LA Times Travel Show at LA Convention Center on February 23 and 24

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What I like best about the LA Times Travel show this upcoming weekend at the LA Convention Center are the culinary presentations and hearing from travel authors.  Thus, even if you are not planning on doing any travelling, other than from an armchair, attending this Travel Show can be lots of fun for all ages.  You can go to the LA Times Travel Show official website to see the entire schedule, but what I make an effort to see are the cooking demonstrations and authors that will be speaking as shown below.  Not to be missed is Andrew McCarthy on Sunday, talking about his new book, The Longest Way Home.  Below he is pictured with Don George, former North American Editor for Lonely Planet Books and now Special Features Editor at Gadling.com, at the Annual Book Passage Travel Writing and Photographers Conference in Corde Madera.





Saturday Destination Stage

2:45 - 3:45 PMLos Angeles Times Presents: Tasting Tips Around the Globe with Jonathan Gold, Cathy Chaplin, Barbara Hansen and Tomo KurokawaSaturday Keynote Speakers at Petree Hall


                       
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMArthur Frommer Presents: The Top New Trends and Destinations in Travel1:00 - 2:00 PMPhil Keoghan, host of “The Amazing Race” and author of “No Opportunity Wasted”3:00 - 4:30 PM2:30 PM Informal Audience Q & A with Rick Steves.
European Travel Skills with Rick Steves

Sunday Keynote Speakers at Petree Hall

11:00 AM - 12:00 PMMike Wolfe, Star of History Channel’s
American Pickers1:00 - 2:00 PM1:00 - 2:00 PMAndrew McCarthy, author of  “The Longest Way Home”3:00 - 4:30 PM2:30 PM Informal Audience Q & A with Rick Steves.
European Travel Skills with Rick Steves





Saturday Culinary Stage

11:00 AM - 12:00 PMCooking Demonstration Presented by Amy Finley, author of “How to Eat a Small Country”1:00 AM - 2:00 PMCooking Demonstration by Brian Malarkey of The Taste3:00 - 4:00 PMCooking Demonstration Presented by Debbie Lee, author of “Seoultown Kitchen”
Sunday Culinary Stage

11:00 AM - 12:00 PMCooking Demonstration Presented by Amy Finley, author of “How to Eat a Small Country”1:00 - 2:00 PMCooking Demonstration Presented by Roberto Martin, author of “Vegan Cooking for Carnivores”3:00 - 4:00 PMCooking Demonstration Presented by Jeffrey Saad, author of “Jeffrey Saad's Global Kitchen: Recipes Without Borders”