Althea Potter Michelle Mitchell Althea Potter’s cooking space at Southeast Wine Collective is no more than a few induction burners and an oven, yet the complexity of her plates—like roasted squash with layers of chickpeas, harissa, feta, and squash hummus—make it a rare wine bar with food to match. One of the most memorable meals […]
Andrea Damewood
Andrea Damewood is a food writer and restaurant critic. Her interests include noodle soups, fried chicken, and sparkles.
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A Yes in Any Language
Oui! Wine Bar + Kitchen is Small and Speaks Loudly
Oui! Wine Bar + Kitchen is small and speaks loudly.
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Badass in the Kitchen
Their Spaces May Be Small, But These Women Chefs Cook Big
Their spaces may be small, but these women chefs cook BIG.
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Make Your Reservations for Valentine’s Dinner NOW (Or Suffer the Obvious Consequences)
STOCKBYTE / GETTY IMAGES Valentine’s Day is fast approaching—do you know what you and your boo are going to do? Here are a few of our favorite food-focused options, from no-holds-barred prix fixe affairs (pro tip: have sexy time first; you’ll be too full after dinner) to little boxes of gold-flecked churros to please your […]
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Roe Is Back, And It’s Still the City’s Undisputed Best Seafood
The Restaurant’s New Location is Right Where You Want to Be
The modernist seafood restaurant’s new location is right where you want to be.
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Make Your Valentine’s Day Dinner Reservations… Like, NOW!
A Slew of Food-Focused Spots to Take Your Sweetie
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching—do you know what you and your boo are going to do? Here are a few of our favorite food-focused options, from no-holds-barred prix fixe affairs (pro tip: have sexy time first; you’ll be too full after dinner) to little boxes of gold-flecked churros to please your love. (All events are […]
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Get Your Shit Together: BurnCycle, Sensory Deprivation Float, and Juice Fast IN THREE DAYS
Carolyn Main [Don’t be a hot mess in 2018! Get your shit together with this week’s special feature, the “Get Your Shit Together Issue!” We think this story will help….—eds.] When I heard we were doing an issue about getting one’s shit together, I knew I was candidate number one. I’m 33, a food critic […]
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Stretch The Noodle Will Stretch Your Stomach, Not Your Budget
Eat A Dizzying Amount of Hand Stretched Noodles At This Downtown Cart
Have you ever eaten so many noodles you’ve gotten lightheaded? It’s only happened to me a few times, but twice it was from grossly overconsuming the thick, hand-stretched noodles from downtown cart Stretch the Noodle. There aren’t many options in Portland for Chinese-style hand-pulled noodles, and the undisputed cheapest and most bountiful of them all […]
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The Hottest SoCal Soul Food Served From a Montavilla Cart
Trap Kitchen Caters to Hip-Hop Royalty in LA—And Now To Hungry Folks In The Numbers
A parking lot at Southeast 85th and Stark is a long way from Compton, especially on a 40-degree rainy day, but Trap Kitchen’s Malachi “Spank” Jenkins says it’s right where he wants to be. “I love everything about Portland. I love the vibe of people and how they treat food,” he explains by phone from […]
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Going HAM on Health Trends
Our Food Critic Did BurnCycle, a Juice Fast and a Sensory Deprivation Float In Three Days (So You Don’t Have To)
Doing BurnCycle, a juice fast and a sensory deprivation float—IN THREE DAYS.
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A Touch of Yucatan
Taqueria La Mestiza is Small, But Mighty
The news last month that beloved Cully institution Angel Food & Fun is no more (at least as we know it) was yet another blow to the psyche at the end of a year when we were already full up on bad tidings. Its chef, Manuel Lopez, was reportedly targeted for deportation (although a friend […]