• March 22, 2023
          Incite: Queer Writers Read – March
          March 24, 2023
          OBA Finalists Reading: Creative Nonfiction
          March 25, 2023
          Children’s Storytime! with 2023 OBA Finalists
          March 25, 2023
          OBA Finalists Reading: Middle Grade and Young Adult Literature
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  2. J. Kenji López-Alt

J. Kenji López-Alt

J. Kenji López-Alt My is a New York Times food columnist, and the Chief Culinary Advisor for Serious Eats, home of the best, most thoroughly-tested and explained recipes and food features, well, pretty much anywhere. Additionally, he’s the chef (and a partner) at Wursthall in San Mateo, a German-inspired California beer hall and restaurant. His first children’s book, Every Night is Pizza Night, illustrated by Gianna Ruggiero, was released in September. López-Alt lives in San Mateo with his wife Adriana, his daughter Alicia, and their two dogs, Jamón and Shabu.


Purchase Every Night is Pizza Night from Green Bean Books, one of our Portland-based, independent bookstore partners HERE.

Events, Classes, and Seminars

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