Hank Shaw: Borderlands: Recipes and Stories from the Rio Grande to the Pacific
Sat, Oct 04
|First Baptist Church, Front Lawn
Join award-winning chef and wild foods expert Hank Shaw in the Georgia Grown Culinary Village. Expect bold flavors, unexpected stories, and a live demo you won’t want to miss.
Time & Location
Oct 04, 2025, 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM EDT
First Baptist Church, Front Lawn, 308 Clairemont Ave, Decatur, GA 30030, USA
About
Hank will demonstrate a signature recipe from his brand-new cookbook, Borderlands: Recipes and Stories from the Rio Grande to the Pacific. This live cooking demo promises a unique blend of story, skill, and surprise that you won't want to miss. Catch him live on the front lawn of First Baptist Church of Decatur in the Culinary Village for a special cooking experience that blends story, skill, and surprise.
Following the panel, Chef Hank will proceed to the signing tables to autograph books.
Purchase your book from Eagle Eye Book Shop using this link, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the festival.
About the Moderator
Mike Jordan is senior editor at UATL, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Black culture brand. He is a longtime Atlanta-based food and culture journalist who has covered a range of stories for The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Bon Appetit, ProPublica, The Guardian, National Geographic, Southern Living, Eater, Resy and Thrillist. Jordan is also chairman of the Atlanta Press Club, the Southeast U.S. chair for the inaugural North America's 50 Best Restaurants, a weekly on-air contributor at Atlanta NPR radio affiliate WABE, master of ceremonies at the 2024 Atlanta Michelin Guide ceremony, and won the James Beard Foundation’s 2024 Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award, for which he was a finalist in 2023.