Note: This restaurant closed on January 3, 2011. This review was written in 2009.Fugue - Music: a composition based on multiple themes, which are enunciated by several voices or parts in turn, and gradually built up into a complex form having somewhat distinct divisions or stages of development and a marked climax at the end.For those who have been reading my reviews … [Read more...] about Review: Ten 01
Chef Jack Yoss to Leave Ten 01 Restaurant
Sad news - Jack Yoss, the much-heralded chef of Ten01 restaurant, is leaving Portland in March. Chef Jack Yoss is leaving Portland's Ten01 Restaurant to follow a lifelong dream of spending most of his time traveling in Europe and Asia. He will be traveling and cooking at various resorts, starting as Chef De Cuisine at W Retreat and Spa in Seminyak, Bali. Must be tough!I … [Read more...] about Chef Jack Yoss to Leave Ten 01 Restaurant
Review: The Paley’s Place Cookbook
The Paley’s Place Cookbook Hits Store Shelves There are only a few "celebrity" books that I use on a regular basis: Bouchon, by Thomas Keller; Mustard's Grill Napa Valley Cookbook, by Cindy Pawlcyn, and a few of the books by Alice Waters of Chez Panisse fame. Otherwise, I tend to stick with compilations. The point is, most of this type of cookbook is just recycled recipes, or … [Read more...] about Review: The Paley’s Place Cookbook
Why Can’t Our Health Department Scores Be More Like Los Angeles?
There has been considerable discussion in the forums this month about health department scores and how much they really matter. I was in Los Angeles at the time, where they do things a little bit differently. Instead of hiding scores in a database that no one is likely to see, restaurants receive a letter grade, which they are required to post in the window. Grading procedures … [Read more...] about Why Can’t Our Health Department Scores Be More Like Los Angeles?
Winner of the 2008 Food Writing Contest
The winner of our 1998 contest is Granny Moon for this terrific story: Breakfast, when I was a kid, was a weekend event - cold cereal before school didn’t count. And every weekend it was pretty much the same thing. Daddy would get out his cast-iron skillet, place it on the gas stove, and start frying. Always eggs. Sometimes bacon, occasionally ham - and if it were fishing … [Read more...] about Winner of the 2008 Food Writing Contest