READ EM AND EAT
Portland's Holiday Cookbook Social Returns
Oregon's top local chefs and food writers will make holiday gift-giving a snap by signing copies of their acclaimed works.
Image: Allison Jones
For the second year running, Vitaly Paley's Imperial will host a holiday cookbook social featuring the area's most acclaimed culinary authors. Over twenty local author-chefs, including the minds behind Toro Bravo, Le Pigeon, and The Paley's Place Cookbook, will be on hand to discuss their work and sign copies for everyone on your holiday shopping list. Imperial's Bar Manager Brandon Wise will be serving up cocktails, and several of the authors will prepare complimentary bites.
The free event will take place in the Hotel Lucia's Monterosa Room on Sunday, December 8 from 1 to 3 pm. Here's who will be there, autograph pen in hand:
- Anya Von Bremzen, Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing
- Karen Brooks, The Mighty Gastropolis: A Journey Through the Center of America’s New Food Revolution
- Lucy Burningham and Ellee Thalheimer, Hop in the Saddle: A Guide to Portland’s Craft Beer Scene
- Katherine Cole, Complete Wine Selector: How to Choose the Right Wine Every Time, Voodoo Vintners: Oregon’s Astonishing Biodynamic Winegrowers
- Lynne Curry, Pure Beef: An Essential Guide to Artisan Meat with Recipes for Every Cut
- Sasha Davies, The Cheesemaker’s Apprentice: An Insider’s Guide to the Art of Cheesemaking, Taught by the Masters
- Andy and Lauren Fortgang, Le Pigeon: Cooking at the Dirty Bird
- Ashley Gartland, Dishing up Oregon: 145 Recipes That Celebrate Farm-to-Table Flavors
- John Gorham and Liz Crain, Toro Bravo: Stories. Recipes. No Bull.
- Janie Hibler, The Berry Bible, Dungeness Crabs, Blackberry Cobbler, Wild About Game
- Martha Holmberg, Modern Sauces, Crepes
- Ellen Jackson, The Chefs Collaborative Cookbook, The Grand Central Baking Book
- Ivy Manning, Crackers & Dips, The Adaptable Feast
- Diane Morgan, Roots: The Definitive Compendium with more than 225 Recipes, Skinny Dips, The Christmas Table, Gifts Cooks Love
- Hanna Neuschwander, Left Coast Roast
- Vitaly Paley, The Paley’s Place Cookbook
- Tami Parr, Pacific Northwest Cheese: A History, Artisan Cheese of the Pacific Northwest
- Laura Byrne Russell, The Gluten-Free Asian Kitchen
- Jen Stevenson, 100 Best Places to Stuff Your Faces
- Kim Sunee, Trail of Crumbs
- Laurie Wolf, Portland, Oregon’s Chef’s Table, Candy 1 to 20
- Nick Zukin, The Artisan Jewish Deli at Home
