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This week’s French Fridays with Dorie was for a very interesting quiche — Apple & Gorgonzola. And, as is my way, I changed it quite a bit. I

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Breakside Brewer DJ’s 02/01/12 Cheese Bar 6031 SE Belmont Portland 503-222-6014 7-10pm The Breakside boys will be the monthly Brewer DJ’s and they are bringing Helles and Chestnut Honey Bock.

This fall Sizzle and I went and picked Chantrelles. After many hours wandering around in the woods we were hungry

Admittedly, I am not a big eater of potatoes. I think of them more as a vehicle for other things: cheese, sauces, crunchy. I don’t think I have ever boiled potatoes and just eaten them th

Veggie Grill Cedar Hills Crossing 3435 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. Beaverton, OR 97005 I was recently invited to attend a pre-opening lunch at the new vegan Ve

Oakshire Tasting 01/25/12 Cheese Bar 6031 SE Belmont Portland 503-222-6014 7pm Meet Brewmaster Matt Van Wyk as he brings some Oakshire to the Cheese Bar Taps inlcuding perhaps the world debut exclusive of the Gigantic Brewing-Oakshire Brewing Collabo Beer Cabo Wabo Red Rocker Ale

This Friday, January 27, from 4:30 to 6:30, winemaker Jim Prosser of J.K. Carriere Wines will be here to share. While most of our tastings feature range and variety, this one will focus on Prosser’s three very different – and we think masterful -- expressions of pin

Just before the holidays I was out at Ayers Creek Farm helping Carol and Anthony g

Still cleaning out bookmarks and whatnot. Here are some interesting stories from around the net. In Good Taste – the popular cooking school in the Pearl Di

Wendy's Foie Gras Burger

While growing up, a tuna melt was one of my go-to, out to eat meals. Through the years, I’ve been guilty of mixing up some tuna salad, slathering it on an English muffin and melting copious amounts of chedda

It's become a Sunday morning tradition around here. After Will Shortz has his way

Here’s one for you. NPR’s All Things Considered has a story on a new concept for Walgreens. It seems the newest

Last night, we had our all-staff-and-friends Ristretto holiday party. Usually, we do this at a dive bar, keep an open t

Just when I start thinking we 21st Century types are soooooo smart, someone d

This marks the return of Thursday soup nights. For awhile last Winter, I was coming home from work on Thursday nights and making a big pot of interesting soup. I decided to start up the tradition again this year and the fi

I collect all the interesting links I find around the web and Google news, with the best intentions. They get dragged to my desktop, but I get busy, or am not feeling well enough to deal, and it seems like they collect, until a day like this comes along and I run out of space. Fasten your seat-belts and click away. News

On Friday the 13th, it’s only appropriate to celebrate Italy’s favorite grape, Sangiovese – which translates as ‘the Blood of Jove’. Come by the shop on Friday, January 13th, between 4:30 and 6:30 to taste five bloody good expressions of wine from Chianti and Tuscany. Joe Moura from Casa Bruno Wines will be her

Angelo, Portland's favorite beer blogger, goes back to his indie music roots to spin some records tonight: 7-10 p.m. Wednesday Jan. 4, Steve's Cheese Bar, 6031 SE Belmont St.;

When Nancy Hunt and Randy Goodman opened Bar A

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas, if that is the holiday you celebrate this time of year. If not, happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Solstice, Festivus, what have you. Maybe you just like to sit around in December eating a lot

Well, of the last few months anyway. There have been a few truly memorable drinks and eats in the past months that I never found a way to write about here. So I'll compile them in a best-of-the-unposted list from the last part of 2011.

12/30 – latest restaurant updates added. Once again, the definitive guide to New Year’s eve in Portland! 45 Restaurants with special events. At the bottom, five that are open New Year’s Day. Happy New

Grüner 527 SW 12th Avenue Portland, Oregon As much as we are trying to go to new restaurants, I am trying to post about them. We went to Grüner last month (see,

Kenny & Zuke's Pastrami. Photo: John VallsIn an art

Breakfast for Dinner Beermaker Dinner 01/12/12 Full Sail Tasting Room and Pub 506 Columbia Hood River 541-386-2247 5pm $30-4 courses Brewmaster Jamie Emmerson and Chef Jeff Baldo will pair four courses and four beers. FIRST COURSE-Soft Boiled & Breaded Egg with Br

I thought it would be fun to do one more of these before the year ends. The other night, after picking up my kids and bringing them home to begin their week with me, I made a simple and quick dinner that we could eat together before bed time. Hamburgers, mashed potatoes, a few vegetables.

Sometimes events conspire to change the most engrained habits. And I hate th

I am officially a huge fan of millet. This is the 2nd really great recipe I’ve made with this grain and it was del

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If you have someone on your gift list that loves cheese and tasty food, here’s an idea: Give them a membership to Foster & Dobbs’ Cheese of the Month Club. Each month, your loved ones will enjoy a package of delicious treats, causing them to have warm and happy thoughts of you. In three or more month membershi

One of my favorite events this time of year is a garage sale. No, it's not where I get all those special

Okay, lazy! Here’s this finally. The cooking officially starts tonight with the making of the cranberry sauce. Puddings, cookie dough, hen brine, cauliflower gratin and roasted veggies all happen tomorrow. Appetizers:

Contributor Jim Dixon just got back from a month-long sojourn in Italy visiting friends a

Club 21 recently got a remodel and new menu. After a long day of bike racing, it was the perfect p

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Can you believe it? Foster & Dobbs is six years old! Join us on Saturday, November 19th from 2-5pm, when we're having a Big Do! It'll be a tasting celebration, and folks from Eyrie Wines, Logsdon Organic Farmhouse Ales, River's Edge Chevre, Portland Pepper Sauce Company, Jacobsen Salt Company, and Tao of Tea will all

This year's fall colors have been particularly magn

The Abyss 2011 Celebration 11/15/11 Deschutes Brewery Bend Public House 1044 NW Bond Street Bend, OR 97701 (541) 382-9242 5 pm – 10 pm For the 6th year in a row, we will be releasing The Abyss and throwing a party at our pubs to celebrate. Beginning at 11:00am we will have

This was one of the first food images that I came across on pinterest.com (follow me here!) that I pinned and yes, it’s now the first recipe IR