# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Meet Jill Damatac, Author of Dirty Kitchen
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for an afternoon of storytelling, cultural roots and warm community connection!About this EventSan Mateo County Libraries invites you to meet Jill Damatac—writer, filmmaker and author of the powerful new memoir Dirty Kitchen.Join us at Foster City Library on Saturday, January 31, from 3-4 PM for an author talk where Jill shares the stories behind her book, followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. Attendees at this event will have an opportunity to receive a free copy of Dirty Kitchen at the door, while supplies last. Giveaway copies are limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.Following in the footsteps of wildly popular food memoirs like  comes DIRTY KITCHEN: A Memoir of Food and Family. In this unflinching book, Jill revisits the outdoor “dirty kitchen” she grew up with in the Philippines— a space full of heat, smoke, laughter and truth. Through food, memory and lived experience, she reflects on:Complex layers of migrationGrowing up undocumented in the U.S.Family resilience across distance and uncertaintyThe lasting imprint of colonial historyHow cooking can become a way to reclaim identity and homeHer storytelling is vivid, honest and deeply rooted in Filipino traditions and the complexity of migration.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/foster-city/meet-jill-damatac-author-of-dirty-kitchen/100001980588738232
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Foster City
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Foster City Library
- **lat**: 37.55858550000001
- **long**: -122.27036250000003
- **full address**: Foster City Library, 1000 East Hillsdale Boulevard, Foster City, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Meet Jill Damatac, Author of Dirty Kitchen being held?
  - **A:** Meet Jill Damatac, Author of Dirty Kitchen takes place on Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm to Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 04:00 pm at Foster City Library, 1000 East Hillsdale Boulevard, Foster City, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Meet Jill Damatac, Author of Dirty Kitchen?
  - **A:** Meet Jill Damatac, Author of Dirty Kitchen is organized by San Mateo County Libaries.

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