To celebrate the launch of the book, we had dinner at Beast, a cool Portland restaurant where Naomi Pomeroy does a lot of improvisation in the preparation of her exquisite food, to make the most of what is fresh and available.  We gave her a book.  It seemed appropriate.

On a rainy Halloween day in Portland Oregon, a large truck, that started it’s journey in Mattoon Illinois, unloads four pallets of books.