Chicago (January 2012) — FOODease, a Lettuce Entertain You Restaurant located in Water Tower Place, will host a book signing with author and Chicagoan Martha Bayne and her cookbook, Soup & Bread Cookbook: Building Community One Pot at a Time (Agate Surrey), at 12 p.m. on Saturday, February 25.
FOODease welcomes Bayne to share delicious recipes and explain the history of how soup has impacted communities and helped foster social justice. Her book focuses on how soup-related projects have helped unite groups in need, such as the international Empty Bowls Project and Chicago-based Re-Thinking Soup. Bayne notes, “[Alone] among foods, a pot of soup can be a powerful tool to both draw people together and help them to reach out to others.”
FOODease will be preparing a soup from the cookbook for guests to taste and purchase. Attendees are welcome to purchase the cookbook at the market for $20.95.
For more information on the book signing event, please call 312.335.3663 or visit www.foodeasechicago.com or FOODease Market on Facebook and Twitter.
ABOUT FOODEASE
Just a few steps from Michigan Avenue, FOODease lets guests experience “restaurant-quality food prepared to-go.” The restaurant is dedicated to fresh prep; using ingredients sourced from quality vendors to prepare foods made from scratch. Selections include made-to-order sandwiches and sushi, meals from our gourmet deli and custom salad, soup and hot entrée bars. Our wine bar and retail wine shop features over 150 selections. You will also find many handmade local products, artisanal cheeses and a chocolate room filled with our favorite sweets and confections. FOODease has dine-in seating for 50 and is open every day of the week for lunch and dinner. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. For more information, please call 312-335-3663 or visit FOODease on Facebook or Twitter (@foodeasemarket).
FOODease is a Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Inc. (LEYE) restaurant. Based in Chicago, LEYE, celebrating 40 years, is one of the nation's leading independent restaurant groups, owning, managing or licensing more than 75 establishments in Illinois, Arizona, Minnesota, Maryland, Nevada, Georgia and Virginia. The establishments range from the casual style and cuisine of the original restaurant, R.J. Grunts, to the formal elegance of Everest and Tru.
ABOUT MARTHA BAYNE
Born in Seattle, Washington, Martha Bayne never believed that she would wind up settling in the Midwest but the prairie seduced her. Bayne has lived in Chicago since 1995, and in 2009, she started a random project that quickly took over her life. Now, with a book out, she is surprised and gratified daily by how far the seed of one little idea can, given the right conditions, plant its roots and grow, grow, grow. For more information, please visit soupandbread.net or facebook.com/SoupandBread.