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The Chesapeake Table: Your Guide to Eating Local

Available at these local booksellers – if they are out, please ask them to restock!

The Ivy Bookshop – Baltimore
Busboys and Poets – Hyattsville
My Dead Aunt’s Books – Hyattsville
Glen’s Garden Market – Washington, DC
Politics and Prose Bookstore Connecticut Avenue and Union Market locations – Washington, DC (signed copies!)
Curious Iguana – Frederick (signed copies!)
National Building Museum Shop – Washington, DC
Over the Moon Bookstore – Crozet, VA
UVA Bookstore – Charlottesville, VA

Also available online (paperback or e-book) from Johns Hopkins University Press and Amazon.com

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Renee’s Bio

Renee Brooks Catacalos has been involved in local food and sustainable agriculture since the early 2000s.

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Purchase now at these online sites: AppleBooks; Chirp; GooglePlay; Kobo; SCRIBDLinks to Audible, Amazon and Authors-Direct will be added as they become available. On the Record with Sheila Kast, WYPR Radio, November 21, 2018 – Serving Up “The Chesapeake Table” Locals Only from ChesBayMagNov18 – Locals Only: Renee Brooks Catacalos’ Chesapeake Table Shows the Benefits… Continue reading News

Renee's Regional Reads

Shelf of books

Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia by Richard G. LeahyLeahy explores the roots and growth of the Virginia wine industry, along with an insider’s tour of Virginia’s distinct wine regions. Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay by Willam W. Warner. Introduction by John Barth.This classic book tells the story… Continue reading Renee's Regional Reads

“The Chesapeake Table is a delightful guide full of vital tips for those committed to cherishing and conserving the local bounty of our prized mid-Atlantic region. Renee Catacalos reveals a substantial understanding of heritage, politics, and advocates from the perspective only a true local could offer to her readers.”

Todd and Ellen Kassoff Gray, Equinox Restaurant

“Fascinating and delectable. If you live in the mid-Atlantic—and you eat—then read this wonderful book.”

Forrest Pritchard, author of Gaining Ground: A Story Of Farmers’ Markets, Local Food, And Saving The Family Farm