Our April Fools Stories Archive

On April 1st, in the spirit of great culinary adventures, I decided to tackle America's most overlooked cuisine: the gas station:A few years ago, food critic and Gourmet Magazine editor Ruth Reichl published her "Never List" of words that should never be used in a review. I am proud to say I used them all here. I also broke almost all of William Zinsser's guidelines for … [Read more...] about In Depth Review: Gas Station Food

This was, of course, an April Fool's joke. I apologize to the lady who wrote me a nasty letter this morning about being embarrassed by her butcher.This is the first of a new, once-a-month series on food ingredients. My goal is to help you better understand some of the lesser-used—but genuinely interesting—ingredients available around Portland. I’ll always include ideas for … [Read more...] about Ingredient of the month – all about Oxtail

In a recent meeting with the PortlandFoodandDrink.com editors, we noticed a continuing trend. It doesn't matter where a chef is cooking, if they are lousy at one restaurant, chances are, they will be lousy at the next... and the next... and the next; this is Portland, after all.In order to save our dwindling dollars, we will be reviewing all restaurants based on our past … [Read more...] about Portland Food and Drink – Change in Direction

In 1957, the BBC ran what is considered by many to be one of the greatest April Fools jokes of all times It was a report on the Swiss spaghetti harvest.  Back in those days, many people weren't familiar with pasta, and knew nothing about how it was made. According to the Museum of Hoaxes, "Huge numbers of viewers were taken in. Many called the BBC wanting to know how they … [Read more...] about Spaghetti Crop Forcast