
ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards Ceremony Moves to ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans
Washington Office Update to Feature Accessibility Initiative, Disaster Preparedness Tips
Shuttle Bus Schedule
Grow A Network of Loyal Support @ Your Library
Learn the Basics about Grants
AASL Launches Online Lesson Plan Database
Join the Celebration: Stonewall Book Awards Mark Their 40th
Enter to Win the $20,000+ Great Graphic Novel Library Giveaway
Lauren Myracle Headlines AASL Awards Luncheon
Wedgeworth to Explore Past, Future of Library Literacy Programs at 2011 Coleman Lecture
Authors, Illustrators Discuss “Trickster” Graphic Novel and Honoring Cultures
Diversity in Action at Annual Conference
The PopTop Stage Schedule
Large Print Books for Baby Boomers
Town Hall Meeting on Diversity
PLA Preconferences Dedicated to Public Library Professionals
AASL Presents Preconferences
Karioth to Present AASL President’s Program
Joint Conference of Librarians of Color to Host June 24 Fundraising Reception
AASL to Recognize Million Dollar Mark
Programs Focus on Daniel Ellsberg, the Pentagon Papers, Current Events

ALA Cognotes New Orleans Preview Update