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When Kat and I arrived at Portland International Airport on Thursday morning, long before the sun would rise, we were nearly giddy as we passed through security, ecstatic that our adventure to New York City had finally arrived. As we made our way to the gate, we noticed a monk walking in front of us, and chattered about it being a good omen. After a brief wait, I stood patiently in line waiting for a seat assignment as others funneled into line, my mind wondering if I would be cast to the bowels of the back of the plane, shooting…
I started visiting New York City when I was in my teens. My Mom and I would make it all about musicals and Fifth Avenue and living the life of city dwellers during our mother/daughter weekends to the Big Apple. She had a friend who was “connected” and invited us to town for that first weekend. We sat in the second row, center, for Grand Hotel, starring Dukes of Hazzard heartthrob John Schneider. We ate in “the Village.” We wandered along the busy blocks of Times Square. I remember getting a tour of the friend’s apartment, smaller than any apartment…
Most will know Ben Bettinger as the man who put Portland’s gem of a restaurant, Beaker & Flask, on the ‘must dine’ map. When the eatery opened, I was of the understanding that the restaurant, well-lauded from the beginning, was further into the heart of the city. I hadn’t considered that the nondescript building along a main artery in Southeast Portland was anything more than a former office equipment store, until a friend suggested we stop there for dinner. With a creative, ever-changing menu, I was impressed to find that Beaker & Flask lived up to the hype – the…
After a while, food and drink events can start to feel like they all run together. While I have nowhere near as much event experience as Jennifer, I’ve been in it long enough to know that sometimes these events can feel a little…repetitive. But when I heard about Project Zin in Healdsburg – near where I grew up – I knew I wanted to attend. Not necessarily because of the location of the event, but because of the profound purpose behind Project Zin. Driven by the diagnosis of Down syndrome in his son, Brady, winemaker (and University of Oregon graduate)…
Today, we’re super pleased to publish this guest post from chef Lisa Nakamura of Orcas Island’s Allium Restaurant. Nakamura began as a prep cook “and eventually graduated to some pretty illustrious kitchens, including at The French Laundry and The Herbfarm”, opening Allium two years ago in the spring of 2010. Let’s begin with what most chefs are NOT. Most chefs are not glorified culinary rock stars who sit around all day with sketch pad in hand, coming up with new dishes like the latest haute couture fashions. We do not skip down to the local farmers’ market with baskets on…
Famed chef Mario Batali has announced that in order to bring more awareness to the cuts looming over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, he’s launched a campaign called the Food Stamp Challenge Friday. According to Crain’s New York, participants in the challenge will live within the constraints of $31 for an entire week of meals – the average “food stamp” weekly allotment. Thus far, nearly 200 people have signed up, including New York meat man Pat LaFrieda and Food Bank for New York City CEO Margarette Purvis. “While a one-week food stamp challenge can’t compare to the real challenges of…
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