The newly opened Tasty n Alder has their brunch menu up (not open yet for dinner). I'll be starting with the Bim Bap: Smaller Plates Chocolate Potato Doughnut with crème anglaise 1.5ea Baked Prunes with Taleggio 6 Toast & Jam with teleme cheese 5 Kyle’s Housemade Granola with cinnamon apples & sweet lebneh 6 Orange Marmalade Sweet Muffin 4 Roasted Apple … [Read more...] about Tasty n Alder Brunch Menu
Tasty n Alder Brunch Menu
Your Amuse Bouche – News Roundup for 2.4.2013
A reader sends this note: When I went to grad school at the CIA I had to purchase all new chef's pants and uniforms. By then, I'd collected dozens of pairs of them, and had lots of jackets (because I'd been working as a sous chef for years- having started from the bottom up when I was 17). So I never used most of the new pants. I have 5-6 pairs of unworn pants (maybe more if I … [Read more...] about Your Amuse Bouche – News Roundup for 2.4.2013
A Very Odd Herbaria Commercial
This is one of the most food bizarre commercials I've ever seen. I won't tell you what Herbaria is, you'll have to try to figure that out as the commercial plays. Make it full screen, and turn up the volume. If you are afraid of clowns, this video isn't for you! … [Read more...] about A Very Odd Herbaria Commercial
New Sick Leave Legislation – How Would You Deal With It?
A reader asks, "I want to pose a question to the restaurant owners and managers that use your site. I am seeking advice. New legislation will very likely pass in 2014 requiring all businesses in Portland to provide accrued paid sick leave of up to 5 days each calendar year. This applies to all employees full and part time. Aside from the cost which is calculated at 1-2% of … [Read more...] about New Sick Leave Legislation – How Would You Deal With It?
It’s Official: Whole Foods CEO is an Idiot
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey is stirring people up again, alienating enough of his own customers that he's been forced to do some backpedaling. Last week in an interview with Mother Jones, Mackey said: We've been in a gradual warming trend since the ending of the "Little Ice Age" in about 1870, and climate change is perfectly natural and not necessarily bad. In general, most of … [Read more...] about It’s Official: Whole Foods CEO is an Idiot