Includes two broadsides reproducing essays by M.F.K. Fisher: "People Ask Me" which reproduces a portion of the introduction to The Gastronomical Me (printed by Poltroon Press) and "Milk Toast" which reprints a portion of her article "The Midnight Egg and Other Revivers from Bon Appetit May 1978 (printed by Peter Koch).

"Aid & Comfort" was formed by a group of San Francisco restaurateurs to raise money for people fighting AIDS; a benefit dinner-performance was held June 6, 1987. The Artists Portoflio was conceived as an additional fundraising effort that would draw upon the talents of artists, writers, and printers of our community. Fine artists selected current works to be reproduced. Restaurants contributed recipes, and authors who write about food contributed recipes and essays. Thwenty-three printers gave those recipes and essays shape as broadsides. The printers were given the texts and the size of the printed sheet - the rest was of their own design. All of the work was donated. The works from the artists were reproduced on glossy-printed paper, while the broadsides were prepared using a variety of fine printing processes. Proceeds from the sale of the portfolio were distributed to San Francisco non-profit organizations for the support of the day-to-day needs of AIDS victims.

Although the production run was 500 sets, complete sets are uncommon as many sets were broken up. Folio case, 23 broadsides and 10 prints, title page, acknowledgments, preface and table of contents laid in. Will Powers and Patricia Curtan designed and produced the collection; E.M. Ginger and Cheryl Miller (and others) assisted. The artists and printers include Arion Press, Arif Press, Calliopea Press, Richard Diebenkorn, Kathy Walkup, Rik Olson, Felicia Rice, David Lance Goines, Chris Stinehour, Jonathan Clark, Robin Heyeck, Linnea Lundquist, Adrian Wilson, Peter Koch, Poltroon Press, Wesley Tanner, Wayne Thiebaud, William.