Left Bank Books will present a very special evening with Robbie Montgomery to celebrate the release of her debut cookbook, Sweetie Pie’s Cookbook: Soulful Southern Recipes, from My Family to Yours (Amistad, October 2015), on Tuesday, October 20, 7pm, at Sweetie Pie’s Upper Crust (3643 Delmar Boulevard).
$32 admits one and includes one copy of Sweetie Pie’s Cookbook and complimentary hors d’oeuvres. $37 admits two, includes one copy of Sweetie Pie’s Cookbook and complimentary hors d’oeuvres, and $5 will be rebatable towards the purchase of a second copy at the event.
Growing up in Mississippi and St. Louis, Robbie Montgomery, the oldest of nine children, was often responsible for putting meals on the family table. Working side by side with her mother in their St. Louis kitchen, Robbie learned to prepare dozens of classic soul food dishes. Now, at 72, Miss Robbie, beloved owner of the wildly popular Sweetie Pie’s restaurants and star of the OWN reality television show Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s, passes down those traditions for generations of fans to enjoy in Sweetie Pie’s Cookbook. Robbie takes you into the kitchen to prepare her most favored meals and tells you heartfelt and humorous stories, including amazing tales from her life at the restaurant and on the road as a back-up singer.
Miss Robbie Montgomery started cooking while she was traveling as a back-up singer with artists including Ike and Tina Turner, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Patti LaBelle, and others, as finding welcoming restaurants could be challenging for African-Americans in the segregated 1960s. After a collapsed lung prematurely ended Miss Robbie’s singing career, she returned to St. Louis, using her formidable cooking talent. Now, with three locations in St. Louis, Sweetie Pie’s is set to expand to Los Angeles in late 2015. Her restaurant reality show has been featured for four seasons on the OWN Network.
Robbie Montgomery will sign copies of Sweetie Pie’s Cookbook at this special Launch Party event. Tickets are $32-$37, include a copy of Sweetie Pie’s Cookbook and complimentary hors d’oeuvres, and are available at left-bank.com/sweetiepies. A cash bar will be available. Additional books for signing are available from Left Bank Books in advance or at the event. For more information, call 314.367.6731 or visit left-bank.com.
