benny blanco and Jess Damuck celebrate OPEN WIDE

About this Event

Join Barnes & Noble - Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, May 3rd, 2024 at 5PM ET, as we welcome pop music super-producer, artist, actor on FXX’s Dave, and consummate food freak, benny blanco, and the author of Salad Freak, Jess Damuck, for a signing of their new cookbook OPEN WIDE. This book teaches you everything you need to know about cooking, enjoying life, and throwing the greatest dinner party of all time.

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To make this event safe and enjoyable for all attendees, please read the below guidelines ahead of buying a ticket, so you know what to expect on the day. To avoid disappointment, we must stress that there will be no access to the event for non-ticketholders.

Barnes & Noble reserves the right to make new rules and orders in its sole discretion with regard to COVID-19 at any time and any person not abiding by the Barnes & Noble directives will be refused entrance or directed to leave the premises.

TICKET INFORMATION

**A ticket includes

**A ticket PER PERSON includesone personalized, signed copy of OPEN WIDE along with admission to the event space to meet with benny blanco and Jess Damuck. (LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE)**

Photos with benny and Jess will be allowed at the event.

To ensure the health & safety for all attendees, tickets are timed. Please pay attention to your time slot. Ticket holders will be admitted into the store beginning at their time slot the day of the event, no earlier.

Please arrive 10-15 minutes before your ticket time so that you can be checked in by store staff, receive a wristband and be placed in the line. Please have a copy of your ticket available (either printed out or on your phone) for check in.

EVENT DETAILS

Photo op with benny blanco and Jess Damuck + personalized signingof OPEN WIDE.

GUIDELINES

1 ticket = 1 copy of OPEN WIDE and admission into the photo op/signing line with benny blanco and Jess Damuck.

The photo will be taken by a bookseller on the customer's camera or phone. Customers must hold onto all personal belongings, including bags and coats, during the photo op.

The queue for your time slot will be formed on a first come, first served basis.
Some outside queuing may be required, so please do come dressed appropriately for all weather.

Please arrive 10-15 minutes prior to your time slot for check in. Your ticket will be scanned and you will receive a wristband.

No memorabilia or merchandise will be signed at the event.

Barnes & Noble may cancel this event at any time with or without notice to the ticket holders.

ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES

The exact time at which the event ends will be determined on the day.

To avoid disappointment, we strongly advise you not to arrive any later than your timed ticket start time. Late arrivals may not have the opportunity to meet the author.

Due to health and safety and space limitations, those without a ticket will not be permitted to join the queue.

All event guidelines are subject to change.

If you have any additional questions, you can call the store directly at: (718) 473-3667.

Please note that Eventbrite is the only authorized dealer for this event. Each person must have a ticket to enter.

REFUNDS:

Attendees can receive refunds up to 1 day (24 HOURS) before your event's initial start time of 5PM.

If you are unable to attend the event, Barnes & Noble - Atlantic Ave will hold your book for seven days after the event. Please contact the store to arrange your pickup.

Should this event be canceled due to changing COVID-19 concerns, all customers will be refunded their ticket price to the original method of payment per Eventbrite's refund policy.

Event guidelines are subject to change.

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ABOUT OPEN WIDE:

Hi, I’m benny blanco. I’m in a television show with my best friend Dave and I probably produced most of the songs you have heard on the radio from 2008 until now. When I was thirteen, my friend got a George Foreman Grill and it changed my life forever. We would invite friends over, get stoned, and make the most elaborate sandwiches our prepubescent minds could fathom. I became obsessed with food and cooking for friends.

I know what you are going to say, and I get it. Cooking is scary. But I promise you, once you get into it, it will be your new addiction. Slicing an onion is like taking a Xanax to me. I made this cookbook to teach you everything I know about food, cooking, and throwing the greatest dinner party of all time. There are the basics to get your kitchen ready, a little advice from my expert friends, then all of the dinner party menus I love to make, like:

5 Dishes to Get You Laid and One for the Morning After
I Wish I Were an Italian Grandma
Take Me to the Cheesy Rodeo
F*ck Morton’s Steakhouse

Which are filled with insane recipes like:

Lose Your Mind Lobster Rolls
“I Might Go Vegetarian” Veggie Sandwich
Chicken Cutlets with Honey, Peppers, and Parm
“I Hope We Didn’t Make a Baby” Breakfast Burrito.

I’ve been told some of the finest stories over meals. I’ve laughed so hard I thought I was going to actually die. I’ve fallen in love—sometimes with the food, sometimes with the person across the table. I’ve cried in good ways, and I’ve cried in bad ways. I hope you’ve been lucky enough to have all these same memories and then some. But if you haven’t, I can make you a promise. If you follow these three simple steps, it will all become a reality: Open this book. Open your heart. And open wide, baby.

ABOUT BENNY BLANCO:

benny blanco is a record producer, songwriter, artist, actor, record executive, and cookbook author. blanco has contributed to the sale of hundreds of millions of albums worldwide through his work with artists including Ed Sheeran, SZA, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Katy Perry, The Weeknd, Maroon 5, Juice WRLD, Sia and many more. His two albums as an artist—Friends Keep Secrets and Friends Keep Secrets 2—have been streamed more than 11 billion times to date and spawned multiple multiplatinum hits. blanco made his TV debut playing a fictionalized version of himself on the FXX series Dave with Lil Dicky which has become the #1 comedy on FX and FXX. His longtime friendship with acclaimed chef Matty Matheson has spawned two massively viral online food series, Matty & Benny Eat Out America and Stupid F*cking Cooking Show. Open Wide is his first book.

ABOUT JESS DAMUCK:

Jess Damuck is the author of Salad Freak. She has worked with Martha Stewart as a food editor, producer, food stylist, and personal salad maker, including on VH1’s Martha and Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party. Damuck has also worked at Bon Appétit, Food Network, Apartment Therapy, and Vox Creative, and has produced thousands of food-related web videos for clients. She lives in Los Angeles.