# Event Details

- **Event Name**: NOURISHING NETWORKS: Mardi Gras Evening with Ashley Young & Brinda Penmetsa
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us on Mardi Gras for a special evening celebrating the release of Ashley Young's debut book, NOURISHING NETWORKS!About this EventJoin Bold Fork Books on Mardi Gras for a special evening exploring the history, food and culture of New Orleans with NOURISHING NETWORKS author Ashley Rose Young and Bold Fork Books' Brinda Penmetsa. All tickets will include a slice of King Cake made by Savannah Velasco of Breadscraps.ABOUT THE BOOKIn Nourishing Networks, historian Ashley Rose Young illuminates the central role of food in shaping the vibrant culture of New Orleans. While the city's dynamic culinary scene fostered bonds between some communities, under the surface, groups viciously vied for control over who bought and sold food and where they could do it. Young traces the intricate systems of food vendors and their customers, and how those relationships were affected by race, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.She shows how vendors and customers alike exercised considerable influence over the city's food economy and the laws that regulated it by negotiating prices, shaping taste preferences, liaising with government officials, and even openly defying ordinances they felt were unfair. The power each group gained and lost determined the success of their businesses, the well-being of their families, and their ability to shape food retail and local laws to meet their needs. Nourishing Networks vividly depicts a city that throughout its history has struggled to feed its population safely and affordably, and in documenting those challenges, it offers lessons for building a better food future.ABOUT THE AUTHORAshley Rose Young is the American History Curator in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress. She is also a Smithsonian Research Associate and was formerly the Historian of the Smithsonian Food History Project at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. A curator and public historian, she has written for the New York Times and and Washington Post, among other outlets.ABOUT THE MODERATORBrinda Penmetsa is the Director of Events and Marketing at Bold Fork Books, Washington D.C.'s only culinary bookstore. Originally from Houston, Texas, Brinda is passionate about food waste reduction and building community. She is currently reading Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer and listening to Ann Peebles.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/washington/nourishing-networks-mardi-gras-evening-with-ashley-young-and-brinda-penmetsa/100001981545979366
- **Event Categories**: mardi-gras, art, literary-art, sports, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 12.18, max: 45.57, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Washington
- **state**: DC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Bold Fork Books
- **lat**: 38.928463
- **long**: -77.03751600000001
- **full address**: Bold Fork Books, 3064 Mount Pleasant Street Northwest, Washington, United States

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- **organizer**: Bold Fork Books (https://allevents.in/org/bold-fork-books/18921086)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Bold Fork Books, 3064 Mount Pleasant Street Northwest, Washington, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 12.18 up to 45.57 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Bold Fork Books
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** mardi-gras, art, literary-art, sports, nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about NOURISHING NETWORKS: Mardi Gras Evening with Ashley Young & Brinda Penmetsa ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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