The Portland Culinary Alliance Announces 2nd Annual “Eat My Words” Culinary Book Event and Luncheon
August 7, 2010
Cookbook authors Vitaly Paley, Cory Schreiber, Ethan Stowell, and more offer insight on cookbook writing from a chef’s perspective, followed by lunch featuring their recipes.
PORTLAND, OR—August 6, 2010—On October 2, 2010 from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm, Portland’s foremost association of culinary professionals will bring together a group of esteemed Pacific Northwest chef-authors for the cookbook symposium and luncheon, Eat My Words: Chef Cookbooks.
Hosted by cookbook author Diane Morgan and chef-owner Adam Sappington of The Country Cat Dinner House, this year’s event will include renowned Portland and Seattle chefs and culinary entrepreneurs speaking on the intricacies of writing a cookbook. Featured presenters include:
Vitaly Paley and Robert Reynolds, The Paley’s Place Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from the Pacific Northwest, Ten Speed Press
Cory Schreiber and Julie Richardson, Rustic Fruit Desserts: Crumbles, Buckles, Cobblers, Pandowdies, and More, Ten Speed Press
Ethan Stowell, Ethan Stowell’s New Italian Kitchen, Ten Speed Press
Piper Davis and Ellen Jackson, The Grand Central Baking Book, Ten Speed Press
Mark Bitterman, Salted: A Manifesto on the World’s Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes, Ten Speed Press
This accomplished panel of author-chefs will each discuss their unique experience in cookbook writing, including such topics as:
- Conceptualizing the book idea
- Landing a book deal
- Working with a professional writer
- Balancing the hectic schedule of running a thriving business while tackling a book project
- Recipe development, writing, and testing
- Formatting restaurant recipes for home cooks
- Photography and design
- Promoting the book
Following the discussion, the audience is encouraged to participate in a question and answer session in which the authors will “tell all” about the book writing process. Then, Gracie’s Chef Mark Hosack and team will prepare lunch featuring recipes from the featured authors’ books.
Eat My Words will draw chefs and culinary entrepreneurs interested in having their own book published, as well as writers, cookbook collectors, and fans of the Pacific Northwest epicurean scene.
Tickets for the event are $65. Culinary professionals are invited to become a member of the Portland Culinary Alliance and receive a discounted ticket price of $50; visit pdxca.org/join-pca to join. Price includes morning coffee and pastries provided by Piper Davis of Grand Central Bakery, admission to the symposium, and lunch featuring recipes from the chefs’ cookbooks. To purchase tickets or request more information, visit pdxca.org, or email Andrea Slonecker at info@pdxca.org.
About the Portland Culinary Alliance
The Portland Culinary Alliance (PCA) is the foremost association of culinary professionals in the Pacific Northwest. Since 1987, PCA has provided educational programs and invaluable networking for chefs, educators, nutritionists, winemakers, entrepreneurs, cookbook authors, food journalists and others whose work or studies relate to the food and beverage bounty of our region. For more information, visit www.pdxca.org.
About Gracie’s Restaurant
Located in the stylish Hotel deLuxe, Gracie’s offers bold, fresh Northwest cuisine using seasonal, hand-picked ingredients prepared with a touch of elegance. Breakfast favorites feature their signature Crispy Bread Pudding French Toast. At lunch, guests enjoy house made, Hollywood-style deli favorites, and at dinner the lights dim and Chef Mark Hosack’s menu takes center stage, offering some of the best Northwest Cuisine in the region. For more information, visit www.graciesdining.com.
About Hotel deLuxe
Like its sister hotel in Portland, Ore., the Hotel Lucia (Condé Nast Traveler’s Top Hotels in the World) and its brother hotel in Seattle, Wash., the Hotel Max (www.hotelmaxseattle.com), the Hotel deLuxe (www.hoteldeluxeportland.com) is unique in Portland with its film-inspired design and magnified focus on personal guest services – awarded to Condé Nast Traveler’s Top Hotels in the World three years running. For more information, visit www.hoteldeluxeportland.com.