A cool gift shop on Queen Anne Avenue North, charley+may co.  hosted me recently for an  event. I prepared my favorite recipes from the book to bring: shrimp with rendang dip (coconut curry) and rojak salad on a stick with a black dip (shrimp  paste and sweet soy).

Old friends,  new friends, charley+may's friends, neighbors, even members of the Queen Anne chamber of commerce checked out the crowd and the refreshments. I was especially thrilled when three generations of a Malaysian family that live on Queen Anne pronounced my food very good and sent more friends later on to taste and buy a book.

A big thanks to Lauren Formicola, owner of charley+may, for hosting and pouring wonderful Oregon wine from the great wine shop across the street, McCarthy and Schiering. The Queen Anne View is much appreciated too for the publicity.

People photography by Kim Salzwedel