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Laurelwood Collaborative Dinner 09/09/10 Laurelwood NW Public House 2327 NW Kearney Portland 503-228-5553 6-10pm $55-8 courses

One of my favorite secret places in Portland is closing up shop. Sahagú

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

Kim Boyce. photo: Cheryl Sternman Rule Pastry chef Kim Boyce previously of Campanile

NINTH ANNUAL ROADHOUSE BREWFEST 7/17 McMenamins Cornelius Pass Roadhouse 4045 N.W. Cornelius Pass Rd. Hillsboro 503-640-6174 4 p.m. Imbrie Hall * All day; music, brewers and balloons at 4 p.m. | * Free admission | * All ages welcome (21 and over to sample ales)

This is the last picture taken of us at 4823 North Lombard St.To put it lightly, it was

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

PUCKERFEST 7/9-7/15 Belmont Station 4500 SE Stark St Portland 503-232-8538 3 p.m. A celebration of sour and wild ales Expect sour or wild beers from Double Mountain, Cascade, BJs, Big Horse, Rogue, Upright, Deschutes and many more. FRIDAY JULY 9 JOLLY PUMPKIN NIGHT@

Escargot Bordelaise with roast marrow bones. Photo: John Valls

Blueberry Fields Forever, Sauvie Island I had my first taste of berry picking fulfillment this past weekend with a few friends.  As usual, it was a berry stained dress of a blast. Getting to farms and carrying home pounds of berries is problematic without a car (or ambition to drive), so I am thrilled when [...]

I wasn’t going to say anything about the Oregonian’s Diner this year, but I’m

 Let's talk about scallops, shall we? I think the first time I had scallops I was

In connection to Stumptown Vegans Podcast Episode 16, available on Itunes. The Stumptown Vegans are joined by special guests Alex Wrekk, David Agranoff, Maeve and Crystal for a lengthy blind taste test and critical discussions of vegan muffins, scones, chocolate …

I could tell the battery was wearing down. The lights were dimming intermittently, the engine

Soft Shell Crab & Spring Vegetables One of the firs

Palin Rogue Porter Release 06/09/10 Green Dragon 928 SE 9th Ave inPDX 5pm Baltic Porter – made with a lager yeast and lagered for five months. Made with Organic Pale, Munich, Vienna, Black Patent, Crystal 60 and 120, Roasted, Carafa II and Chocolate malts, molasses, invert sugar

Chocolate Passionfruit Cake & Gianduja Ice Cream

Here are a few of my choice quick-fixes for a bad day:1. Clean sheets and a freshly made b

Our neighbor Faith has been known for baking up goodness from the moment we met her. As a former co-

Pickled Green Strawberries and Bison Carpaccio Trends can go one of two ways: either they get absorbed int

"I'd Rather Be Bowling."We're becoming regular bowlers.This fact has int

I've got this sweet little gig going on Mondays. See, now that w is back at work a

Oregon Breweries win 56 Medals at the Australian International Beer Awards The winners were announced Friday, May 20th, 2010. This year’s Australian International Beer Awards, received 1170 entries from 243 breweries across 34 countries. In 2007 Deschutes Brewery was named Champion LARGE INTERNATI

If there's a better way to spend a couple of hours than having an amazing lunch at a sidewal

One day a week! I will miss dropping by for my weekly fix! Hello Chocolate Lovers, In an effort to focus on my growing wholesale and mail order business, Sahagún will serve mainly as my workshop and will be open to the public on Saturdays from 10am to 6pm for chocolates, hot chocolates, iced chocolates, ch

You want to know a relationship deal breaker? If you start talking about dessert and somehow this wonderful pe

Mini Marionberry Pies $5.95/each Last year, I was introduced to Petunia’s Pastries during their premiere Last Thursday on NE Alberta via my friend Michelle Crocodile. I sampled one of their very few vegan offerings at the time, a beautiful Chocolate Hazelnut cupcake. This was before I was aware of my stupid new hazeln

American Craft Beer Week 5/17-23, 2010 This is the 5th year of American Craft Beer Week which for 5 years before that was known as American Craft Beer Month. In 2005, we had the United States first Beer Week, Oregon Beer Week, you can read about it here [bit.ly]. Then in 2

Tappin Jimmy Hoppa’s D.P.A. 05/18/10 Ram Restaurant&Brewery 515 12th St Salem 503-363-1904 5pm D.P.A.=dark pale ale or a hoppy American pale style with chocolate malt notes

Tappin’ Pooka Stout 05/19/10 Ram Restaurant&Brewery 515 12th St Salem 503-363-1904 5pm American Style Stout with chocolate backbone+flaked outs to round it out.

Early Strawberries from Denison Farms April showers seem to have brought May showers, no flowers. B

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

One way to think of the new Cascadian dark ales -- CDAs -- that are showing up on the tap wall of your favorite pub or bar is as a sort of a brewer's parlor trick: ales so black that your palate is ready for the roast and chocolate of a big stout or porter but is instead treated to the floral hops and bitterness of a

Hey! We were on vacation last week in California. And, no, no, we didn’t go to The French Laundry (although, I am starting a campaign to do so on our 5th wedding anniversary) b

A Trio of Salads from Eastmoreland Market In the wake of

Mobile Eats Minimalism: Girl, Box, Cookies While it is rapidly becoming fashionable to question whether food carts (

I'm a little ashamed to admit that it has taken me nearly 28 years on this planet to discover Nutell

Broccolini with Crispy Poached Egg from Metrovino

"If I won the lottery…" has always been a precursor to what-if conversations involving fanta

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

After months and months of hard work and planning, Sheri LaVigne will be opening Seattle's newest cheese shop, The Calf and Kid, on April 23rd...

Perhaps you heard the rumblings about the shortage of Angostura

[Note: This is an April Fools Story. I've done many on the site over the years] It wasn’t long ago when I took my first hesitant steps into the world of mini-mart food. I was making the long drive from San Francisco

[Note: This is a mix of April Fools stories and real news. The real stories are at the top of the page, phony stories have their titles crossed out] IS YOUR SUSHI SUSTAINABLE?

I'm starting to believe in the influence of lunar cycles on wine. I'm not saying that wine is better if it's made biodynamically, I'm not trying to tell you what you should do, there is no dogma here. I'm talking about what I'm finding regarding the days when wine shows well and when it doesn't. I haven't done any kind of s

Somehow (we're not really sure how we did it) we managed to make it two full weeks without the h

There's lots of moving and changing these days on Portland's cheese shop front lines. After Steve Jones opened

Sasquatch Legacy Release 03/26/10 Horse Brass Pub 4534 SE Belmont Portland 5pm This year’s beer a NW Imperial Oatmeal Porter. Malt was donated by Great Western Malting and used Great Western NW Pale Ale+Munich malts for the base, then added light Crystal and English Chocol

Future Food Geek on Opening Day of The Market It’s spring. There’s popcorn popping on t