Beloved food personality Jamie Deen will kick off the Grand Festival of Books with the release of his first solo cookbook, “Jamie’s Deen’s Good Food.”

Deen will sign copies of “Good Food” beginning at 6 p.m. on Oct. 4 at Page and Palette Bookstore. Sponsored by Faulkner State Community College, the Grand Festival of Books is a free event that will feature book signings, author discussions, children’s crafts, art and live music. The festival will be held on Oct. 5 from 9:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Faulkner’s Fairhope campus.

For restaurateur, author and Food Network star Jamie Deen, quality time in the kitchen with his family is an important part of life. He grew up cooking with his mother, the iconic Queen of Cooking, Paula Deen, and his brother Bobby, and he now shares that tradition with his own wife and kids.

Even with his busy schedule hosting Food Network’s “Home for Dinner with Jamie Deen,” helping run the Deen family restaurants and doing charitable work around the country, Jamie makes sure his family comes together at night to share a special meal.

Jamie’s heartfelt philosophy is at the core of his first solo cookbook, “Jamie Deen’s Good Food: Cooking Up a Storm with Delicious, Family-Friendly Recipes.”

“This book shares the most important things in my ‘grown-up’ life as a husband, father and cook — my personal tastes and values, which always means sitting down together as a family over a home-cooked meal that everyone can enjoy,” Jamie says. “I put my personal and professional skills to the test every night to create great family dishes that are fresh, seasonal, healthy, and appeal to adults and kids alike."

Broken down into charming chapters such as From the Ground Up, Soup Kitchen, By Sea, Hand Holdin’ and The Big Payoff, “Good Food” also features a special section in the back of the book called Rooster’s Café, featuring a handful of recipes by Jamie’s 6-year-old son (and budding chef) Jack. These kid-friendly recipes will have the same positive impact on young cooks as the first cookbook Jamie’s mama gave him when he was a kid.

Each of the 125 tried and true recipes in this book includes accompanying four-color photography, prep and cooking times, helpful tips such as how to dress up a meal for adults (or dress it down for the kids), inspiring ideas for leftovers or how to pick the right produce. Jamie’s recipes are sure to get the whole family enthusiastic about cooking and eating well.

Of course, the cookbook would not be complete without a heaping helping of Deen family stories, wisdom and anecdotes; Jamie even includes photographs of his mama, brother, daddy, his beautiful wife Brooke and his two precious boys Jack and Matthew.

“I’m also happy to give y’all an insider’s look at our unique city, Savannah, and the surrounding low-country,” says Jamie.

“Jamie Deen’s Good Food” is not only an exciting and surprising read filled with invaluable tips and treasured Deen family culinary secrets, but it is also sure to become a well-loved and well-used addition in any family’s kitchen library. As Jamie says, “I really believe that the recipes in my book will bring as much satisfaction and happiness to your home as they’ve brought to ours.”