Matthew Trueherz

Matthew Trueherz is a writer and recipe developer based in Portland, OR. He currently covers food, arts, and culture at Portland Monthly and has written previously for TASTE and Willamette Week.

Before returning to school to study writing, he worked for nearly a decade cooking in restaurants, ending with a long stint as executive sous chef at Portland's Le Pigeon. When he’s not scouting restaurants for work, he usually has his nose in a book at one of Portland’s countless coffee shops.