DECEMBER 28, 2017 // 21
Astoria Library
‘Type-in’ gathers
typewriter collectors
RAYMOND MONTGOMERY PHOTO
A Remington noiseless model
ASTORIA — The Astoria Library invites
typewriter enthusiasts — from avid collec-
tors to the casually curious — to the Astoria
“Type-in,” a free event featuring displays of
machines and memorabilia, story-sharing
and, of course, typing.
The Type-in takes place noon to 5 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 6, at the library (450 10th St.).
Organizer Raymond Montgomery has
been collecting typewriters for several years,
and he regularly contributes to “The Type-
writer Exchange,” a newsletter for typewrit-
er collectors and fans.
At the Type-in, he will display selec-
tions from his collection of 160 typewriters,
which date from the early 1900s through the
1970s. Montgomery will encourage people
to try typing on “these mechanical beauties
… to experience their unique tactile and
aural qualities.”
In addition, he hopes attendees will bring
their favorite typewriter(s), and come pre-
pared to exchange typewriter-related stories:
“There will be a ‘show & tell’ aspect to the
afternoon,” he promised.
The Astoria Library is guided by the
mission statement: “Explore ideas, engage
minds, excite imagination.”
For more information about library pro-
grams and services, contact library staff at
503-325-7323 or comments@astorialibrary,
or visit astorialibrary.org.
BOOKMONGER
Chef Roy Choi fuses
food and neighborhoods
The holiday season typi-
cally involves food, feasting
and calorie overload — so
this is the perfect time to
devote this column to a Bel-
levue, Washington, publisher
that focuses on promoting
“food literacy from the
ground up.” Readers to
Eaters was founded in 2009
by husband-and-wife team
Philip Lee and June Jo Lee.
Philip, born in Hong
Kong and educated at UC
Berkeley, had a background
in New York’s magazine
publishing industry before
he co-founded Lee & Low
Books in 1991, which has
gone on to become the
nation’s largest publisher
of multicultural children’s
books.
Philip’s work on chil-
dren’s issues led him to
recognize that hunger, food
security, food deserts and
youth obesity were all major
“Chef Roy Choi and
the Street Food Remix”
By Jacqueline Briggs
Martin and June Jo Lee
Readers to Eaters
32 pp
$18.95
obstacles to a healthy child-
hood for way too many kids.
June, born in Korea and
educated at Harvard, is a
food ethnographer interest-
ed in building community
and relationships through
food, while also looking at
“decommoditizing” what we
eat and how we eat it.
Together with author
Jacqueline Briggs Martin,
who initiated the “Food
Heroes” series for Readers
to Eaters with her previous
books “Farmer Will Allen
and the Growing Table” and
“Alice Waters and the Trip
to Delicious,” the Lees have
now produced “Chef Roy
Choi and the Street Food
Remix.”
Although this book is
aimed at readers ages 6
through 10, all ages can en-
joy this upbeat biography.
Born in Korea in 1970,
Roy Choi was just a toddler
when his family came to
the U.S. He grew up in his
family’s restaurant business,
where they cooked with
sohn-maash — a Korean
term that translates as “the
flavors in our fingertips” —
to convey the love and skill
that go into handmade foods.
Eventually Roy became
a top-flight chef himself,
working in fancy restaurants
in Los Angeles, cooking “for
rock stars and royalty.”
But as this story shows,
Roy really yearned for a
more direct connection
between what he cooked and
the people he cooked for.
With a friend, he started a
food truck business that fea-
tured the Korean cooking he
loved from his childhood —
served up on a tortilla! Kogi
Tacos — Choi’s mash-up of
Korean and Mexican street
food — became a big hit all
over L.A.
The next step was to
create fast-food spots “in
hungry neighborhoods.” Roy
wanted to provide places
that served healthy and fla-
vorful food, as well as good
jobs for local folks.
Again, Roy was not
only bringing together new
combinations of traditional
foods, he was bringing all
sorts of people together,
“Koreans with Latinos, kids
with elders, taggers with
geeks.”
Zippy illustrations by
graffiti artist Man One echo
the energy and vibrancy of
Roy’s approach to food, and
this book’s inclusion of “rec-
ipes” are really more like
invitations to experiment
and create concoctions that
are uniquely your own.
“Chef Roy Choi and the
Street Food Remix” en-
courages folks of all ages
and stripes to come together
and connect over meals that
are healthy, adventurous
and delicious, thanks to a
big dollop of that essential
ingredient, sohn-maash.
The Bookmonger is Bar-
bara Lloyd McMichael, who
writes this weekly column fo-
cusing on the books, authors
and publishers of the Pacific
Northwest. Contact her at
bkmonger@nwlink.com.
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