Feed Me Portland!

Caesar Salad at Cafe Castagna. We have started a tradition of going out to dinner on Tuesday nights. Originally, we were thinking maybe every other Tuesday, but this month went to three places —

As many of you know, my brother, Bruce Bauer, owns Vino

Pizza!Hey, y'all! I'm back with a review of Tofurkey's new pizzas. I got a coupon for

Cauliflower Basil Ricotta. Basically, I substituted semi-boiled cauliflower and a small handful of cashews for the primary component of the tofu ricotta recipe in Veganomicon. I added more basil, nutritional yeast and a bit of miso to overpower the ‘flower. The pizza had both creative toppings and very particular slic

Fremont Fest 08/07/10 Pub Crawl 12-4pm $10 Includes a mug+5 tokens. $1 for additional tastes Look for a table near main stage or near Doc George’s – 4605 NE Fremont. All alcoholic beverages will need to be consumed on the premises of the participating business!

Putting a baby inside a piece of pizza may not be cruelty-free, but come next Monday, August 2nd, trivia totally is. Are Skittles vegan? Who is the richest vegan in the world? What doesn’t belong in hummus? Which vegan cheese company had a tie to the television series Home Improvement? You know you know. What’s

"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza." Dave Barry may have overlooked cheese as one of humankind’s highest achievements, but he does make a good case. I

My family headed out to have pizza last night at the Laurelwood Pizza Company on NE 40th last night and were shocked to find it gone. In its place, an upstart, just-opened place called Columbia River Brewing.A sign at the front advised that this was the soft-opening, which I knew was a risk, but at the same time

Rick Burkhardt's Columbia River Brewing is now open for business in the space occupied until earlier this week by Laurelwood Pizza.

Mellow Mushroom, a pizza chain with stores in at least 16 states, is supposedly opening a store in Portland’s Pearl District. Mellow opened it’s first location in 1974. Today they have over 100 restaurants. Food seems to be along the salads/pizza/calzones/hoagies lines. I’d tell you more, but the over-t

Laurelwood Pizza Co. last night 07/05/10 Laurelwood Pizza Co. 1728 NE 40th Ave inPDX 503-943-6157 5-10pm Laurelwood opened in March of 2001 and after almost 10 years tonite is the last night. So many good times, so many good brewers, Christian, Chad, Jacob, Paul, Dustin, so many

Last night was kickball, so we got home late after an embarrassing ass-kicking. Neith

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

This recipe

Remember American Cowgirls Bar & Grill? Neither does anyone else. It was at 500 NE Martin Luther King blvd, in what was once a pager store. There is a strange rumor  that the guys behind Clyde Common are picking up the space to build a sports bar. Though the building is ok – it was completely rebuilt in about

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

This was an experiment because I had too many zucchini (not from the garden, unfortunately), as well as a big hunk of Hab

Northern European cuisine gets a really bad rap in food circles, and has a reputation as being bland and bor

We're beginning to slowly chip away at our future. At least at what we'd like our future to be.

Updated 6/2/2010 Tube has both updated their laid back but creative dinner menu and rolled out a brand new brunch menu since the last update on this post. The dinner menu has added mini english muffin pizzas, vegan mac and … Continue reading →

Grüner isn’t a “German” restaurant, nor does it

I’ve gotten more emails about a recent

In case you missed it, an Android phone commercial is featuring Portland restaurants. If you watch closely at the end, you will see Kenny & Zuke’s, Dove Vive Pizza, Ristretto Roasters, Gladstone Coffee & Pizza, and Superdog! The piece does make liberal use of artistic license by lumping the restaurants toge

<Updated: Cruz has pleaded “not guilty”> In an interesting twist, former star of the Food Network’s “Calorie Commando”, Juan-Carlos Cruz has been arrested for allegedly trying to hire someone to kill his wife. Why is this interesting enough for PFD? Because of th

This weekend I had a great birthday celebration vacation with some friends in preparation of my big 30th birthday on Wednesday. It's nuts that I've lived in Portland for over 5 years now, but what it's even more nuts is that I no longer will be in my 20s!! It's not that I don't like getting older, I'm totally fine with it.

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

The new Tofurkey Pepperoni Pizza, Sampled at Food Fight! My past exerperiences with Daiya have ranged from a tasty, gooey grilled cheese with tomato at Savor Soup House, to uncooked samples at VegFest, to so so home experiments, to the oozing pizza I thought was going to coat my mouth forever and lead to the [...]

Dove Vivi's Vegan Corn Cashew...with an LRBC "Zoo Bomb" egg! Customized by Kyle "Hustle" Simmons, 4/2

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

Via Chicago, Brief Review Overall Service Food Quality Atmosphere Vegan Options 7 10 6.5 8 4 Location: PSU Farmers Market, SW Park & SW Montgomery Recommended Dish: Vegan Slice Hours: 9am-2pm Times Visited: 2 Daiya fans, hold onto your seats! Or more precisely, hold onto your canvas bags of produce! The same goes for yo

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

The vegan cheese wars are fascinating, ridiculous, and full of hyped out opinions. Every now and then, something special comes along, making its way amongst all the passable, or please-pass non-dairy alternatives. Follow Your Heart, Daiya, Teese,  and Cheezly are all brands that have gained notoriety in the vegan communi

Broccolini with Crispy Poached Egg from Metrovino

Photo by Ron Dollette, http://saucesupreme.com Nearly fifty restaurants, more than three dozen wine

K&Z Pastrami Burger When I was a kid growing up in Los Angeles, my dad used to take me to a traditional Jewish deli just a short distance from the Farmer’s Market. It was a

Say what you want about Rachael Ray, she has been giving Portland quite a bit of attention lately. In

I haven't done a round-up of my latest eating exercises in a long time. Not because the baby is keeping us home, because we've found plenty of opportunity get out while the fat boy sleeps (not counting the hour I spent driving around with him after a meltdown at Red Onion

What the world needs now: More people who complain about service on Yelp. Another Thai restaurant. More people who think restaurant food is too salty. More blanket media coverage for Korean tacos. Another national article on the fact that there are carts in Portland that serve

Owners Brian Snyder, Walt Alexander, Kevin Atchley.

Here’s another breadmaking experiment that turned out pretty well! I’ve heard that King Arthur AP Flour has a bit more of a Bread Flour quality to it than other brands of AP flour, so si

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

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

Cinderella certainly had had her issues. I mean, given any wish by her fairy godmother she cho

The very first trip I made to Maine to meet my future in-laws, they made sure I tr

Long time no see!  I have moved to the town of McMinnville, Oregon.  I am no longer

Pizza in the oven at Depokos Food carts