Spring Reads

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Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees

by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Covering the way food and drinks bring together our associations and remembrances, Aimee Nezhukumatathil discusses how food can be tinged with many emotions—joy, grief, exuberance, nostalgia, shame, and more, and offers rich and textured visions into the world of food and nature.

Group Living and Other Recipes

by Lola Milholland

In Group Living, Lola talks about her time living in the Holman House. Lola grew up in the nineties in Portland, Oregon. Raised by hippies, it was normal for rotating guests to cycle through. As she gets older, her brother lives in the house with his group of friends. Lola moves in and rejoins the transcendent meals and ecstatic parties. A beautiful book about the life of group living.

Taste of Music: Eating on Tour With Indie Musicians

by Alex Bleeker and Luke Pyenson

Luke Pyenson is a food and travel journalist. Alex Bleeker is a musician. Putting their talents together makes an awesome book of fellow musicians sharing their food experiences on tour—whether out on the town or behind the curtain before a show. In Taste of Music, we read stories from Talking Heads, Portugal. The Man, Lily Chait, and more.

— Hayley and Sierra, The Book Bin Staff

This story originally ran in Press Play Salem issue 23 ( Spring 2025)