A review of Olympia Provisions, By Roger Porter
Like impatient readers who sneak a look at the last page of a novel, I have a tendency to scan the dessert selections on a menu before checking out anything else.… Read the rest
One Dish at the Heathman by Roger Porter
Every so often a dish comes along so transcendent that even though you inevitably expect great things from the restaurant the preparation looms as a huge surprise, a boon to everything that precedes and follows.… Read the rest
Review: St. Jack
A Review of St. Jack Restaurant by Roger Porter
Liberté, Egalité, Gastromie! The French Revolution has come to town, and the only guillotine in sight is a chef’s cleaver hacking at a pig.… Read the rest
Review: Gilda’s Italian Restaurant
A review of Gilda’s Italian Restaurant in Portland Oregon
by Roger Porter
You hear all the time that one of the lamentable gaps in Portland’s culinary scene is the absence of great Chinese restaurants.… Read the rest
Review: Kin
10/17/2012 – This restaurant is now closed.
There’s a wonderful Yiddish word, “ongepotchket.” meaning something that is excessive or overly baroque. In his “relaxed lexicon” of Yiddish, Leo Rosten tells a joke which perfectly illustrates the word.… Read the rest