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20 June 2026 | BeaufortLifestyle.comFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Maura Connelly / 843-379-7025maura@patconroyliterarycenter.orgThe Conroy Center and the Anchorage 1770 Inn to Hosta Southern Living Inspired Event: Cook the BookWith James Beard Award-winning Chef and Cookbook Author Cynthia GraubartBEAUFORT, SC - Southern Living, the Pat Conroy Literary Center, and the Anchorage 1770Inn are excited to announce the first Cook The Book: Sharing Recipes, Wine & Words, aspecial event to be held Saturday, May 19, from 4:00%u20139:00 p.m. at the Anchorage 1770(1103 Bay St., Beaufort, SC). The inaugural Cook the Book will be presented by renownedsouthern chef Cynthia Graubart, and will focus on recipes from her recent cookbook SundaySuppers (2017). The event has three components: Cynthia will give a cooking demonstrationof three recipes from Sunday Suppers assisted by Anchorage chef Byron Landis, followed bya book and apron signing with wine and appetizers on the veranda, and culminating with afour-course dinner complete with hand-selected wine pairings in the dining room.This new venture was inspired by Pat Conroy%u2019s passion for cooking and his perennial searchfor a new recipe. Pat opens his 2004 cookbook with the words, %u201cThe subject of food isnearly a sacred one to me.%u201d His lifelong passion for cooking was first ignited in 1969 andonly became more intense as he grew older. Many of his readers are familiar with anotherquote from his cookbook, %u201ca recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.%u201dCynthia Graubart is an ideal chef to launch the new Cook the Book series, which celebratesfoodways, writing, and fellowship. When Pat first began cooking in earnest, he turned toCynthia%u2019s husband Cliff for guidance. It was 1969 and Pat%u2019s first wife had appointed himfamily chef. He ventured to the Old New York Bookshop in Atlanta, asking for Graubart%u2019shelp. According to Pat%u2019s recollections, Cliff, fearing the Conroy clan demise by starvation,handed Pat an edition of Auguste Escoffier%u2019s cookbook. And so Pat%u2019s culinary adventuresbegan, and he became the epicurean %u2018magician%u2019, the soup %u2018sorcerer%u2019, turning %u201cthe art ofstealing recipes into both a hobby and an art.%u201dCynthia%u2019s newest cookbook, Sunday Suppers extols the virtues of the Sunday supper. SheJUNE EVENTS & HAPPENINGSTHURSDAY, JUNE 4, 11 AM, THE ROTARY CLUB CENTER IN BLUFFTON, 111 CALHOUN STREETMary Kay Andrews shares her new book, Road Trip, in conversation with Cassandra King. $45 ticket price includes a copy of Mary Kay%u2019s book. Don%u2019t forget to get it signed while you%u2019re at the event!THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2-3:30 PMAT THE PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTERTommy Hays in conversation with Mindy FriddleRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.Venue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St., BeaufortTHURSDAY, JUNE 11 AT THE PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTERShare your writing at Open Mic Night! Whether you are published or not, whether you%u2019ve written a novel, poem, short story, or something else of interest, we want to hear YOU! It%u2019s easy, and great exposure and practice. If you%u2019re interested in reading as part of Open Mic night? Just email ginger@patconroyliterarycenter.org and you%u2019ll be added to the list.THURSDAY JUNE 18, 5:00-6:30 PMAn evening with local author Kerry Peresta who will be discussing her new novel %u201cThe Shaking%u201d.Price: FreeRegistration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025.Venue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St., Beaufortstory and photos courtesy of PAT CONROY LITERARY CENTER