Feed Me Portland!

If free Northwest hazelnut-finished prosciutto sounds appealing, there are seve

Dwaraka, Brief Review Overall Service Food Quality Atmosphere Vegan Options 8 9 8 8 7 Location: 3962 SE Hawthorne Blvd Portland, OR 97214 503-230-1120 Recommended Dish: Masala Dosa Hours: Lunch 11:30am-2:30pm Dinner: 5pm – 9:30pm Open Daily Times Visited: 3 ~ How many …

With all the hoopla over locavores, 100-mile diets and plowing up lawns to make gardens, you'd th

All I can say is, I'm sure glad I was wearing my sunglasses. And it wasn't because the sun w

Yes, we tent camp. But with a car. And a queen-sized blow-up mattress. And a fully stocked bar. It's just the way we roll.

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

This dark and rainy spring has made me more impressed than ever with our intrep

Paneer Pakoras I’m using

I don’t cook Indian often at home, but it’s not for lack of love of the cuisine, and especially, its fragrant spices. I reviewed Ragavan Iyer’s tome while at The Sun and just met this Indian chef extraordinaire at the recent IACP conference in Portland. But lately I’ve been most fascinated by the fus

From the Washington Post: Portland, Ore.: A town where you can eat and drink … and walk it all off Where to eat: You’ve got some tough choices to make, but here are some suggestions to get you started. – According to a readers’ survey at Portlan

I stopped by Swagat Beaverton in recently to hit their lunch buffet. Swagat also has a location on NW 21st. I’ve been there a couple times…years, years ago. It wasn’t too good, but I heard some decent t

My friend Denise

Distance is a funny thing. Portlanders talk about how close they are to some of the best

Torta Ahogada from 7 Estrellas Forced to choose, I would rather eat the rest of my days in the subur

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Baked rice has become one of my stand-by dishes in the past year. It's hard to imagine a more versatile kind of cooking. Basically, you season the rice, add whatever vegetables or meat you like, some stock, and bake the rice. Doesn't require a cooking school degree. This technique is used in one form or another in cuisines

Bun Bo Hue Minh's fabulous $7 bowl of bun rieu Willamette

This is it! The biggest list of Valentine’s Day events you will find anywhere West o

What does a nascent farmers' market look like? Well, all you have to do is show up on a

You think I've been starving and haven't had anything worth writing about? Think again. The real reason is I've been so busy eating that my hands have been covered with bacon fat and butter and my fingers keep slipping off the keyboard! Well, my hands are freshly scrubbed, I've put down the pork belly, and it's time to shar

Indian Cuisine+IPA Dinner 01/13/10 Fort George Brewery + Public House 1483 Duane St Astoria 503-325-PINT TIFFIN Spinach and Feta Naan Indian Style Flat Bread Served with Saffron Infused Olive Oil. Green Flash Brewing Company – West Coast IPA: Lamb Kofta

This is it, my yearly roundup of New Year’s eve events! Keep in mind, though I do my best to keep everything up to date, things do change, so call the restaurant to double-check. I’ve already had quite a few updates in the line of downward prices over the past week. 50 plates We are rolling out

Oh man, is this heaven or what? 2010 is going to be a great beer year judging from the quality of one of its first events: Five great West Coast IPAs (Fort George's own Vortex taking its richly deserved place on that august list) and five courses of Indian food at one of the best brewpubs in the state. I am so there.

I seem to put spicy-sweet Indian cardamom, which most people associate with chai tea, in just about everything these days. The peppery spice (seeds contained in green or black pods) always appeals to me. I knew of green and black varieties but didn’t realize cardamom falls into the ginger family Zingiberaceae (makes s

If you think of cranberries and envision hardy New England

On a sunny November morning, the (deep breath…) Oregon House Committee o

Kinda couldn't resist. I'm bolding everything I have had. I'm technically supposed to cross anything out I would never try, but while there's certainly vegan foods I prefer over others, even though I'm not a huge fan of fake meats or cheeses or even tofu really, I've been known to eat them out, and there's virtually nothi

So these lists have been all over the place. I did the generic vegan one awhile back. Jess has compiled, with the help of friends and fellow vegan bloggers, a list of stuff from Portland.

100 Great Vegan Foodz in Portland, OR!This list was inspired by Melissa Bastian's Vegan NYC 100 Listing for VeganMoFo, which was inspired by Hannah of Bittersweet

That's what I thought someone said when explaining that's the word for a split chickpea in

I'm running low on time for today's post, so this one will be a quickie!

I'm not saying this Bhindi Masala from the goddess of Indian vegetarian cooking

It was halfway through the main course of spice crusted pork (recipe to come this week) last night durin

There are good things to be said about growing up in a middle-class American family with

Ever since my brother went to Vancouver,

As I said to some people in an email this morning, this is yet another reason I absolutely LOVE working for myse

I've written before (

"There were other reasons for me wanting to hang up my apron. The nonstop process of refining dish

Everything’s coming up purple these days. Eggplants. Blackberries. Plums. Pinot Noir grapes. Of course you wouldn’t know it looking at the picture of my Rajasthani Eggplant (with some leftover ofkra) dish. This aromatic Indian stir-fry featured lots of enticing spices — black cardamom seeds, asofoetid

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Looking at how other states differentiate between industrial food production and that done by farmers

The class description says it all (and, btw, I so want to attend):If you fin

Part IV about Amanda Jo Stott-Smith and her children. Part I here; II, here; III,

If you missed my posts from our eating odyssey in Vancouver, B.C. last month, then you missed