Looks like there’s going to be a mid-week break in the heat, and I can think of no better place to spend it than eating bites from tasty af Oregon restaurants and knocking back wines from more than a dozen wineries. Oh, and there’s a DJ too. Tickets are still available for Counter Culture at […]
Andrea Damewood
Andrea Damewood is a food writer and restaurant critic. Her interests include noodle soups, fried chicken, and sparkles.
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There’s a Lot of Thai to Be Thankful For
Farmhouse Thai, Paadee’s Issan Nights, and Pok Pok NW
With Farmhouse Thai, Paadee’s Issan nights, and Pok Pok NW, there’s a lot of great Thai food in Portland.
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Beer and Cheese Are BFFs
Michelle Mitchell There’s wine at Steve Jones’ eponymous cheese bars, but if you ask for a recommendation on what to pair with his vast array of curated bites, chances are he’ll reach for a beer. Jones has been in the cheese biz for more than 20 years, and he’s been teaching beer and cheese pairing […]
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Beer and Cheese Are BFFs
Tips on How to Make Perfect Pairings
It’s super easy to pair beer and cheese—here are some tips.
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Big’s Chicken: A Good Choice for Your Last Meal Ever
MICHELLE MITCHELL The second day of this accursed year of 2017, I was in a nasty car crash coming back from snowshoeing at Trillium Lake, in which a pickup slid on ice, fishtailed over the center line and into the front of my friend’s Subaru. We had time to choke out a half scream before […]
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True Portland Shows Our Town Through the Lens of Tokyo
Top right: Liz Crain, editor; Below: Teruo Kurosaki, writer. If Japan were to launch an intercontinental bullet train, odds are good it would run straight to Oregon. Portland and Tokyo are in the midst of an intense love affair, and prominent Tokyo designer Teruo Kurosaki has played a big role in drawing his city’s trendiest […]
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Top Chef Buds Mei Lin and Doug Adams Will Make You Dinner Sunday
Courtesy Doug and Mei Portland Chef Doug Adams is between gigs: he’s finished up his legendary time at Imperial, and is in the process of opening his own restaurant downtown, Bullard. In the meantime, Adams has been popping up all over town lately, pulling grill duty at Bit House Saloon, cooking up vittles at his […]
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Sister Cities
True Portland: Our Town Through the Lens of Tokyo
True Portland: Our town through the lens of Tokyo.
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Jo-Jos to Die For
Big’s Chicken: A Good Choice for a Last Supper
Big’s Chicken: A good choice for a last supper.
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Breaking the Mold
Chalino Gets Inventive with Mexican
Chalino breaks the mold with their inventive Mexican food.
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Watching Talent Burn Out and Fade Way in Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
Jeremiah Tower helped start the locavore craze and ran a San Francisco restaurant that made him the first celebrity chef. Now, hardly anyone knows his name. Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent, produced by the very famous Anthony Bourdain, is an attempt to bring attention to the man Bourdain argues should be as well-known as his […]
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The Untold Story Of Jeremiah Tower
The Biggest Celebrity Chef You’ve Never Heard Of
The biggest celebrity chef you’ve never heard of.