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Together We Can Help the Staff at Emanuel Hospital Have a Better Thanksgiving

By PDX Food Dude Last Update November 19, 2020 32 Comments

Perhaps we can help nurses working Thanksgiving by getting together and giving them a Thanksgiving meal.

[We have been getting lots of emails from people who want to help. I am working with several people in the industry to put this together.… Read the rest

Governor Brown Rolls Out New Two-Week Freeze Order

By PDX Food Dude Last Update November 13, 2020 Leave a Comment

The new orders will impact restaurant Thanksgiving plans. Restaurants will be limited to delivery and take-out only, impacting those who were poised to allow diners inside to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner.

[Updated: Multnomah County will be under the restrictions “for at least four weeks”]

Governor Kate Brown announced a statewide set of new two-week restrictions in an attempt to slow down spread of Covid-19 beginning November 18th.… Read the rest

Cheese Bar, Going, Going…

By PDX Food Dude Last Update November 12, 2020 Leave a Comment

Sad news for the Cheese Bar in Portland: I consider it one of the best cheese shops in the Northwest. I certainly will be stopping in many times before January 24th!

If you have enjoyed purchasing holiday treats for friends and family from Cheese Bar or Steve’s Cheese over the last 15 years, this will be your last chance.… Read the rest

Dessert Tank, Don’t Desert Me!

By PDX Food Dude Last Update November 3, 2020 3 Comments

I have a dinner tank and a dessert tank

Note: I think most of us are pretty stressed this evening, and going through old posts today, I thought I’d republish this one from 2005.… Read the rest

The Pok Pok Empire is Finished

By PDX Food Dude Last Update October 30, 2020 1 Comment

A Farewell to Pok Pok [from Andy Ricker]

From Facebook: It’s Loi Krathong in Thailand, a festival where one floats a small boat made of a slice of banana trunk and decorated with folded banana leaves with a candle on it and other offerings down the river, carrying away your negative thoughts and transgressions from the year before.… Read the rest

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