Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Raya Stern Trustees Room (2nd floor) — 123 Main St., Watertown, MA
Join local chef and award-winning author Jarrett Melendez as he demonstrates how to make the Nightshade Society Poe Parfait from his hit book, The Official Wednesday Cookbook . Evoking the colors of the Nevermore uniforms, this dessert has layers of ube creme patissiere, black cocoa sesame crumble, and ube whipped cream. About the Author & Chef: Jarrett Melendez is a GLAAD Media Award- and Eisner Award-nominated comic and graphic novel writer, cookbook author, and food journalist. He’s best known for the award-winning graphic novel series Chef’s Kiss, a queer romance set in a restaurant, which he co-created with Danica Brine. The second volume, Chef’s Kiss Again, will be released October 2026. Jarrett has also contributed to award-winning and nominated anthologies, including Young Men in Love, All We Ever Wanted, and Young Men in Love 2: New Romances. His latest work is a 40-episode webcomic that he created with Paramount Pictures and Kisai Entertainment, Stargazers: A Star Trek Stories, now available on Webtoon with new episodes released weekly. Jarrett is currently working on Tales of the Fungo: The Legend of Cep, to be published by Andrews McMeel, Fujoshi Warriors, an action…