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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

Imperial IPA fest this long weekend, barrels in Bend, a special dinner at Laurelwood Northwest featuring beers from Walking Man, Upright, Everybody's Brewing and the host, and a busy week at The Beermongers as they celebrate their first year.

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

Tour de Lab 09/11/10 Lucky Lab Beer Hall 1945 NW Quimby Portland 503-459-4508 10-5pm $35

Northwest cheesemakers took home 42 awards last night at the American Cheese Society Competition Awards and Festival of Cheese - well over the 26 received...

Hop season is upon us and here in one of the world's best hop-growing areas, it's a big deal... It starts with a couple of events in the next week and continues into a month or more of brewers making special fresh-hop beers that show off the Northwest's bounty of hops.

Word rocketed out of the Portland F

Welcome to everyone who's visiting the Pacific Northwest during the American Cheese Society Conference in Seattle - you have officially arrived in Cheese-a-topia! Rumors of...

Sometimes it's reassuring to know that I'm not the only one who's a little cuckoo about

Heard just now on the local radio about a wildfire in Sisters, Oregon, and how authorities there are dealing with those residents who choose not to evacuate. To paraphrase the officer: "I'm not going to stand here arguing with you. But if you're going to stay, I need your name, your date of

Brothers Day 08/11/10 Widmer Brothers Brewing 929 N Russell St Portland 4-8pm Celebrate brotherhood in the beergarden with $3 Widmer Brothers brews, food and music. CONTEST – Submit your most memorable, interesting, or funny photo of you and your bro, be it man or woman, fr

Aaron Silverman and Morgan Brownlow, the local fellows who offer their hazelnut-finished pork at farmers markets and restaurants, started their company Tails & Trotters with a dream of producing prosciutto that embodies the terroir of the Pacific Northwest. The fresh mea

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

Delane was the first to get in touch, leaving a message on my

The Deschutes Sagebrush Classic happened last weekend at Broken Top in Bend, and featured small plates from 18 top chefs from around the country and --- this year --- Paris, paired with Northwest wines and Deschutes beers.

Coffee cuts the risk of head and neck cancer. According to a study, 4 cups a day cuts your chance by more than 1/3rd. Overall, the risk of developing head and neck cancers was 12 percent lower in people who drank coffee compared with those who didn’t, after accounting for a variety of factors,

Microroasters seem to be sprouting up everywhere these days, especially in the Pacific Northwest, where the newest kid on the block is Water Avenue Coffee in Portland’s Southeast Industrial district....

Pyramid Breweries announces the third offering in the Ignition Series.

MISSISSIPPI STREET FAIR 7/10 N. Mississippi Ave Portland 10-9 p.m. Beer garden featuring Oregon breweries REGIONAL BREWERIES Curated by Maletis Beverage, Your Local Distributor LOMPOC BREWERY (Portland) www.newoldlompoc.com Proletariat Red This Northwest

Dave’s Killer Breaded Seitan, Steamed Kale, BBQ Sauce This very American dinner was appropriately based around the seitan lite from the American Vegan Cookbook.  Of course, the other star is the pride of the Pacific Northwest: Dave’s Killer Bread. The baked seitan cutlets were breaded with a mixture of toasted,

Professional coffee consultant? Probably not. I've never had much confidence training people how to

waiting for Tim outside Barista (NW 13th & Hoyt)Prett

Square Deal Wine shop in Northwest Portland is closing. Square Deal is perhaps best known amongst cheese aficianadoes as the former home of Steve's Cheese....when...

Beer Northwest's third annual summer issue features picks for the Northwest's best patios.

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

When it comes to the seasonal foods of the Northwest, contributor Jim Dixon of

Trey and I are VERY into salmon this year.I've eaten a lot of salm

When a guy gives his business a name that's a bad (though appropriate) pun, who am I to ar

This photo was taken ten years ago, in the kitchen of Evan's parent's house in February, 2000. E

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

The strawberries are just starting to ripen and will hopefully come on in full force once these lingering gray rainy days in Corvallis stop. Though now that I’m writing this from swampy, 90 degree North Carolina this weekend, I appreciate the crisp and refreshingly cool Northwest. Many are the strawberry recipes I pla

Brad and Meg Gregory of Black Sheep Creamery in Adna, Washington were recently featured on an episode of the locally produced show Northwest Backroads. This...

You gotta love the all-weather grillers who live in the rainy Northwest. Dave's bee

Brewed by Oregon Brew Crew member, Scott MacDonald, Red Fury is a northwest style dark red ale. The color of dusk comes from the addition of Carafa, dark Crystal and Black Patent Malts.

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

Laurelwood Public House NW 2327 NW Kearney Street Portland, OR 97210 tel: 503-228-5553 Check out the new menu here We have a brand new Happy Hour menu featuring many of our tasty new items like house g

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

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

C.D.A. is a new style of beer that emerged recently in the Pacific Northwest, more widely known as a Black I.P.A. There has been a significant movement and debate in the region to call the style C.D.A., and Deschutes Brewery leads the way with Hop in the Dark.

Stumptown Tart Release 05/06/10 BridgePort Brew Pub 1313 NW Marshall St inPDX 5:30pm Free The 3rd version is a Belgian Style Framboise infused with 2,000 pounds of Oregon Red Raspberries grown at Willamette Valley Fruit Company in Salem, Ore. This year’s Stumptown Tart varies

Months ago the liquor license application appeared on the window of the large downstairs space in the Indigo building at SW 12th and Washington, but at the time I couldn’t find out any more. Today a press release was issued. The restaurant named “Pinot American Brasserie” is slated to open early

The annual James Beard Awards were handed out Monday night in New York city. Several Portland chefs were finalists: Under the category of Rising Star Chef  Of  The Year, Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon was a nominee. The winner was Tim Hollingsworth of The French Laundry. In the category Best Che

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

It was like getting an invitation to a party at someone's home, someone you don't hang w

It's easy to feel a little smug and self-satisfied when you read that Portland has been voted second in the country for having the best farmer's market, or when you see a list of the nearly 40 markets that pop up every spring all around our fair city. But it's a bit of a wake-up when you venture outside of our

Portland is a mecca for microbrews, artisan espresso and local coffee roasters, chocolatiers, pizza, breads, pastries etc. Oregon also has an established wine industry and an agrarian economy for ingredients just meant to be distilled – local fresh fruits for brandies, grains for whiskey and vodkas, and nuts and he

Broccolini with Crispy Poached Egg from Metrovino

Newly minted Cheese Bar will be hosting a book signing and cheese/beer tasting on Tuesday April 20th from 6-8pm. Join Steve Jones as he welcomes...

Attention Northwest wine enthusiasts: The Indie Wine Festival is only a few weeks away! This year's event takes place on May 8, and as always, it will be a great chance to meet winemakers and taste...