The following was submitted by Susan Bush:

The next round of Short Reads will be presented at Island Bound Bookstore on Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 4 p.m.

The theme of this program is “Stories from the Stove.”

Readers and stories include Sean Kivlehan reading Anthony Bourdain’s “Don’t Eat Until You Read This”; Karen Duale reading from Julia Childs’ “Reflections From My First Meal In France”; Chris Littlefield reading “Oysters: A Love Story” by Tejal Rao; Persephone Brown reading from “Grandmothers” by Ruth Reichl; Amy MacDougal reading from Reichl’s “Meat and Potatoes”; and Naomi Kerest reading Calvin Trillin’s “Mozarella Story.”

The readings will be hosted by Elliott Nerenberg.

The program is based on NPR’s Selected Shorts radio program.