Books and Bites: Kwéyòl / Creole: A Book Talk and Tasting with James Beard Award-Winners Nina Compton and Osayi Endolyn
Thu, April 24, 2025
6:00 PM
Pier 57
25 11th Ave
New York, NY 10011
General Admission
$45
General Admission + Copy of Kwéyòl / Creole
$83
Recipes and Stories from St. Lucia to Jamaica, Miami, and New Orleans
When people say “Creole” in St. Lucia, they don’t mean French-influenced. Saint Lucian Creole (Kwéyol) celebrates a diverse African heritage that influenced James Beard Award-winning chef Nina Compton’s culinary lens as she traveled and worked in restaurants abroad, including Compère Lapin, her flagship restaurant in New Orleans. Written with James Beard Award-winner, Osayi Endolyn, Compton’s debut cookbook Kwéyòl / Creole explores the cuisines and pivotal locales that form the basis of Compton’s unique culinary perspective—from her birthplace in St. Lucia to Jamaica where her view of Caribbean cuisines broadened, to Miami where she was immersed in Afro-Latin influences and honed her cooking style, to New Orleans, her adopted city where Creole cuisine brought her home in new ways.
Copies of Kwéyòl / Creole: Recipes, Stories, and Tings from a St. Lucian Chef’s Journey by Nina Compton with Osayi Endolyn are available for purchase with tickets and at the event from our friends at BEM | books & more.
Who's Cooking
Osayi Endolyn (Photo: Melanie Dune)
Nina Compton Close (Photo: Denny Culbert)
Additional Info
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Tickets to events held at Platform at Pier 57 by the James Beard Foundation cover the cost of food, education and a unique dining experience. Meals are prepared by culinary masters from all regions of the United States and around the world. Unless otherwise stated, alcoholic beverages are provided on a complimentary basis and are not included in the ticket price.
James Beard Foundation events permit guests age 21 years and older to attend events where alcoholic beverages are served.