All authors know that book signings can be both transporting and dispiriting events. For a publisher's perfect ten, consider last Friday night's gathering for Growing Good Things to Eat in Texas at Book People in Austin. Food, drink, and passionate conversation involving a book's author (author Pamela Walker), subject (organic farmers and ranchers from around the state), champion (Marla Camp at Edible Austin), and audience (people who enjoy eating local, sustainably-grown food) made for an evening of festivity and inspiration.