News: Fratelli to Open Vancouver spot. PDX Makes Best Mac & Cheese List…

Not a whole lot of interesting things are going on in the Portland food scene this week, but here are a few items that caught my eye.Fratelli Chef/Owner Willem Paul Klitsie has announced he is opening a new restaurant in downtown Vancouver Washington. Located at 907 Main Street in downtown Vancouver, Willem’s on Main is slated to open on October 24th.  Serving lunch on … [Read more...] about News: Fratelli to Open Vancouver spot. PDX Makes Best Mac & Cheese List…

Updated: Leaving the closing of Kingdom of Roosevelt in the rear view mirror, Eric Bechard has filed for a liquor license for "Albatross" in Astoria on the North Oregon coast. According to someone familiar with the matter, the tiny space at 225 14th Street between Commercial and Marine, will serve "farm-to-table sandwiches" - counter seating, with a full alcoholic beverage … [Read more...] about Rumors Mongered Here – updated

Pack it up! We might as well all go home. Esquire Magazine has come out with their list of "Best New Restaurants 2013", but for the umpteenth year in a row, Portland didn't make it.Feel free to blame me - someone did a couple of days ago. You see, back in 2005 the Portland restaurant Olea made the list, and I took Esquire food writer John Mariani to task for it. The … [Read more...] about Portland Food News for October 9th

With sadness in my heart but many pleasurable memories due to the profound impression she had on my culinary life, today's Wine Finds are in memory of the great Marcella Hazan, who passed away last week at the age of 89. As a young chef pursuing all things Italian, it was definitely an a-ha moment for me when I turned open the pages of what for many of us is the Italian Cooking … [Read more...] about Essentials of a Classic Italian