The ultimate guide to the Portland, Oregon food scene provides the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate local culinary offerings. Written for residents and visitors alike to find producers and purveyors of tasty local specialties, as well as a rich array of other, indispensable food-related information including: food festivals and culinary events; specialty food shops; farmers’ markets and farm stands; trendy restaurants and time-tested iconic landmarks; and recipes using local ingredients and traditions.

For residents and visitors alike, Food Lover’s Guide to Portland is a road map to finding the best of the best in America’s favorite do-it-yourself foodie mecca. Navigate Portland’s edible bounty with this all-access pass to hundreds of producers, purveyors, distillers, bakers, food carts, and farmers markets. This book is the indispensable guide to it all. In the second edition, readers get 20+ new full listings, 150+ new businesses, a new food cart chapter by food cart expert Brett Burmeister, and an Hispanic market section from food writer and Mi Mero Mole owner Nick Zukin. Whether you’ve lived in Portland your entire life, are visiting for business or pleasure, or are a hungry transplant — this book helps you find all that is delicious in Portland.

Grab your beach blanket, your surfboard and your shades -- it's time for a beach party! With more than 100 recipes for beach picnics and bonfire barbecues, Retro Beach Bash is the beach lover's companion for fun in the sun. Surf through recipes and cooking tips for simple yet gourmet beach cuisine that will astound your bronzed buddies. From Corona del Mar Clambake and Nana Kuli's Kona Burger to Grilled Fruit or Beach Bunny Cake, you'll find mouth-watering ideas for all courses, plus peachy thirst quenchers like the Balboa Island Offshore Breeze and Crabfest Coolers! Packed with nostalgic photographs and authentic artifacts from the 1950s, you'll blast into the past with surfer lingo, expert sandcastle-building and kite-flying skills, and tips for driving through the dunes. Turn toasting marshmallows into a fine art and beachcombing into a treasure hunt. Retro Beach Bash is more than a great cookbook -- it's a must-have for fun-filled seaside adventures!

A 75th anniversary e-book version of the most important and practical self-help book ever written, Alcoholics Anonymous. Here is a special deluxe edition of a book that has changed millions of lives and launched the modern recovery movement: Alcoholics Anonymous. This edition not only reproduces the original 1939 text of Alcoholics Anonymous, but as a special bonus features the complete 1941 Saturday Evening Post article “Alcoholics Anonymous” by journalist Jack Alexander, which, at the time, did as much as the book itself to introduce millions of seekers to AA’s program. Alcoholics Anonymous has touched and transformed myriad lives, and finally appears in a volume that honors its posterity and impact.

The de facto how-to manual of the international Food Not Bombs movement, which provides free food to the homeless and hungry and has branches in countries on every continent except Antarctica, this book describes at length how to set up and operate a Food Not Bombs chapter. The guide considers every aspect of the operation, from food collection and distribution to fund-raising, consensus decision making, and what to do when the police arrive. It contains detailed information on setting up a kitchen and cooking for large groups as well as a variety of delicious recipes. Accompanying numerous photographs is a lengthy section on the history of Food Not Bombs, with stories of the jailing and murder of activists, as well as premade handbills and flyers ready for photocopying.

Spice up your brunch with these satisfy-all-cravings global diner favorites—straight from the kitchen of one of Seattle’s most-loved chefs If you love brunch, you'll love this collection of bold and flavorful brunch recipes from Portland's Tasty restaurants. Headed up by chef John Gorham, Tasty n Sons and Tasty n Alder reinvented the brunch scene (and then every eating hour after that) with these supremely satisfying dishes now available for home cooks in Hello! My Name Is Tasty. First, throw away your pick-an-egg, pick-a-toast idea of brunch. Next, reconsider what to eat (and drink) every hour of the day. Hello! My Name Is Tasty will heat up your home kitchen with satisfy-all-cravings global diner favorites like Bim Bop Bacon and Eggs and Monk’s Carolina Cheesesteak. The food has strong roots in the American Southeast, where Gorham earned his culinary stripes but tastes from Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America also have a strong standing. Welcome to the ever-expanding world of John Gorham’s appetites. If you get thirsty, stir up something adventurous like a Dim Summore Bloody Mary or a Grown-Ass Milkshake.