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by Liz Crain

Liz Crain is a guest on The Four Top hosted by Katherine Cole

04 Jan 2017|

Liz Crain was a guest on the New Year’s episode of The Four Top podcast. Topics of discussion included juicing (their favored juicing it turns out is of margaritas and daiquiris), foraging apps (less screen time please), and food as patriotism (bring back home ec!). At the end Liz talks about @sandorkraut‘s newest edition of Wild Fermentation and, along the way, got to use the word “mucilaginous.”


You can listen to the The Four Top podcast by tuning in via NPR One, iTunes, OPB.com or the...Forward

Av Club and Basil Hayden Present This Is My Portland

11 Nov 2014|

At “This Is My Portland,” the fifth and final event of The A.V. Club & Basil Hayden’s “This Is My…” event series, we explored the themes of literature at Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider & Tap Room in Portland. We brought together independent publishers, writers, and book binders to help tell the story of how Portland’s literary community thrives on the power of small-batch makers.

Over 70 attendees gathered to meet the makers, sip on delicious Basil Hayden’s cocktails, and explore...Forward

Liz Crain, author of The Food Lover’s Guide to Portland, had the honor of being in conversation with Dana Cowin, long time Editor-in-chief of Food & Wine Magazine, to talk about her new book, Mastering My Mistakes in the Kitchen, at Powell’s Books

30 Oct 2014|

Liz Crain and Dana Cowin at Powell’s Books

“Portland has a very pioneering spirit.” In conversation with Liz Crain by Melanie Figueroa for Late Night Library

13 Oct 2014|

Portland author Liz Crain’s Food Lover’s Guide to Portland is a foodie staple for locals and visitors alike. Maintaining its focus on locally-sourced menus and locally-owned businesses, from food carts and restaurants to specialty vendors and farmers markets, the second edition of Food Lover’s Guide to Portland (Hawthorne Books) offers updated and expanded listings. Liz sat down for an interview with Late Night Interview contributor Melanie Figueroa to share some thoughts about a few of...Forward

Largehearted Boy has the playlist for Liz Crain’s Food Lover’s Guide to Portland in Book Notes

10 Oct 2014|

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

Previous contributors include Bret Easton Ellis, Kate Christensen, Kevin Brockmeier, George Pelecanos, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Myla Goldberg, Heidi Julavits, Hari Kunzru, and many others.

Liz Crain’s Food Lover’s Guide to Portland is an exhaustive and celebratory exploration of Portland’s food scene, from restaurants to producers to farmers markets.

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BuzzFeed Books: 8 Portland Dishes That Should Be Spoofed On “Portlandia” by Liz Crain From Scorpion Salt to a Cock-N-Balls Doughnut.

26 Sep 2014|

Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s IFC comedy series Portlandia is now in its fifth season of production, and whenever folks visit Portland these days you’ll often hear the same thing over and over: “That’s so Portlandia.” Featured in Food Lover’s Guide to Portland, these eight real Portland food and drink products definitely fit the bill and could easily be spoofed on an upcoming episode.

1. Scorpion Salt, The Meadow

To read the entire list go to BuzzFeed.

Liz Crain kicks off Get Lit PDX! on Carl in the Morning

11 Sep 2014|

Get Lit PDX! launched this morning with Hawthorne segment guest Liz Crain on Carl in the Morning. They talked about the Food Lover’s Guide to Portland including the newly remodeled Powell’s; Mark Bitterman’s The Meadow; lampreys; cranberries; and much more. Did you know that to cultivate cranberries you need bogs and that Oregon is the 4th largest producer of cranberries? Also, if you want to go crabbing, I think Carl and Liz are planning an excursion… Please give it a listen....Forward

Book Review: Food Lover’s Guide to Portland 2nd Edition, by Food Dude

10 Sep 2014|

With the first edition of the Food Lover’s Guide to Portland, writer Liz Crain filled a need, pulling together a list of the best food purveyors in Portland, and giving gentle reminders to the bounty that is our amazing food scene. This new, second edition expands on it, with over thirty new full listings, 150 new businesses, a food cart chapter by Brett Burnmeister of Food Carts Portland, and a Hispanic Market section from all around foodie Nick Zukin.

This is more than a listing of foods...Forward

Hawthorne Books is launching its bi-monthly segment Get Lit PDX! with XRAY.FM’s Carl in the Morning Show with Literary Arts.

10 Sep 2014|

September 11th at 8am Hawthorne is kicking off its bi-monthly segment Get Lit PDX! with XRAY.FM’s Carl in the Morning Show with Literary Arts.

Also tomorrow Liz Crain will be on air talking with Carl all about Food Lover’s Guide to Portland 2.0, Hawthorne Books and introducing Get Lit PDX! Tune into 91.1FM or livestream it at http://xray.fm/shows/carl_wolfson

This means coming up with a 15 minute segment on Portland literary happens/writers/books once a month and Literary Arts does a 15...Forward

Tasty Tuesday Podcast, September 9, 2014, Liz Crain, Food Lover’s Guide To Portland

09 Sep 2014|

Steven Shomler, Liz Crain, Rebecca Webb

Portland, OR, is one of the premiere cities for those who those who are known as “foodies.” A culinary mecca, if you will. The diverse culinary culture of Portland has brought about an equally diverse sub-culture of food writers. Authors and bloggers alike have found Portland to be a nearly inexhaustible resource of food-based establishments about whose virtues they can extol.

Tasty Tuesday’s own Steven Shomler, author of “Portland Food Cart...Forward

Q&A With Liz Crain On Portland’s Food Scene, by Emily Grosvenor for Zester Daily

09 Sep 2014|

When Liz Crain moved to Portland, Ore., in 2002, the food scene there was just starting to foment. In 2004, after meeting illustrator Brian Froud at a Powell’s Books event, she decided to see where her own passion took her. Crain quit her day job and committed to food writing. She began amassing bylines in the Portland Tribune, Willamette Week, Northwest Palate and the AOL City Guide.

A decade later, Crain is the author of the second edition of the Food Lover’s Guide to Portland, the...Forward

Liz Crain signs copies of her Food Lover’s Guide to Portland, 2.0 for Powell’s Books

04 Sep 2014|

From Powell’s Books: Head into one of our stores today for a signed copy of Liz Crain’s Food Lover’s Guide to Portland or pre-order a signed edition here

Liz Crain Guest Blogs for Powell’s Books: “For the Love of Lists”

29 Aug 2014|

One guy that I dated a while back had a whole brigade of work to-do lists for various projects written in Sharpie on blank white paper. The moment I saw them all lined up on clipboards on his kitchen counter, he had my heart. Another fine fellow in my life left a to-do list out on his desk one morning. In handwriting as close to his as possible, I added “Be wild and free” to the bottom of it. He found it later that day and loved it. I won’t tell you if he successfully crossed that one off the...Forward

Author dishes out another helping of Food Lover’s Guide

28 Aug 2014|

Photo Credit: TRIBUNE PHOTO: JONATHAN HOUSE - Longtime food writer Liz Crain and John Gorham, chef/owner of Toro Bravo and Tasty n Sons, are teaming up on a Tasty book to be released in 2016.


Liz Crain surveys the eclectic array of small plates that just arrived in front of her, a brunch fit for a queen.

There are two chocolate potato doughnuts, Burmese pork stew over rice, and a breakfast board featuring little dabs and smidges of housemade seasonal offerings like lemon ricotta, bacon,...Forward

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 30+ new full listings, 150+ new businesses, a new food cart chapter by food cart expert Brett...Forward

Recipes from John Gorham and Liz Crain’s Toro Bravo on Leite’s Culinaria

02 Apr 2014|

John Gorham is a four-time James Beard nominee and the chef and owner of Portland’s Toro Bravo and Tasty N Sons. Liz Crain is the author of Food Lover’s Guide to Portland and a longtime writer on Pacific Northwest food and drink. She’s also an editor and publicity director at Hawthorne Books, an independent literary fiction and non-fiction house in Portland. Toro Bravo is their first cookbook together.

To get the recipes for Bacon Manchego Cheese Burger and Pickled Zucchini go to Leite’s...Forward

Hawthorne to publish the 2nd edition of Food Lover’s Guide to Portland by Liz Crain!

05 Sep 2013|

This summer Hawthorne Books is proud to release the second edition of Liz Crain’s Food Lover’s Guide to Portland!

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...Forward