I f you’ve met her, it’s immediately apparent that Chef Maya Lovelace cares so damn much about the Southern food she makes: a tribute to her grandmother, to hot summers in North Carolina, and to telling a story through a simple benne seed. (Full disclosure: While Lovelace and I have formed a food-based friendship, as […]
Andrea Damewood
Andrea Damewood is a food writer and restaurant critic. Her interests include noodle soups, fried chicken, and sparkles.
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Terroir from the Sky: Smoky Wildfire-Tinged Wines Are a New Reality for Oregon’s Winemakers
In the case of winemaking, where there was fire, there is now smoke. Part of the life of wine nerds involves chasing down particular years that a certain kind of wine was super good—an equation that involves everything from the weather, to the soil, to the techniques used by the winemakers when they put it […]
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Erizo Is the Ocean-To-Table Seafood Restaurant Portland’s Been Waiting For
This is a reservation that should soon be hard to get.
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Food Review: Eem’s Mashup of Thai BBQ and Top-Tier Tiki Drinks Is Amazing
Eem Aaron Lee If there were a montage of my life as a food obsessive, there’d be snaps of my happy face alongside the roasted chicken at Coquine; cuddling the chocolate banana cream pie at Papa Haydn; locking lips with an oyster topped with uni at Nodoguro. Also in the memory banks: me nuzzling up […]
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From Unbelievable Breakfast Tacos to Towering Cinnamon Rolls, Here Are Five Brunches You Should Be Eating Right Now
It’s a big moment for Portland brunch. From a new food cart slinging the best breakfast tacos in town to Portland stalwarts finally tackling that Sunday morning rush, here are five new brunch spots that should be on your AM itinerary. Matt’s BBQ Tacos Matt Vicedomini is a straight hustler. For those keeping score, this […]
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Bullard: Fine Hotel Dining for the Barbecue Lover
Saying that Bullard is the best hotel restaurant in Portland could be seen as damning it with faint praise—but it’s not meant to be. It’s to say that we’ve come a long way from the days of bland plates meant to mollify the palates of travelling businessmen. Bullard, the long-awaited first restaurant from Chef Doug […]
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Little Conejo: A Mexican Treasure in Vancouver
I’ve always had a soft spot for downtown Vancouver. Seriously, if you haven’t been up there, it’s great. There’s a big farmers market on Saturdays, Esther Short Park is a treasure, and they just put serious money into making its waterfront on the Columbia 10 times cooler than ours. The only downside? Until recently, the […]
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Seven Days, 14 Incredible Asian Soups
Hold on to your spoons, because THIS IS THE LIST. Below are 14 Asian soups to eat over the course of one week—two soups a day for the best seven days of your life. Swim in chili-laced broth! Slurp one thousand noodles! Let your fingers swell ever-so-slightly due to high sodium intake! Or just use […]
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Local Wine Clubs Give You Variety Without Squeezing You Dry
There comes a point when you’re faced with grabbing the same $7 bottle of wine—you know, that one with the naked lady petting her cat at Trader Joe’s?—and wondering if there’s more out there. Exploring new styles, varietals, and regions of wine is daunting, but we’ve found five local monthly clubs that curate a world […]
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Review: Eem’s Mashup of Thai BBQ and Top-Tier Tiki Drinks Is Amazing
Aaron Lee If there were a montage of my life as a food obsessive, there’d be snaps of my happy face alongside the roasted chicken at Coquine; cuddling the chocolate banana cream pie at Papa Haydn; locking lips with an oyster topped with uni at Nodoguro. Also in the memory banks: me nuzzling up to […]
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Sweet Baby Jesus, Eem’s Mashup of Thai BBQ and Top-Tier Tiki Drinks Is Amazing
Sweet baby Jesus, Eem’s mashup of Thai BBQ and top-tier Tiki drinks is amazing.
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Delores: Elevated Polish Cuisine Misses the Mark
Chef BJ Smith and I have one thing in common: We both have Polish grandmothers who taught us how to cook dumplings. But whereas he presumably likes his new Polish-inspired restaurant, Delores, I most certainly do not. Smith, a former Top Chef contestant who until now has focused his efforts on barbecue (Delores, named after […]