A not yet peer-reviewed study from UCSF looked at the highest “risk ratios for mortality,” comparing pandemic time to non-pandemic time, among California residents 18 to 65 years of age. The study found line cooks are at the highest risk of all occupations with 828 deaths and a risk ratio of 1.60. Surprisingly, bakers …

Portland photographer David Lanthan Reamer passed away on February 21st, 2021, of pancreatic cancer. His photos were gorgeous, not just shots of food, but of moments that make the viewer pause to take it all in; moments that tell a story in a perfectly lighted, single image – a stolen moment. David had a …

A Total of 31 of Oregon’s 36 Counties Are Open for Indoor Dining as of Friday Some good news today!Wilsonville, OR– Oregon counties are on the move again with an announcement today by Governor Brown’s office lowering extreme risk levels for 10 counties which allows restaurants in those regions to open for indoor dining on Friday, …

Pono Brewing, Magna & Natasha Mesa Join Forces To Reopen Bit House [PORTLAND, ORE., February 23, 2021]  – Three Portland food and drink innovators – Pono Brewing, Magna, and Mixtress Natasha Mesa (formerly of Deadshot) – have teamed up to form Bit House Collective, a new bar dedicated to hospitality, inclusivity, creativity and island …

Have you been to Ripe Cooperative? It’s the pivot Beast restaurant made to a to-go storefront when the restaurant closed. They are doing all kinds of heat and serve meals – curried lamb shepherd’s pie, Owner Naomi’s signature wedding chicken, caciocavallo saucy focaccia. Complete meals are available – a Sea Box – scallop and …

Thank you for seven years of celebrating la cucina toscanaDear friends, we have closed Burrasca for good. Certainly the past year has been challenging, but your love and support since the onset of the pandemic has kept us afloat and helped provide jobs and income for our staff. With our lease at an end, we felt …