{"id":15128,"date":"2017-08-15T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=15128"},"modified":"2017-08-15T06:18:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T13:18:10","slug":"hello-my-name-is-tasty-review-and-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/hello-my-name-is-tasty-review-and-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello! My Name is Tasty | Review, Recipe & Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello! My Name is Tasty reveals the secrets to the recipes that make Portland’s Tasty n Sons and Tasty n Alder brunch powerhouses. Chef John Gorham and co-author Liz Crain are holding nothing back, allowing home cooks to make a little of the magic behind Tasty’s global diner fare. 4 stars\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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I’ve been a fan of Tasty n Sons<\/a> brunch for years. It’s still one of the top places I recommend to friends rolling through Portland, Oregon. The Tasty restaurants are “globe-trotting, all-cylinders-firing, big flavored, diverse brunch and dinner spots.” The menus mix biscuits and jam, lemon ricotta pancakes, Bim Bop Bacon and Eggs, and Shakshuka in one menu. Now, Chef John Gorham and co-author Liz Crain reveal the secrets to those recipes and more in Hello! My Name is Tasty<\/a>, out today from Sasquatch Books.<\/p>\n

In putting together a menu, Gorham wants at least one thing “to hit your core, to connect with you. Oftentimes that means comfort–something warm and homey.” Look through the book and you see that everywhere, not just in the obvious fried egg and cheddar biscuit with fried chicken, or the soft-baked bread pudding. It’s in the funky kimchi, the spicy maple syrup on the Monte Cristo, the Cincinnati Chili. For me, it’s any one of the dishes served over a bowl of rice.<\/p>\n

So it might be little surprising that I opted to make the lemon ricotta pancakes (see recipe below). For me, it was the perfect example of a brunch dish that could be as simple or as complex as you wanted to make it. \u00a0Hello! My Name is Tasty gives you the ricotta and jam recipes, if you want to go there. At the same time, the headnote makes a point of saying, hey, if you want to use store bought, go ahead. There’s no judgment. \u00a0I didn’t make the ricotta, though I did use homemade black cap raspberry syrup. Do I need to say this? They pancakes are delicious.<\/p>\n

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Gorham and Crain aren’t holding anything back. How you use the book is up to you, but if you’re up for making 9 pounds of bacon or 4 pounds of pastrami, the instructions are there. And if you’re going to put in the effort, who wants to make just a couple of pounds? That’s right, no one. At the same time, this isn’t ONLY a book of food projects.<\/p>\n

Hello! My Name is Tasty strikes a good balance between put it my mouth ASAP and projects that require planning. Many of the recipes in the book take a little<\/em> extra time for marinating or brining, hard boiling and cooling eggs, or making pickles and condiments. It’s all in service of a dish or snack board that’ll satisfy later. The point is to make something that lives up to the Tasty n Sons and Tasty n Alder<\/a> mission.<\/p>\n

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I’ll admit, I took on some of the easier recipes for this review. In addition to the pancakes, I went for the radicchio salad. With everyone so gaga over avocados, the Radicchio with Lardons, Manchego and Six Minute Eggs was the perfect showcase for old school green goddess dressing. I did make a smaller amount despite the warning about it potentially not emulsifying, and it was fine. My husband hates avocados and I was gonna be the only one eating it, so I took the risk.<\/p>\n

The final dish I took for a test run was the Fried Green Tomato BLT. We’re in prime BLT season and I could think of no better way to take advantage than to pick up a few green ones and make this open face sandwich. Very straightforward and very delicious.<\/p>\n

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A Hello! My Name is Tasty launch party<\/a> is being held in Portland at Plaza del Toro tonight from 6-9 p.m, and is open to the public.<\/p>\n

We have one copy of Hello! My Name is Tasty to giveaway. Enter for a chance to win below.<\/p>\n

a Rafflecopter giveaway<\/a>
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