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Foreign Cinema Cookbook Party

Il Solito 627 SW Washington St, Portland, OR, United States

On February 28th, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM we’re throwing a party at Il Solito with the chef-owners of San Francisco’s famed Foreign Cinema, Gayle Pirie and John Clark. Chef Matt Sigler still draws a lot of influence from his time spent cooking at Foreign Cinema, and is reuniting with Gayle and John to celebrate and showcase dishes from their recent cookbook: The Foreign Cinema Cookbook, Recipes and Stories Under the Stars. The three chefs will be mingling with the crowd and the cookbook will be available for purchase. Entry tickets provide passed bites, stationed hor d’oeuvres and one drink ticket, redeemable for featured cocktails and wines. Additional drinks will be available for purchase. Purchase tickets HERE

$60

Tender Table: Food & Storytelling by Diana Khoi Nguyen, Ashley Toliver, & Amy Lam

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) 511 Northwest Broadway St, Portland, OR, United States

Tender Table is a storytelling platform for women, trans men, and nonbinary folks who are black, indigenous, or people of color. We seek out narratives about the sweet, savory, sour, and bitter relationships to food and its connections to identity, memory, and community. At Tender Table, all are welcome—expect to be immersed in stories, and sample delicious food prepared by the speakers. Diana Khoi Nguyen is the author of Ghost Of (Omnidawn). Ashley Toliver is the author of Spectra (Coffee House Press). Amy Lam is the John & Renee Grisham fellow at the University of Mississippi. Contact: Stacey Tran

$10 – $15

Center Justify: An Offsite Extravaganza

PSU Native American Student and Community Center 710 SW Jackson St, Portland, OR, United States

Come join us for readings, performances, food (dinner will be served!), camaraderie, and more. This event is co-sponsored by The Accomplices (Civil Coping Mechanisms, Entropy, Writ Large Press), De-Canon: A Visibility Project, Whitenoise Project, Asian American Writers' Workshop, Indigenous Nations Studies at Portland State University, and The Operating System. Contact: Janice Lee CENTER JUSTIFY: An #AWP19 OFFSITE EXTRAVAGANZA Come join us for readings, performances, food (dinner will be served!), camaraderie, and more. This event is co-sponsored by: - The Accomplices (Civil Coping Mechanisms, Entropy, Writ Large Press) - De-Canon: A Visibility Project - Whitenoise Project - Asian American Writers' Workshop - Indigenous Nations Studies at Portland State University - The Operating System More details, including additional readers and a detailed hourly schedule are coming soon!…

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Free

Coast to Coast Dinner: A Meal to Celebrate 60 Years of Poetry Northwest

The Nightwood Society 2218 NE Broadway St, Portland, OR, United States

We're dining Portland-style to celebrate Poetry Northwest's 60th anniversary along with friends from BOA Editions and the UBC MFA program. Join us for a West Coast meets East Coast dinner cooked up by chef Sarah Schneider, including drinks and dessert. Brief readings by Ellen Bass, Geffrey Davis, Erika Meitner, Keetje Kuipers, Leila Chatti, Alix Ohlin, Nancy Lee, and David Hernandez will punctuate the evening, along with music by Ed Skoog's bluegrass band The Hill Williams. Expedition Press will commemorate our night with letterpress swag for each guest to take home. Reserve your ticket now! Contact: Poetry Northwest

$35

Dinner Party Reading Jamboree

Bad Habit Room 5433 N Michigan Ave, Portland, OR, United States

AWP Offsite Dinner Party Reading Event. Come gasp, laugh, cry or cringe at poems, flash fiction and stories read by Menacing Hedge Contributors. Catering supplied by Menacing Hedge (including vegetarian and vegan options) with an open cash bar in a private venue. All are welcome. http://badhabitroom.com/

Free

Black Feast: Narcissus, Featuring jayy dodd

Redd East 831 SE Salmon St, Portland, OR, United States

Black Feast is an vegan pop-up dinner that weaves food into a celebration of Black artistry. Our April event, Black Feast: Narcissus, celebrates the artistry of literary and performance artist Jayy Dodd. Our four courses are inspired by Jayy's newly released work The Black Condition ft. Narcissus, published by Nightboat Books. MENU Manual: roasted macadamia nuts and fried plantain dusted in a leek and onion ash Narcissus Stunts for the Void & Becomes a Flower: blackened coconut soup with red chilies, seared shiitake, tofu and cured coconut butter We Cannot Grieve What Doesnt Leave Us Or Ill Be at Every Function: a buckwheat and teff crisp over fresh greens, turmeric rosemary cabbage, smoked carrots, sweet potato and ginseng I Know I Been Changed: caramelized pear…

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$55

DWP 2019: Tender Table: Stories about food, family, identity

The Eleanor 1605 NW Everett St, Portland, OR, United States

Tender Table is a storytelling platform for women, trans men and nonbinary folks who are black, indigenous, or people of color. Tender Table seeks out narratives about our sweet, savory, sour, and bitter relationships to food and its connections to identity, memory, and community. Local Chefs Kusuma Rao of Ruchikala, Arlyn Frank of Platano Rising, and Dashia Fontleroy of Blackstreet Bakery will be sharing stories and food with us for this special edition of Tender Table curated for Design Week. **All ticket sales will go directly towards paying presenters** Through food, we connect with our culture, and at times it is through food that we share our culture with others. At Tender Table, all are welcome — expect to be immersed in stories, and sample…

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$25

Mystery Box Social Dinner Party!

The Mystery Box Show Dining Room - Residential Home 9927 N Decatur St, Portland, OR, United States

Let's erase the stigma of sex being a forbidden topic of conversation! Normalization has always been a goal at The Mystery Box show. This elegant dinner party takes it one step further by allowing and ENCOURAGING sex talk at the dinner table! The evening will begin with cocktails and appetizers, followed by 2 courses and dessert, interspersed with a special screening and deep dive into some of the Mystery Box Show's most compelling sex-centric stories. All paired with wine and amazing conversation! We will be joined by the storytellers themselves- a real treat to be able to talk directly to their experiences. And who knows? Maybe the evening will inspire anecdotes and stories of your own! This evening will make an excellent date night, a…

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$60

Black Feast: Plant It, featuring Amenta Abioto

Creston-Kenilworth 00 Available with Purchase, Portland, OR, United States

Our June Black Feast event at Hell's Half Acre Farm in Portland, Oregon will feature the incredible work of musical artist Amenta Abioto. Our four-course dinner will act as a culinary interpretation of Abioto's music. Guests will gather together to share the meal at a communal table, with a mid-meal performance by Amenta Abioto. This meal will be hosted at Hell's Half Acre Farm in the Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood of Portland, specific address given after ticket purchase. A creation of Black narrative, an offering to Black lineage, Black Feast brings together guests and artists to share a vibrant and sensory four-course meal. Our dinners are entirely plant-based and prepared without use of gluten or cane sugar. MENU Plant It Golden beets, fresh greens, black figs, sorrel,…

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$65

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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$25
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