"Everyone's Lives Would Be So Much Better If They Just Used The Right Salt." Mark Bitterman, Local Selmelier A wonderful thing about Portland is our growing community of small specialty food purveyors. Many of these are based on single obsessions: the perfect latte with foam so pretty and detailed that pictures of it could be framed and hung in a gallery, tiny … [Read more...] about The Meadow: Singing the Praises of Salt
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Review: St. Jack
A Review of St. Jack Restaurant by Roger Porter Liberté, Egalité, Gastromie! The French Revolution has come to town, and the only guillotine in sight is a chef’s cleaver hacking at a pig. Within a month of each other two French bistros have opened in Portland—Little Bird downtown and St. Jack, in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood, across the street from Vindaloo. Gabe … [Read more...] about Review: St. Jack
The Winners of Our 2010 Food Writing Contest!
Every few years we hold a food writing contest. These are the results from 2010. Thank you to everyone who entered! I really enjoyed reading your memories. First Prize - by Super Dave In the fall 1997 I had planned on throwing a big party to celebrate the five-year remission of my cancer. It was a chance to thank everyone that had been such great friends and provided me … [Read more...] about The Winners of Our 2010 Food Writing Contest!
My Favorite Comments and Dining Out Stories from Reviewing
I started this site in late 2004. At some point or another, I have managed to alienate every reader at least once. Private emails frequently follow. I have collected a good amount of my favorite comments and a few stories. I thought I'd throw in a few of them. Spelling errors are intact; all are from 2006: You are a stupid idiot. As a matter of fact you are dummer then … [Read more...] about My Favorite Comments and Dining Out Stories from Reviewing
Review: Ten 01
Note: This restaurant closed on January 3, 2011. This review was written in 2009. Fugue - Music: a composition based on multiple themes, which are enunciated by several voices or parts in turn, and gradually built up into a complex form having somewhat distinct divisions or stages of development and a marked climax at the end. For those who have been reading my reviews … [Read more...] about Review: Ten 01