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Authors / Book Reviews

Every so often we'll do an interview with an author or even review a book. You'll find those articles here.

Book Review – The Artisan Jewish Deli at Home

By PDX Food Dude Last Update March 17, 2014

Book: The Artisan Jewish Deli at HomeWhen I first started flipping though “The Artisan Jewish Deli at Home” by local authors Michael Zusman and Nick Zukin, I was a bit puzzled. It’s not a slick book. Yes, there are glossy photographs, but they aren’t impossibly perfect as are those in many books these days.… Read the rest

Review: The Paley’s Place Cookbook

By PDX Food Dude Last Update April 20, 2018

Cover of The Paley's Place CookbookThere are only a few "celebrity" books that I use on a regular basis: Bouchon, by Thomas Keller, Mustard's Grill Napa Valley Cookbook, by Cindy Pawlcyn, and a few of the books by Alice Waters of Chez Panise fame. Otherwise, I tend to stick with compilations. The point is, most of this type of cookbooks are just recycled recipes, or so complex I don’t want to bother with them. However, The Paley’s Place Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from the Pacific Northwest, is one that I am likely to keep close

Review: Life is Meals: A Food Lover’s Book of Days by James and Kay Salter

By Guest Writer Last Update January 4, 2017

Life is Meals Book CoverLife is Meals: A Food Lover’s Book of Days by James and Kay Salter

Knopf 2006, $27.95 ISBN 0-307-26496-3

Book Review by Hungry Soul

Often memorable moments in life are marked by a meal.… Read the rest

Interview: Anya Von Bremzen – The New Spanish Table

By Nancy Rommelmann Last Update April 20, 2018

Book: the new spanish table

“I love this book,” said Anya Von Bremzen, James Beard award-winning author and contributor to Travel & Leisure, Food & Wine and other publications, on her swing through Portland as part of a 25-city tour for her latest work, The New Spanish Table.… Read the rest

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