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One reason I love Anthony Boutard's missives from his farm in Gaston are the perspecti

"Just so ya’ know..."J- & I had dinner there Saturday. Try to get their

I know it's a horrifying thought, but November will eventually get here. Though hopefully not un

Any suggestions for deeply discounted birthday meals (i.e., buy one entree - get one free, or 50% off check)? I'm aiming higher than a free knob of ice cream.Hoping for Asian, Middle Eastern, and/or fancy, but if you know of Latin/Caribbean, Indian, or other kinds of restaurants offering deals, please post! Not

Photos courtesy of Food Alliance HAND PICKED ROW BY ROW, DAY AFTER DAY Zoë Bradbury For Summer 2008 “Strawberries are too delicate to be picked by machine. The perfectly ripe ones even bruise at too heavy a human touch. It

<Rumors section UPDATED 5:50 Thursday, 1:06am Thursday, 3:30PM Wednesday> It’s been a while, but good things come to those who wait! News, News, News (and gossip!) Lots of openings: Cacao has opened their 2nd location, this in the corner of The Heathman. It’s a charming shop in a perfect

The local monthly, NW Examiner, is reporting that a new Indian restaurant will open next to Cha Taqueria on NW 21st.Indish305 NW 21st

Hot on the heels of his treatise on fenugreek from last week's Farm Bulletin, Anthony shares a response and a pair of recipes from reader Rahul Vora.

Our correspondent Anthony Boutard of Ayers Creek Farm is back with his weekly bulletins,

MondayToday I had black bean soup for breakfast. That was pretty good but it was small and I was kind of hungry afterward. When I got out of my meeting at 11:45 I was online right away trying to decide what to eat.This

What did you expect me to do, come up with my own idea? What do you think they inv

For some, the hardest thing about trying to be vegan is not giving up certain foods per se, but the hassle of having to inquire about the ingredients in a dish when eating out. B. reminded me of this last night as we were chatting about his attempts to eat vegan at fast food chains, which make up the bulk of the lunch opti

This is another of those recipe finds that make all that shredding and tearing up of food magazines worthwhi

I was in the Bay Area recently, and hit Ramen Hula. Before leaving North Beach that morning, I did a search for the best ramen in South Bay. Your usual suspects came up, mostly in San Jose and San Mateo, with a couple in Mountain View. However, one blogger whose name I don’t remember and whose blog address I

Friday night. NW Portland. Andina Restaurant. Atmosphere busy and elegant. But wait. What's that out the window? A guy in a truck. A police car. Are they patting him down. Yep. Oh we'd like water and Diet Coke please. Nice. Oh and some Conchas a la Parilla ( grilled

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: My favorite line from the movie was Indiana Jones to his Raiders of the Lost Ark amore, Marion, referring to his past girlfriends: "They weren't you, baby." Which is exactly

This East Coast Coffeecake is another test recipe for Isa Chandra Moskowitz's Crack of Noon brunch cookbook. I made the Jam Swirl variation with local black raspberry jam, and put it in a gift basket for a friend recovering from surgery. I know when I'm down and out, freshly baked sweets are a plus!East Coast

Tim & I love making Indian food at home, and have a couple of well-worn cookbooks. But we almost always skip over the recipes that call for panir or chenna – those milky, mild flavored cheeses that are used in dishes like palak panir or rasgulla – because it’s hard to find these cheeses. But we’ll skip them n

In Good Taste celebrates its 10th Anniversary this Saturday, April 26. Shopping in the Pearl tomorrow? Stop by In Good Taste between 10am and 5pm for all sorts of activities in celebratio

When I was growing up in Brooklyn, the music in my house was jazz. Yes, my mother dutifully bought Black Sabbath and Simon & Garfunkle and Carole King and Jesus Christ Superstar on 8-track, but she listened to Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald and John Coltrane. Also in the house, and I think the provenance of my dad,

How does that sound for good times? The Willamette Week is putting on an event this Saturday evening called Eat Mobile. It’s a fundraiser for Mercy Corps, and it goes like this: You pay $5, eat from carts, drink $1 beers, dance to live bluegrass, and all the money goes to charity. Can’t beat it.

I eat a lot of salads at work. Pretty much one every day. And I love to eat lots of veggies, but I need some suggestions to help me branch out. They don't need to be all veggies, just preferably a high ratio of veggies and little or no starch as filler. It's harder to find than it sounds. Here are some of my favorites:

Apparently. On Hardball, while remarking on Sen. Barack Obama’s reported request for orange juice after being offered coffee at an Indiana diner, David Shuster asserted: “[I]t’s just one of those sort of weird things. You know,

First off, thanks for the all shoe feedback! Because I have a rule that Julie Hasson must be mentioned on my blog at least once every other week, I should get it out of the way that I've wanted to visit

I regularly get my zen on in the kitchen, and at the culinary ashram that is the kitchen at 1309 here in PDX

Went to the place that Angelhair recommended in the Iyara thread tonight. Just got pad phrik king and green curry, both with shrimp. Had maybe one or two shrimp that were a little freezer-burned tasting, but most were cooked nicely, especially the stir-fried ones. Beans were a touch overdone for me, but the sauce had a n

I have tried every Indian Restaurant in Portland, most of them more than once and for the most p

Occasionally I ask guest commentators to join the fray here at GoodStuffNW and write up reports from their travels. Here are some notes from friends GnH who recently made a whirlwind trip to Vancouver, BC.

Read the Edible D.I.Y. story, Making Cheese: Kitchen Magic with Curds and Whey by Tami Parr. To find out where to purchase special ingredients and supplies as called for in this recipe,

Burma? Myanmar?? Given the choice, I'm a big Burma guy. The Burma Road. The dense forested mountains of Burma. I picture despots ruling from their Burmese jungle hideouts. When I think of Myanmar I sadly think of a repressive government beating down monks. But after last night's dinne

While Portland is known as a vegan-friendly place, it's harder to find vegan food downtown at night than it should be. Here are some suggestions: Food Carts (generally weekday lunch only) Aybla GrillSW 9th and AlderSW 2nd and Alder503/490-3387ayblagrill.com

Visit Powellswhat, do I have to sell this

Hi Foodies,I just moved to PDX from Louisiana. After searching, it seems like PDX lacks good buffet restaurents? Back in Baton Rouge, we have really good Chinese and Thai(!) buffet places. Buffet != Good food, but sometimes you just want to eat buffet out of nowhere..Ah those cravings...

When my pal Dana suggested going to the opening of Tom Miller's show of new prints from his

And to think I used to have to go to a great Vietnamese restaurant to have something this good! If I e

Caramel Corn from The Joy of Vegan Baking.My first successful recipe from this book that I currently hav

Tandoor Indian Kitchen406, SW Oak StreetPortland, OR 97204I grew up in a town with only a few Indian restaurants, but one of them was freaking delicious. It helped that family friends were close to the family that owned it, and that family, from great grandp

This month our friend Anthony Boutard of Ayers Creek waxes eloquent about beans, especially the ones he and Carol will have at this Sunday's Hillsdale Farmers Market. If you can't make it to the market, perhaps you can make his Bastard Soup.Pole Beans:

Oh, next week there will be Beef Wellington. But this week, it’s a lovely Russian Carrot Pie from the new edition of the Enchanted Broccoli Forest

When booking my New York trip (easily the best Christmas present I could give mysel

821 SW 11th Ave. Between Yamhill and Taylor503-227-8815[eastindiacopdx.com]Open Mon-Sat for Lunch and DinnerI have been monitoring the progress on this cosy place but didn't realize they had opened until I s

I finally decided I wanted to try Vindalho tonight. I have only been to 3 Indian restaurants in the time I've lived here and all of them were pretty mediocre so after reading the reviews and then going to the website and reading the menu over I decided that was what I wanted for my

New chef: I gotta take a dump.Waiter: There's no toilet seat in the employee bathroom.New chef: Dude, I just got out of jail after five years. I could shit in a pickle bucket in the middle of our dining room and it wouldn't bother me.Circle Centre MallIndianapolis, Indiana

I spotted this place next to a convenience store a few weeks ago and we decided to give it a try. I think they're open till 8:00 every day.The menu consists of kabobs with rice or naan and a side salad or the curry of the day with the same side options. Also a samosa plate and Tandoori chicken are available.Kabo

A friend from work and I went to Tandoor Indian Kitchen today for lunch. They had a buffet. It was very enjoyable. There was Tikka Masala, Naan, some great egg curry, a potato cauliflower curry, lamb and potato curry, tandoori chicken, pakoras, papadum, nice lightly dressed salad, chicken biyrani, an odd mashed sweet pot

Perhaps one of the best kept secret in Portland is the small Indian Restaurant offering buffet Monday through Friday.  My husband and I have been going to this restaurant almost every Friday for the past few months and the quality of the food remains high.  We hide the information that we are going to an [...]

Apparently we don't have a dedicated BCC thread, so I might as well start one. It'd been a while since I'd been to BCC so after pickling 80 lbs of brisket, decided to walk across the street and see if my long held opinion would be shaken. The answer: no. In fact, it was even worse than I remember.I had hoped

This one has snuck up on me ... has anyone been to this place? The website is decent, and they look to have a fairly comprehensive, mainly South Indian menu. It may even be worth braving the traffic pit that is The Streets of Tanasbourne to give it a try ... plus they have a 6 foot long dosa!

There's been some discussion of Lentil Garden over on the tail end of the Mayuri thread. I think this restaurant deserves a thread of its own. In my book, the joint is the best we've got going. I don't want it to get lost....like a lot folks I've been down on Portland's Indian dining scene. I'm hoping this place succeed