GABRIELLE HAMILTON

Award-winning chef Gabrielle Hamilton of the restaurant Prune in New York City will help cook a family-style roasted lamb dinner, read from “Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef” and sign copies of her memoir. The dinner menu is from a childhood meal she writes about in the book.

WHEN: 6 p.m. cocktail reception, 7 p.m. dinner Thursday

WHERE: Grace Restaurant, 15 Chestnut St., Portland

HOW MUCH: $120 includes cocktails, dinner, book, gratuity and tax

INFO: 828-4422