LE PIGEON, TORO BRAVO and POK POK make 2013 the year of the Portland cookbook

November 13, 2013 | News about
• Andy Ricker
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• Liz Crain
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• Gabriel Rucker

In Portland’s restaurant galaxy, Le Pigeon,Toro Bravo and Pok Pok are among the brightest constellations; their chefs— Gabriel Rucker,John Gorham and Andy Ricker, respectively—its most vivid stars.

In Portland’s restaurant galaxy, Le Pigeon,Toro Bravo and Pok Pok are among the brightest constellations; their chefs— Gabriel Rucker,John Gorham and Andy Ricker, respectively—its most vivid stars. If we end up looking back on 2013 as the year of the Portland cookbook, that will be due, in large part, to these three chefs choosing to put down their knives for a spell and sharpening their pencils instead.

Their cooking styles—Rucker’s Southeast Portland spin on French classics, Gorham’s Spanish tapas served fast, hot and always family-style; Ricker’s bona fide Northern Thai dishes reconstructed with an engineer’s sense of precision—could hardly be more different. Yet combined, this trio has helped make Portland a dining destination and the background flavor of countless special anniversaries, birthdays, first dates and first stops by visiting guests. And now you can bring those flavors home. Click here to read the full story on Oregon Live.