Portland, Oregon Chef's Table

This book seemed to be set up as a celebration of local restaurants, but the recipes described in the info section were rarely the ones presented, which was disappointing. This could have been a time capsule, preserving the best dishes from the many of these restaurants that are now gone, but the format prohibited this, presenting random dishes to fit the category instead. The pictures were nice, but the recipes were often overcomplicated and too complex/too many ingredients to be achievable by the average home cook.