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Food Writing Archive

This category could be about anything having to do with food: Food Haiku, Limericks, Contests, Essays, Trips down memory line, musings about life... whatever strikes my fancy, and doesn't fit into the other categories

Dessert Tank, Don’t Desert Me!

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

Ken's Artisan Bakery PortlandI 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

Remembering Food …

By David Jenkins Last Update July 21, 2020 18 Comments

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David Jenkins is no longer with us, but his spirit is in this website through the stories he told us over the years. I was cleaning out old posts today and thought I would repost this one from April 2013.… Read the rest

Greg Higgins on Payroll Protection Program loans

By PDX Food Dude Last Update April 24, 2020 1 Comment

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Like everyone, life for us has settled into a nearly hypnotic routine. Not bad mind you, just very different from my recent one as a chef and restaurant owner. Gardening, baking honest loaves in the outdoor oven and reading now fill our days.… Read the rest

Gabrielle Hamilton on Prune

By PDX Food Dude Last Update April 23, 2020 Leave a Comment

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I’ve been holding back on posting anything lately, but this article by Gabrielle Hamilton of NYC’s Prune restaurant is so good I want to make sure more people read it. Whether you are a chef dealing with all the changes over the past few months, owner, investor, or restaurant-goer, this will, through Gabrielle’s voice, give you some idea of what it is like to be a restaurant owner in this difficult time.… Read the rest

2018 Food Haiku Winners

By PDX Food Dude Last Update March 13, 2018

Haiku imageHere are the winners of your favorite restaurant haiku

The contest is now closed. Congratulations to the three winners: Gogo, pdxr1, and Malik P. Your cards are in the mail.

A big thank you to everyone who participated!… Read the rest

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