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Josefa Gonzalez-Hastings, executive chef and owner of Habana Cafe in Gulfport, will be giving cooking demonstrations and signing her new cookbook at various locations this summer.
The Habana Cafe Cookbook (University Press of Florida, $19.95) is a celebration of the author's Cuban heritage and the popular restaurant she opened in 1997. The book includes about 125 recipes, including one for Cream Cheese Flan that won Gonzalez-Hastings $10,000 in the Southern Living Cookoff last year. The photographs in the books were taken by Jennifer Holcombe of St. Petersburg.
The schedule of signings and demonstrations:
* Borders, Tyrone Square, St. Petersburg: noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, cooking demonstration and signing. Call (727) 381-8890 to RSVP for free class.
* Borders, 12500 N Dale Mabry Highway, Carrollwood: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, signing.
* Borders, Westfield Shoppingtown Brandon: 7:30 p.m. June 22, signing.
* Barnes & Noble, 23654 U.S. 19 N, Clearwater: 1 to 4 p.m. June 26, signing.
* Barnes & Noble, 2501 Tyrone Blvd N., St. Petersburg: 1 to 3 p.m. July 10, signing.
* Borders, 2683 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd., Clearwater: noon to 3 p.m. Aug. 7, cooking demonstration and signing.
* Barnes & Noble, 23654 U.S. 19 N, Clearwater: noon to 3 p.m. Aug. 28.