Celebrating Food in Portland

(post, Linda Ziedrich)

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I'm just back from the International Association of Culinary Professionals conference in Portland, where I signed books at the Culinary Book Fair and attended workshops on topics that included Lebanese and Peruvian cuisine, memories of James Beard (with Madhur Jaffrey and Judith Jones), and Pacific seafood (with steelhead, Dungeness crab, and Oregon shrimp prepared by Gary Puetz--my favorite meal of the week!). Have a look at Willamette Week's article on the conference and book fair (http://wweek.com/columns/headout/), which includes my recipe for Moroccan Pickled Beets.