Feed Me Portland!

When someone comes in from out of town, particularly if they haven't been out for a long time, it's good to take in some sights. My thoughts tend to run to the beach, Mt. Hood, Timberline, the Gorge…places that will put beautiful pictures in someone's mind, places that will give them not only a sense of how

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

Well, it looks like this is the second salad post in a row. I will fix that by posting about ice cream next! This recipe made a great cold lunch. You could serve it hot or warm, b

It was a revelation, an epiphany, an awakening. I'd had brussels sprouts before, of course, roasted,

So last week, Podnah’s BBQ annouced they were moving to NE Killingsworth, and bu

The streets of Thailand are now going to be a few miles closer to my house. To quote from a pres

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 …

The other night a few friends helped me to taste through a load of Santorini wines. I've discovered these wines only recently and am still just beginning to understand them. Here are the basics, as I understand them:--Assyrtiko is the most important grape grown on Santorini. It is yellowish and fleshy, and it re

I guess I am getting lazy, because we've been making repeats of previous blog posts. On Sunday, we had a little BBQ and made our new favorite, Grilled Veggie Pasta with Browned Butter and Mizithra (covered on the blog here). We s

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.

I was given a free sample of Vega's new line of

We'd just bought a new tent and were bound and determined to get it out and use it. That was last summer, and we made just one trip with it. This summer we swore we'd do better and, when Dave's vacation came up, we decided to head East. No, not East East…we did that

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

Remember how we made grilled vegetable pizza last week and I had dough left over? Well, that only me

We took our summer vacation kind of early this year, and spent most of the past week in Martha's Vineyard. We had a fantastic time - just a great vacation. This is a part of the country where places have names like Woonsocket and Squibnocket. The view from our d

I live in Brooklyn, but I also live in New York City, and from time to time I go to Manhattan, where things can get pretty fantastic pretty quickly. Recently I found myself on the upper east side of Manhattan for lunch, and I cannot remember the last time that happened. I was lucky enough to be invited to a lunch at

A few months ago, I mentioned that Jason Stoller Smith of the Dundee Bistro, had moved to Timberline L

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

I likes me some Italian food. The problem is that I haven't found a great many decent places in town for good Italian grub. Most places seem to go with a "more is better" mentality that doesn't always pan out.We've covered Italian

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

Little Red Bike For those who have been living under a rock,

Limbaugh attacks school lunches, suggests hungry children should “dumpster dive”. Here’s an idea: why don’t you dumpster dive for oxycontin and viagra behind Eli Lilly’s HQ, and while you’re at the bottom you can suck a bag

There is a big Jura wine tasting today in Manhattan, the second such event. I learned a tremendous amount at last year's event and I'm excited to take part in today's event. A steady flow of Jura wine makers has descended upon

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

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

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

Paneer Pakoras I’m using

It's been a rough start weather-wise for the farmers' markets, what with drenching ra

Genoa Executive Chef David Anderson is heading to the White House to help Michele Ob

To celebrate finishing graduate school, I prolonged my journey back to the West Coast with some stops in Illinois and Wisconsin, to visit friends and family. Milwaukee was a pleasant town with a surprising number of intriguing vegan options, including at least three vegan reubens. However, we found that--perhaps in order

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

Word has come in that Alba Osteria, the

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

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

This story begins here, one of the many excellent posts on Peter Liem's now defunct personal blog. I remember reading it a couple of years ago and thinking "hmmm, Santorini, huh? Certainly sounds good from Peter's description. If I see one of those I'll t

Not only have they given the bridge-and-tunnel crowd a new reason to cross the river, and c

The other night my pal Peter came over for dinner. He's one of those former Brooklynites who packed up his wife and kid and moved out of the city to somewhere in the Hudson Valley. Now he has room to do his art, he cooks, makes ceramic plates, gardens, composts, uses crysta

Call me a stick-in-the-mud or an old poop or just plain boring, but my idea of a great trip is t

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

While Dave and I share many things in common, we also have some significant differences. I'm a pla

As mentioned in the previous post, it always makes an occasion merrier if you travel with a multi-talented crew, and there was none merrier than one Dirk Savagewood (or so he called himself). I give you his impression o

There might as well be a wormhole connecting the two Portlands they have so much in common. The na

The New York Times has a nice article about a new restaurant called “Eno”, which is set to open this summer in Durham. Maybe it’s just me (probably is), but the whole things is so touchy-feely Portland-esque, but for the absence

The other night BrooklynLady and I went to dinner at Vinegar Hill House with Peter Liem and Dan Melia. We had a great time and I thought the place essentially lived up to th

Updated at bottom: Oy. The world is coming to and end. Lisa Schroeder has won the International Association of Culinary Professionals chef/Restaurateur of the year award. Is it just me, or out of all the deserving chefs in Portland, I have to wonder if any of the IACP members have eaten in Portland restaurants. I&

I stopped by Pete's Lair on McLoughlin near Gladstone for lunch today on the way back from the valley, and the talk at the bar turned to calories and how to cut them.

Broccolini with Crispy Poached Egg from Metrovino