Pastry chef Claudia Fleming headlines brunch on Feb. 29

Chef Claudia Fleming,  known as "the goddess" of pastry for her groundbreaking desserts, plans to share her sugary secrets at a cookbook brunch Saturday, Feb. 29, at the Fourth Estate at the National Press Club..

Brunch begins at 10 a.m. with passed nibbles. The program and seated meal begin at 11 a.m. Watch the Wire for details on the menu. Tickets cost $75 per person and include a copy of the book, The Last Course. Couples tickets cost $140 and include one copy of the book. Club members receive a 15% discount ($63.75 per person/$119 per couple). Members must be signed in to the website to receive the discount. To reserve your seat, click here.

Fleming plans to discuss her recently re-released iconic cookbook, The Last Course at the five-course brunch. Bon Appetit called the book "the greatest dessert book in the history of the world." 

The Last Course was first published in 2001 as Fleming set the dessert world ablaze with her James Beard Award-winning desserts at Gramercy Tavern in New York. A renewed version of the The Last Course was reissued in November.  Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Vogue and Time.