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East Bay Cooks

Pre-purchase your copy for a 40% Oracle discount at only $19.50 (list price $32.99) We'll hold your copy to have both James Beard Award-winning food writer, Carolyn Jung and Oaklands Gastropig owner, Chef Loren Goodwin personalize during this lunchtime event.

About East Bay Cooks: The East Bay has always remained true to itself. It includes Oakland, the most ethnically diverse population in the nation; Berkeley, the birthplace of the Free Speech Movement; the island of Alameda, with its artisan breweries, wineries, and distilleries; and the Livermore Valley, one of Californias oldest winemaking regions.

East Bay Cooks is an impressive collection of eighty signature dishes from forty of the citys leading restaurants. Its a region thats got you covered, no matter what the craving. An uncomplicated taco with the power to stir the soul? A nourishing bowl of authentic Singaporean laksa? Shrimp and grits with layers of flavors never imagined? Its all here, and designed with home cooks in mind, so that re-creating signature dishes from the areas favorite chefs has never been easier.

About Carolyn Jung: Carolyn is a James Beard Awardwinning food writer and blogger based in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more than a decade, she was the senior food writer at the San Jose Mercury News.

About Chef Loren Goodwin and Gastropig: Along with his business partner, Chef Loren own Oaklands Gastropig, of the famed #Baconslut sandwich. Goodwin is a professional chef who trained at the California Culinary Academy, then cooked at Chez Panisse from 2007 to 2010, and is now a sought-after private chef throughout the Bay Area.