Tom Douglas’ Cookbook Social Celebrates Northwest Authors & Artisans

Join the Festivities at Palace Ballroom on December 10 For all the home cooks and aspiring home cooks in your life, there's no better place to look for gifts this holiday season than Tom Douglas' Cookbook Social. At the Palace Ballroom on December 10, this year's line up includes two of my favorites from the…

ByMichelleDecember 5, 20180Comments

Book Reviews

JOSH AND HAZEL’S GUIDE TO NOT DATING by Christina Lauren

Review copy provided by the publisher Fun, Sexy Friends-to-Lovers Romance Features Christina Lauren's First Korean-American Hero Christina Lauren is a one-click author for me. No matter how different the heroines have been in their books, I’ve always found something to identify with or appreciate in the women they’ve created. I had trouble with Hazel Bradford,…

ByMichelleAugust 23, 20180Comments

Events

Tickets Available to Feast Portland Marquee Events

Tickets are still available to marquee events at this year's Feast Portland, September 13-16, 2018. If you missed out on the sold out Franklin Barbecue and Friends dinner, you can still get a taste of Aaron Franklin's cooking at 80's vs. 90's, a brand new event at this year's Feast. Twenty chefs from Portland and…

ByMichelleJune 19, 20180Comments

Book Reviews

My Rice Bowl by Rachel Yang and Jess Thomson

Grilled Chinese Broccoli with Walnut Pesto and Garlic Confit from My Rice Bowl by Rachel Yang and Jess Thomson. I have been having the best time cooking from My Rice Bowl by Rachel Yang and Jess Thomson. It might surprise you to hear that this isn't strictly a Korean cookbook. A rice bowl, that's bibimbap, right?…

ByMichelleOctober 2, 20170Comments

Events

No FOMO! Here’s the Best of Feast Portland 2017

Feast Portland 2017 featured 134 chefs, 31 wineries, 15 breweries, 11 artisans, and 12 distilleries, that delivered the delicious to nearly 18,000 attendees. Over the course of 4 days, I caught up with old friends and ate my way through the amazing Bon Appetit Hot 10 dinner, the Grand Tastings, Smoked and Sunday's Brunch Village.…

ByMichelleSeptember 25, 20170Comments

Events

Feast Portland 2017: Tickets Available to Select Events

Feast Portland, the can't miss food event in the Pacific Northwest, is right around the corner! Tickets are still available for select packages and individual events during the festival, September 14-17. For a look at last year's highlights, check out our 10 best bites from Feast Portland 2016. What's available: The Package is…

ByMichelleAugust 30, 20170Comments

Recipes

Six Delicious Summer Dishes from Josh McFadden’s Six Seasons

Israeli-spiced tomatoes with yogurt and chickpeas from Joshua McFadden's Six Seasons cookbook. I first cooked from Six Seasons, Josh McFadden's vegetable-centric cookbook, before it came out in May. Spring took its time getting here in the Pacific Northwest and I only had a chance to cook a few recipes before summer came on full force. I'm…

ByMichelleAugust 29, 20170Comments

Cooking Recipes Salads

Grilled Radicchio and Corn Salad

I've made a good number of salads this summer, some simple, some complex. This grilled radicchio and corn number falls somewhere in the middle and it might be my favorite one so far. It features a roasted cherry tomato vinaigrette and creamy fresh mozzarella along with the grilled veg. The recipe is adapted from Around…

ByMichelleAugust 24, 20170Comments

Book Reviews Recipes

Hello! My Name is Tasty | Review, Recipe & Giveaway

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 ******************************** I've been a fan of…

ByMichelleAugust 15, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

Six Seasons by Joshua McFadden | Review

Cucumber, Celery and Apricots with Pistachios from Josh McFadden's Six Seasons. **ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review** 2017 seems poised to deliver a bumper crop of vegetable cookbooks. Josh McFadden, chef of Portland's Ava Gene's, rolled out Six Seasons in May; Chef Jenn Louis' Book of Greens and Jeremy Fox's On Vegetables both came…

ByMichelleJune 22, 20170Comments

JOSH AND HAZEL’S GUIDE TO NOT DATING by Christina Lauren

Tickets Available to Feast Portland Marquee Events

My Rice Bowl by Rachel Yang and Jess Thomson

No FOMO! Here’s the Best of Feast Portland 2017

Feast Portland 2017: Tickets Available to Select Events

Six Delicious Summer Dishes from Josh McFadden’s Six Seasons

Grilled Radicchio and Corn Salad

Hello! My Name is Tasty | Review, Recipe & Giveaway

Six Seasons by Joshua McFadden | Review

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The Fourth Princess by Janie Chang

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