Sabrina Rudin: Healthy with a Side of Happy

Join us for a book talk and signing with Sabrina Rudin, owner of Spring Cafe Aspen, celebrating her cookbook, Healthy with a Side of Happy.

Bird's Bookstore is thrilled to host Sabrina Rudin, in conversation with D Magazine's executive editor, Caitlin Clark, to celebrate Rudin's debut cookbook, Healthy with a Side of Happy: 100 Plant-Based Recipes to Feed Your Family.

There are two ticket options. The event will begin with the seated author talk from 5–5:30 PM, accommodating 25 people ($45 - includes a copy of the book), followed by a book signing from 5:30-6 PM. The book talk ticket includes one copy of Healthy with a Side of Happy to be signed by Sabrina. The signing line RSVP is free. There will be additional copies of the book available to purchase in-store.

About the Book

Equal parts clean living guide and recipe collection, the book spans everything from the juices and smoothies that Spring Cafe is beloved for, to hearty soups, plant-based pastas, and satisfying sweets. Alongside the recipes, Sabrina shares pantry guides, meal-prep strategies, and tips for creating a non-toxic kitchen—helping home cooks embrace wholesome eating with ease. Healthy with a Side of Happy is more than a cookbook; it's a roadmap to living with balance and intention, bringing nourishment and happiness into the home, and togetherness to everyday meals.

Healthy with a Side of Happy draws on Sabrina's experience within the food and wellness space and as a mother of three to share more than 100 plant-based recipes that are both delicious and approachable. Designed to satisfy all ages and appetites, her cookbook offers nourishing, joyful meals for everyone from toddlers discovering new flavors to teens with big appetites and busy adults seeking balance.

About the Author

Sabrina is a creator and entrepreneur in the food and wellness space, and the founder and owner of Spring Café Aspen, an organic, vegetarian restaurant with locations in Aspen and New York City. While living in Aspen as a snowboard instructor, she realized the town lacked a healthy café with organic, nourishing, and vegetarian options and set out to solve the problem herself. The menu was inspired by the vegetarian restaurants of her childhood, and by her mother, who was a pioneer in the natural foods and juicing movement, having studied under Anne Wigmor and at the Kushi Institute.

Tickets

Book Talk + Signing: $45 (includes a copy of the book)
Book Signing Line RSVP: Free

The "Book Talk + Signing" ticket reserves your spot at the seated discussion. There will be additional copies of the book available for purchase in-store.