We Must Say Goodbye It is with a heavy heart that we must announce our permanent closure.… Read the rest
Alma Chocolate
Alma Chocolate Sold to Moonstruck Chocolate
According to the magazine, Alma quality isn’t what it used to be –
Hart stepped away from day-to-day operations and brought on private investors, and Fox left Alma entirely.… Read the rest
Washington Post Names Portland Best Food City in America
“Welcome to Portland, as in Oregon, the land of milk and honey — also coffee, tea, beer, wine, game, berries, crab, salmon, ice cream in flavors lifted from food trucks and olive oil that chefs compare favorably to Italy’s liquid gold.”… Read the rest
Misc. News for 12.5.12
It’s been a pretty slow period for restaurant news, but here are a few things that caught my eye:
Michael Russell over at The Oregonian reports that Chef Jake Martin is returning to Portland from Seattle to take over as Chef de Cuisine at Genoa.… Read the rest
Interview: Sarah Hart of Alma Chocolate
Note – Alma Chocolate was sold to Moonstruck Chocolates in Summer 2018.
“My dad was a Presbyterian minister and he was a civil rights activist and really conscious of the unrest over Vietnam, so social justice was in my DNA,” explains Sarah Hart, the Alma Chocolate visionary.… Read the rest