“Portland's beloved [eatery] unveils the secrets to their fried chicken, pimento cheese and other comforting dishes in a book geared toward the home cook” (Eater.com). Husband-and-wife team Adam and Jackie Sappington opened their acclaimed Portland restaurant, The Country Cat Dinner House & Bar, in 2007. Adam, Executive Chef and a self-taught expert in whole animal butchery, and Jackie, the Executive Pastry Chef, are passionate about sharing soulful, heartwarming comfort food with their patrons. And now they’re sharing their recipes and secrets with home cooks around the world. Some of the mouthwatering dishes include their legendary Skillet-Fried Chicken, Autumn Squash Soup with Apple Cider and Brown Butter, Red Wine-Braised Beef with Wild Mushroom Steak Sauce, and Crispy Fried Oysters with Smoky Bacon and Green Apple Ragout. Sweet dishes include Challah French Toast with Maker’s Mark Custard and Clabber Cream, Butterscotch Pudding, and Bourbon Peach Crumble Pie. Additional chapters are devoted to drinks, pickles and preserves. Sumptuous photography throughout capture the mouthwatering amazing food as well as the spirit of the restaurant and the heartland.

A country cat cannot get used to living in a city.

What kind of cat would go sliding off on skis, and who'd believe it anyway? When the family accidentally leaves Henry, their sassy Siamese, behind at the ski lodge, he takes matters into his own paws in this beguiling adventure.

When a traveller from China crash-lands on Mars, he finds himself in a country inhabited entirely by Cat People. Befriended by a local cat-man, he becomes acquainted in all aspects of cat-life: he learns to speak Felinese, masters cat-poetry, and appreciates the narcotic effects of the reverie leaf - their food staple. But curiosity turns to despair when he ventures further into the heart of the country and the culture, and realizes that he is witnessing the bleak decline of a civilization. Cat Country, Lao She's only work of science fiction, is both a dark, dystopian tale of one man's close encounter with the feline kind and a scathing indictment of a country gone awry.

A country boy and a city girl discover they've been sharing a cat for a long time without knowing it.

A girl struggling to fit in. A homeless kitten. An unexpected job offer in an unfamiliar country that changes everything. CJ had a long history of escaping places and people she wasn't fond of. But for the sake of a silver tabby, she decided to stay in Japan for a while. This decision helped her open up her heart and mind, revisit her way of thinking, and reconnect with her estranged family. Let this heartwarming memoir take you to the land of cats and cherry trees as you read about CJ's adventures - from the craziness of the naked men festival, the experience of forest bathing and the significance of finding a life purpose or ikigai, to the temples of Takayama, and wonders of Cat Island - you'll see what a homeless kitten found outside a temple in Japan taught her about an old culture and new beginnings

Depicts the differences and similarities in the lives of city and country cats.