ASHEVILLE — Author David Pereda announced today that Amazon.com chose his manuscript for Who Killed Fidel Castro? out of 5,000 entries to be a semifinalist in the online bookseller’s Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. If Pereda’s mystery thriller wins, Pereda would get a book contract from Penguin Group, one of the world’s largest publishers. Amazon is asking members […]
Author Archives: David Pereda
Urban Garden — Pride and Possibility
Laurel of Asheville — Jun 1, 2009 Bob White extended a hand the size of a baseball glove toward me, fingers cupped around a leafy vegetable he had just snatched from the ground. “What do you think this is, man?” he said. I inspected the green leaves and took my best shot. “Collard greens?” “Wrong, […]
Are You in AWE Yet?
Laurel magazine — May 1, 2008 — After its successful inaugural meeting in April, the Asheville Writing Enthusiasts (AWE) will resume monthly meetings on Saturday May 3, 2008, in the Board Room at Pack Place, 2 South Pack Square in downtown Asheville at 10:30 a.m. The guest speaker this time will be David Pereda, director of […]
Exceptional Pairings with Premium Beer
It is hardly surprising that beer is the drink of choice in many countries around the world. The question we asked ourselves is: Can beer, like wine, be paired successfully with dinner dishes and desserts? To help us answer that question, we invited Chris Russell, a third generation brewer and district sales manager of Yuengling […]
A Tuscan Afternoon
This month we invited Chef Anthony Cerrato, owner of the popular Fiore’s Restarant in Asheville, N.C. and Jayson Landers, his wine steward, to be our guests for this column. Chef Cerrato is a grduate of the Asheville-Buncombe County Culinary School. Mr. Landers developed his outstanding wine skills during more than a decade of first-hand experience. Chef […]
My Dad
Included in Express Yourself, Vol. 2, an anthology of poetry due to be published November 2007. He was the essence, the seed, the unique ancestral root From where my brother and I came, and our children too He wasn’t tall, handsome, clever or, Oh, so bright! But his calloused hands were caring when he touched me. He […]
Country Bistro
Photos by Mariate Echeverry This month we invited Chef Ferris Camp to be our guest for this column. Chef Camp studied at the New England Culinary Institute and honed his remarkable sommelier skills as apprentice to two well-known wine masters, Mark David and Roland Zachalius. Until recently, he was owner of the popular Gazelle Restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina. […]
Who Killed Fidel Castro? Wins Second Literary Award This Year
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. (July 30, 2007) – David Pereda, an up-and-coming author who gave up a successful international consulting career to become a writer, won first place in the Lighthouse Book Awards mystery-thriller category this weekend for his manuscript titled Who Killed Fidel Castro? The award was the second this year for Pereda’s story about a […]
Bolero
Published in “Author’s Voice” magazine and included in Express Yourself, Vol. 2, an anthology of poetry due to be published November 2007. A languid rhythm itching at our feet, The smell of salt, the whisper of the sea, The long boneless fingers of the breeze Caressing coolly our heated, panting bodies, Held tightly against each other as […]
Wine Musings from Margarita
I have selected four outstanding red wines for you, sure to please the most discriminating wine taste buds. Three of the wines come from the increasingly popular region of Ribera del Duero in Spain, which for years now has been producing some of the world’s finest wines with 100 percent Tempianillo grapes. The fourth wine […]