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7th Annual Portland Cookbook & Artisan Marketplace

The Heathman Hotel 1001 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

Join your favorite local cookbook and culinary guidebook authors for a holiday book signing at Headwaters at The Heathman Hotel. (Hint, hint: a signed book makes a great holiday gift.) Authors will be on hand to sign and sell their latest and greatest titles as well as offer small bites and beverages for the crowd. Local makers will be selling their artisan treats and we'll have exciting raffle prizes. Free to attend! Before the marketplace, Join Portlanders John Becker and Megan Scott, authors of the new Joy of Cooking, in conversation with cookbook author and PCA President Diane Morgan. Morgan will lead a Q&A with Becker, the great-grandson of the original author, Irma Rombauer, and his wife, Megan Scott. Tickets for the Joy of Cooking author talk from 11-noon…

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Joy of Cooking

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

In the nearly 90 years since Irma S. Rombauer self-published the first 3,000 copies of Joy of Cooking in 1931, it has become the kitchen bible, with more than 20 million copies in print. The new 2019 edition of Joy of Cooking (Scribner) has been thoroughly revised and expanded by Irma's great-grandson John Becker and his wife, Megan Scott. Becker and Scott developed more than 600 new recipes for this edition, tested and tweaked thousands of classic recipes, and updated every section of every chapter to reflect the latest ingredients and techniques available to today's home cooks.

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Cookbook Club Potluck

Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

This month, we'll be sharing recipes from Diana Henry's A Change of Appetite: Where Delicious Meets Healthy.

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Prix Fixe with Guest Chef Sami Scripter

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

Limited tickets available. Buy tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prix-fixe-with-guest-chef-sami-scripter-tickets-98113182169 Hmong dinner hosted by the author of Cooking from the Heart: The Hmong Kitchen in America About this Event Menu Logans Chicken Curry Noodle Soup/Kraub Poob Jasmine Rice/Mov Stuffed Chicken Wings/Kooj Tis Qaib Nitim Stir-fried Garlicky Chinese Green Flower/Zaub Ntsuab Paj Kib Hi Chili Condiment/Kau Txob Ntsw Tropical Fruit Coctail with Agar-Agar Gelatin/Qab Zib Khov Txiv Hmab Txiv Ntoo The Event Author and Guest Chef Sami Scripter will prepare this meal for 10 guests who will eat together at the community table. Sami will be available during the main course to give a short talk and answer questions. Simple, earthy, fiery, and fresh, Hmong food is an exciting but still little-known Southeast Asian cuisine. We have gathered more…

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Liz Crain in Conversation With Marisa McClellan

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

At once a celebration of culinary diversity and a message of love via dumplings, food writer Liz Crain’s Dumplings Equal Love (Sasquatch) is a bright and innovative cookbook stuffed with traditional and not-so-traditional dumpling recipes — plus recipes for dough and sauces. Internationally, dumplings have always played the dual role of an inexpensive comfort food passed down through generations, and a ceremonial, celebratory festival treat. Whichever way you enjoy them, you can now make your own dumpling memories with Dumplings Equal Love. Rooted in deep cultural respect, steeped in curiosity, and fed by the traditions of families who hold these recipes dear, Crain adapts dumpling recipes from all over the world. Crain will be joined in conversation by Marisa McClellan, author of Food in Jars:…

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Cookbook Extravaganza with Haile Thomas

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Creative multi-hyphenate Haile Thomas is making waves. At 12, Haile founded the youth empowerment non-profit The HAPPY Org. At 16, Haile was the youngest graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition as a Certified Integrative Nutrition Coach. At 19, Haile has amassed a dedicated Instagram following, using the platform to share inspiring writing and content and to give space for others to open up and connect. Her cookbook, Living Lively, combines 80 wholesome and super-powered plant-based recipes to inspire readers to heal and energize themselves through nourishing food. The night’s discussion will center around Haile’s approach to activism, how showing up authentically builds connection and community, and how food helps fuel her work and inspires her vibrant life. Haile Thomas is a wellness and compassion…

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Cookbook Extravaganza with Annemarie Ahearn

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Annemarie is a true farm-to-table teacher and chef. Her experience and expertise in food is extensive, ranging from apprenticing in the kitchen at Le Jardin Notre Dame in Paris to working for Dan Barber at his Blue Hill Restaurant. After leaving the city for coastal Maine, Annemarie founded the Salt Water Farm cooking school. Students from around the world come to Salt Water Farm for classes that help them thrive as DIY cooks. We’ll discuss the farm-to-table movement, dive deeper into her cookbooks, and reflect upon the reality of a rural life—plus how creating a deeper relationship to our environment impacts our food. Annemarie Ahearn runs Salt Water Farm, lauded by the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and Bon Appetit.…

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Cookbook Extravaganza with Jami Curl

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Jami is a confectionery connoisseur, master storyteller, and literary advocate. She will be sharing how these skill sets inform and overlap in her work, how candy-making can be an accessible pursuit for all, the secret to creating sweets that are perfectly balanced in flavor, plus all the tips and tricks you need for the holiday baking season. Jami Curl is a pastry chef, home baker, and the author of Candy Is Magic and Baking Gold: How to Bake (Almost) Everything with 3 Doughs, 2 Batters, and 1 Magic Mix. Her work has been featured in Food + Wine, Gourmet, Good Housekeeping, Food52, Real Simple, Martha Stewart, and the New York Times. Register for and attend any two nights of the Cookbook Extravaganza for $5 off…

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Livestream Event: Let’s Dish with Carly Knowles MS, RDN, LD

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join West Linn Public Library for Let's Dish with Carly Knowles MS, RDN, LD: a Local Cookbook Author Talk featuring guest interviewer Grant Butler from the Oregonian food section! This is a live Zoom cookbook author talk that will not be recorded. Annie Bloom's is proud to be the official bookseller for this event! Please visit this event page to register using the calendar provided: https://calendly.com/wlpl-programs/online-lets-dish-with-author-carly-knowles About The Nutritionist's Kitchen: This is both an approachable, science based guide to support optimal health and wellness through everyday meals and a cookbook filled with mouthwatering recipes. Throughout the book are simple charts like How to Understand Intuitive and Seasonal Changes in Nature and Identify Our Own Personal Climate (page 61-62) to sidebars such as The Difference between…

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Inheritance Stories: Oral Histories of Food Culture with Lola Milholland

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Lola Milholland produces food-related art installations and events, bringing together interactive public engagement with art making and food activism. Her favorite projects involve collaborating with artists and community members to take an idea from seed to full-blown project. These include a multi-day festival focused on mushrooms, with food, videos, and a zoetrope sculpture; a CSA Share Fair to introduce local eaters to CSA farmers in the Portland area with matchmaking booths and a cookbook swap meet; and a convening of community members to make miso from scratch together and investigate what it means to share cultures, bacterial and otherwise. You can read more about these projects on her website. Lola also runs a noodle business in Portland called Umi Organic. Their ramen was a recent…

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