Liz Crain

I’ve been writing about food and drink — particularly Pacific Northwest culinary culture — for 20-plus years. I grew up in Cincinnati, went to college in New York, and moved to Portland, Oregon in 2002.

I write cookbooks and love doing it. I’m co-author of Fermenter, Toro Bravo, Hello! My Name is Tasty and Grow Your Own: Understanding, Cultivating, and Enjoying Cannabis, and author of Dumplings Equal Love and Food Lover's Guide to Portland. I’m currently working on a Ten Speed cookbook collaboration and other fun projects.

Over the years I’ve written for publications such as Lucky Peach, The Believer, Food & Wine, The Sun Magazine, The Progressive and The Guardian. I’m also a seasoned copywriter, recipe developer and tester, co-organizer of the annual Portland Fermentation Festival and former editor and publicity director at Hawthorne Books. You can find my tasty creations on Instagram at @lizcrainpdx.