Hello Book Lover! I’m sorry for the mass email but I want to quickly reach out once more about my cookbook Dumplings Equal Love that published a couple of weeks ago from Sasquatch Books. It’s a really strange and difficult time and I hope that you are doing all right and riding the waves. It’s also an unusual…
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“Junk” Food & Judgment
“JUNK” FOOD & JUDGMENT Do you feel conflicted about McDonald’s? You’ll feel even more so after listening to Episode 81 of The Four Top, in which historian Dr. Marcia Chatelain leads a discussion about the world’s most famous fast-food restaurant chain. For decades, McDonald’s has been both a champion of civil rights and a predatory business model for Black communities. This…
Dumplings Equal Love -my first solo cookbook!
Hello Friends & Family! I’m sorry for the mass email but I want to quickly reach out about my cookbook Dumplings Equal Love — in my hands above — that publishes on Oct. 13th from Sasquatch Books and is now available for pre-order! It’s my first solo cookbook and I’m really proud of it and excited that people will soon…
late-summer viewing, reading, listening, cooking
FOOD, FILM & FICTION As summer heats up and the pandemic rages on, we’re all looking for something new to watch or read right now. So for our August episode, The Four Top calls in three experts to recommend some of the best movies and novels that portray the culinary world. Whether it’s “Spirited Away” or “Babette’s Feast,” you’ll come…
Why Veganism Matters Now
WHY VEGANISM MATTERS NOW With so many issues at stake today, why is Ep. 78 of The Four Top devoted to veganism? Because, in this era of pandemic and political protests, a formerly marginalized diet and lifestyle has become increasingly prevalent and celebrated. Espoused by political leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Coretta Scott King, veganism is a social movement with a…
Dumplings Equal Love, pub. Oct. 13, 2020
Hello Book Lover! I’m sorry for the mass email but I want to quickly reach out about my cookbook Dumplings Equal Love that publishes this Oct. 13th from Sasquatch Books and is available for pre-order. It’s a really strange and difficult time and I hope that you are doing all right and riding the waves. They just keep…
Father’s Day Weekend Grill Kits
Happy Father’s Day! This weekend we are offering DIY Grill Kits in celebration of Father’s Day! This kit will generously feed three to four. Here’s the menu: Order a DIY Grill Kit! Meat comes ready to grill and the sides just need to be reheated or assembled. Cook all five steaks for an epic Father’s…
Pre-Order our Farm to Fire Cookbook!
FRESH FOOD & FRESH THINKING Hello Friends and Family, We have missed you. We hope with all our hearts that you are safe, healthy and taking good care of yourselves. It’s been two months since the world as we know it turned upside down. During this time we’ve run the entire gamut of emotions (shock,…
Welcome to the world – and My Salmon Cooked in Fig Leaf Recipe
Get outside with your family, or distance with friends and loved ones, on Saturday May 23, for a national 5K benefiting Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. More than ever families who are supporting a child with cancer need our support: ALSF’s Virtual End Childhood Cancer 5K Walk/Run Spread the word about this exciting virtual event, everyone is…
Joy of Cooking Author Talk, Dec. 8, Heathman Hotel
Meet local cookbook authors and makers at this annual holiday shopping event at Vitaly Paley’s Headwaters at the Heathman Hotel PORTLAND, Ore. – November 19, 2019 – Join Portlanders John Becker and Megan Scott, co-authors of the 9th edition of Joy of Cooking in conversation with cookbook author Diane Morgan at the 7th annual Portland Culinary Alliance holiday Cookbook &…