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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

    Food as fuel or foolish for food? Eat to live or live to eat?

    By Michael Zusman Last Update April 20, 2018 5 Comments

    Question Mark

    By Marshall ManningFood as fuel or foolish for food. Eat to live or live to eat. Bottle in front of me or frontal lobotomy. Well, maybe not the last one. There are doubtless more ways to describe the two major food groups (of people) and the gulf which separates their basic attitudes toward the commodities we chew, sip and swallow.More difficult to understand is why one … [Read more...] about Food as fuel or foolish for food? Eat to live or live to eat?

    Why You Don’t Want the Pie

    By Nancy Rommelmann Last Update March 9, 2016 48 Comments

    Pie

    If you have ever been to Nancy Rommelmann's house, you will have had many baked goods pressed into your hands, some of which are the best darn chocolate chip cookies, pies, truffles I've had. Her kitchen is like a bakery where the proprietress has plenty of time to chat and offer sage advice with a warm slice of pie. FDWhy You Don’t Want the PieI recently walked into a … [Read more...] about Why You Don’t Want the Pie

    I’ll Gladly Pay You Tomorrow for a Hamburger Today

    By PDX Food Dude Last Update March 26, 2023 4 Comments

    Tasty N Sons Restaurant Portland Burger

    When I look back on some of the earliest times of my life, I realize that I was born to be a food geek. It is no wonder I spend most of my time these days eating and writing about food.At twelve I was a bit of a skateboard nut, quite stupid, and usually hungry. I am sure I would be 300 pounds today if it weren’t for the lengths which I would go to just for a good hamburger. … [Read more...] about I’ll Gladly Pay You Tomorrow for a Hamburger Today

    A Legacy of Taste – How I Learned To Enjoy Food

    By PDX Food Dude Last Update March 26, 2023 19 Comments

    Blue Fox

    "Herb Caen once noted that the Blue Fox served radicchio salad 35 years before it became trendy" When I was very young, my parents took the family to The Blue Fox restaurant in San Francisco. It's long gone, but at the time it was considered one of the better restaurants in the United States. Looking back, I can’t imagine what they were thinking taking children to a restaurant … [Read more...] about A Legacy of Taste – How I Learned To Enjoy Food

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