The Toro Bravo Cookbook is more than recipes from one of Portland, Oregon's favorite restaurants. The first 92 pages are a biography. You’ll hear of Gorham’s family life, early jobs, and his travels across the United States, and finally of his landing in Oregon and the circumstances which brought him to Simpatica, Vivandi, and Toro Bravo. If you are a fan Toro Bravo … [Read more...] about Book Review – The Toro Bravo Cookbook
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Interview: Chef Jason French of Ned Ludd
This is the third in a series of interviews that first appeared in About Face Magazine by Chris Angelus of the terrific Portland Food Adventures. My thanks to About Face If Portland were to elect a culinary ambassador, Jason Francis French would be high in the running. He wouldn’t necessarily be appointed for his own exceptional cooking skills, nor his notoriety as a … [Read more...] about Interview: Chef Jason French of Ned Ludd
Chef Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon and Little Bird Wins Best Chef Northwest at James Beard Awards
Portland chef Gabriel Rucker won the James Beard Foundation award Monday night for "Best Chef Northwest". Rucker beat fellow nominees Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton of Ox, John Gorham - Toro Bravo, Naomi Pomeroy - Beast, Gabriel Rucker - Le Pigeon, Adam Sappington - The Country Cat, Cathy Whims - Nostrana and Justin Wills of Restaurant Beck in Depoe Bay, … [Read more...] about Chef Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon and Little Bird Wins Best Chef Northwest at James Beard Awards
Pascal Sauton for “Hottest Chef”
Zester Daily guest writer John Gorham, owner of Toro Bravo, Tasty n Sons and Tasty n Alder, has strong opinions on the silliness of contests on some food blogs - ...But the contest that pushed me over the edge was named “The Hottest Chef.” Not hot as in “rising star” or “making great food.” No. Hot as in good looking. Hot as in, “This Category Has Nothing To Do With … [Read more...] about Pascal Sauton for “Hottest Chef”
Survey Results: The Best of Portland 2011
Updated 4.29. So many links in this original posts are now broken, I have removed the majority of them from this page so as not to waste your time. Here are the results from our 2011 reader surveys. We had well over 1100 participants this year! A big thank you to all of our sponsors and participants! A few notes: If the top two choices were significantly higher than the … [Read more...] about Survey Results: The Best of Portland 2011