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Locally-owned Burgerville restaurant is spotlighting a bounty of great fresh local ingredients and some of the inspirational people that have a positive impact on their communities and the local food scene. Full Sail's Executive Brewmaster Jamie Emmerson has been honored as Burgerville's newest Community Champion�

Though the Plant Cafe is perhaps most famous in veg circles for their house-made Plant Burger,

The Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Named after the first chief of the US Forest Service, it covers 1.37 million acres, roughly the size of Delaware and Rhode Island smooshed together. It has one active volcano, Mt. St. Helens, and another snow-capped peak, 12,200-ft. Mt. Adams.

As those living in Portland well know, this "summer" we've been having is quite depressing. It rained this

The Bite of Oregon 8/8, 2010 Waterfront Park Portland 8/8–10-8pm http://www.biteoforegon.com/event_info.html $10-Super Saver Weekend Pass–allows access all three days $8 – per person over 12 years of age FREE entry for 12 years or younger New! Early Bird Ad

Who says Champagne and sparkling wine is only for special occasions? Let the bubbly escape the holidays-only tyranny and bust open a bottle at your next barbecue! Imagine the refreshing mousse of a brut rosé cleansing your palate between ribs, a crisp froth to whet your appetite for pulled pork and grilled corn. A bit o

Mold in ice machines at six stands at Miller Park in Milwaukee. A cockroach crawling over a soda dispenser in a private club at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh. Food service workers repeatedly ignoring orders to wash their hands at a stand at Detroit’s Ford Field. Sports fans don’t always see

I think I might have decided on my favorite rosé of the summer, so far. I'm not considering things like Tempier, Pradeaux, or the other Bandols. I think of those more as Bandol wines than as rosé anyway. But among the summer flood of generally inexpensive rosés - I think I've found a favorite.

Just kidding, I only like the fruits of your labor. The fruits of eight months of Portland drizzle. Rathermore (that’s right), your glorious fresh fruits and vegetables. Come on, weirdo summer, let’s get through the heat wave and onwards to heirloom tomatoes and spin the color wheel of bell peppers, eggplant and

BEER‘N’BURGERS 7/17 Whole Foods 1210 N.W. Couch St Portland 12-3 p.m. $20 Afternoon street party celebrating burgers and beer to benefit Partners for a Hunger Free Oregon

Coffee cuts the risk of head and neck cancer. According to a study, 4 cups a day cuts your chance by more than 1/3rd. Overall, the risk of developing head and neck cancers was 12 percent lower in people who drank coffee compared with those who didn’t, after accounting for a variety of factors,

Saucebox's Teriyaki Glazed Miyako Burger The first burger I can remember ever truly cravin

I saw this recipe on

The Slowburger from Slow Bar Three score and a dozen or so burgers later, I think I have an inkli

My family headed out to have pizza last night at the Laurelwood Pizza Company on NE 40th last night and were shocked to find it gone. In its place, an upstart, just-opened place called Columbia River Brewing.A sign at the front advised that this was the soft-opening, which I knew was a risk, but at the same time

The Nell Burger, a Bistro Burger Behemoth The burger started as fair food. It was actually co

Kenny & Zuke's Pastrami Burger I think it started innocently enough. I thought with some of the fantastic new burgers in tow

Escargot Bordelaise with roast marrow bones. Photo: John Valls

Cheeseburger Sushi

Penzys Peppercorns Rumor has it that Penzys Spices is heading to the pearl

Nothing says summer like a good burger, am I right? We've been making these "English Muffin" b

Still cleaning out the inbox, and catching up with everyone else. From the Huffington Post and ABC, The internet has been bubbling all day long on word of a restaurant in Mesa, Arizona serving a World Cup-inspired Lion

In a national roundup of new burger restaurants for  their July issue, Bon Appétit Magazine lists Foster Burger as one of their top ten. If you’re the kind of person who can’t resist ordering “the burger” at restaurants, you must be eating a lot of them these days. They’

When our son was four years old we took a trip to France, and since we've never been interes

Had lunch at BrunchBox today (SW Fifth and Stark). Which is to say that I stopped by, grabbed some food, and went back to the office to devour it.I'm an avowed fan of the Youcanhascheeseburger, which is a cheeseburger that replaces the typical bun with a grilled ch

ExtraMSG over at Portlandfood.org a while ago gave a firm shoutout to Canby’s Taqueria Uruapan. Considering I work in “SoPo” (or as the locals call it, “Wilsonville”) during the daylight hours I figured I’d drag a c

There are times when I’ve gone to a restaurant and had an incredible experience, but for various reasons I didn’t make it back. Such was the case with Yakuza Lounge on Portland’s northeast side. I had my first experience with my friend DOR last October. It was

I worry because it means so much to me. I'm sure you know what I mean. You know when you go to a restaurant and have an incredible experience, but for various reasons (none of them so good that you have any excuse to stay away for so long) you just don't make it back. For months. Such was the case with

Lots of quick little things that have filled my inbox over the past few months. You’ve probably heard much of this before, but for those who haven’t… Gabriel Rucker, chef of Le Pigeon is opening a new restaurant downtown. The new venture called “Little Bird” (get it?), will focus on s

Soft Shell Crab & Spring Vegetables One of the firs

Chocolate Passionfruit Cake & Gianduja Ice Cream

If you were to think of the places in town that you could consider ‘all purpose’, it would be a pretty s

You gotta love the all-weather grillers who live in the rainy Northwest. Dave's bee

Grüner isn’t a “German” restaurant, nor does it

Think you have menu design skills, or do many restaurant menus annoy you? Many years ago I took a menu design class, and then spent a year writing them in exchange for free meals. The basic principles of menu construction haven’t changed much since then. There is more thought behind layout than you may realize. Her

Laurelwood Public House NW 2327 NW Kearney Street Portland, OR 97210 tel: 503-228-5553 Check out the new menu here We have a brand new Happy Hour menu featuring many of our tasty new items like house g

I’ve gotten more emails about a recent

Dharma Veggie Burger topped with Namaste Peanut Sauce and the appropriate refreshment Straight from the pages of an unearthed 1973 Dharma Initiative Food Protocol Manual. A tropical twist on a meat-less burger with one of the group’s tightly sealed secrets – creamy Namaste Peanut sauce.  According to the scrib

It may not seem like it on these rainy, dripping spring days, but good weather is just around the cor

Over the past five months we have consumed approximately eighteen burgers. Between the two of us, that

7 layers of Burger King goodness! “The story may be funny, but this is no joke. Microsoft Taiwan, catapulting off the recent success of the

UPDATED BELOW – 5/15 Former Sel Gris owner Joan Dumas has partnered with Daniel Mondok’s former sous-chef Trent Pierce to open a seafood concept called “Fin”. The restaurant

Hallelujah, the sun is finally coming back and it is time to break out the barbecue! Memorial Day Weekend is not far off, so we thought it would be fun to taste some wines that are perfect for serving up with burgers & steaks. Briana Nelson from Young’s Columbia Wines will be here to share samples of Troon

Echo opened in 2006, and was quickly popular after a lot of positive reviews. After a long series of chefs and more hills and valleys than a roller coaster, a new owner is in place, and though the menu has stay

K&Z Pastrami Burger When I was a kid growing up in Los Angeles, my dad used to take me to a traditional Jewish deli just a short distance from the Farmer’s Market. It was a

So, when we last left off with this culinary space odyssey, Rachael Ray’s Swedish Meatballs were pretty good. They also

Facebook, not just for fake farms and stupid quizzes… I went to grade school, junior high and then high school with someone who now works at NAS

All photos by Ali [Note: I've been a reader of the Little Red Bike Cafe blog for quite some time. This post caught my eye, and they graciously

Old school. Clubby. The kind of place where the bartenders know that a proper martini is made with

Long before we ever started a breakfast cafe, Evan and I were addicted to the breakfast experience.