Toro Bravo: Stories. Recipes. No Bull.

At the heart of Portlands red-hot food scene is Toro Bravo a Spanish-inspired restaurant whose small plates have attracted a fiercely loyal fan base. But to call Toro Bravo a Spanish restaurant doesnt begin to tell the whole story. For chef John Gorham each dish reflects a time a place a moment. For Gorham food is more than mere sustenance. The Toro Bravo cookbook is an honest look behind the scenes: from Gorhams birth to a teenage mother who struggled with drug addiction to time spent in his grandfathers crab-shack dance club to formative visits to Spain to becoming a father and opening a restaurant. Toro Bravo also includes 95 of the restaurants recipes from simple salads to homemade chorizo along with an array of techniques that will appeal to both the home cook and the most seasoned forearm-burned chef.