Portland Oregon Food and Drink
Throwing Ourselves On The Grenade of Bad Food to Save You
Eric Bechard of Thistle fame wrote me an annoyed letter earlier this week because I had failed to mention his new restaurant, "The Kingdom of Roosevelt", which is slated to open the 2nd week of February. When I pointed out that he hadn't included me … [Read more...]
The earthquake over the weekend in the Bologna area of Italy may have a long-term effect on Parmesan prices. According to The HuffingtonPost, 400,000 wheels of Parmesan and Grana Padano cheeses were damaged, most of them artisanal. In all, some 10 … [Read more...]
Back in April, Eric Bechard of Thistle restaurant in McMinville, opened another local venture just around the corner from Thistle, called Community Plate, "a light breakfast/coffee/sandwich shop by day and an old school cookery by night". I went down … [Read more...]
Community Plate Has Arrived! And we are throwing a party. Who: Everyone, come by and say hello When: Sunday, March 27th, 2011. Begining @ 3pm Where: 315 NE 3rd Street, McMinnville, Oregon What: We will be opening the doors of CP to the … [Read more...]
Republished from 2006. Recipe by Eric Bechard Portland Oregon is practically raining figs. There are big brown, black and green blobs on the sidewalks, on top of cars, and backyards are slippery landmine fields. It won’t last long though, … [Read more...]
Eric Bechard of Thistle in McMinville, has announced he will be opening a new restaurant called Community Plate on Feb 1, 2011. According to Eric, focusing on the same farm to table philosophies that has guided thistle, Community Plate will be a … [Read more...]
I promised myself I wouldn’t allude in this review to Eric Bechard’s incident this spring involving a defiant defense of local animals, a stance provoked by a rival chef who, in his eyes, had heretically championed a Midwest over an Oregon pig. … [Read more...]
