After a brisk and critical Thanksgiving pie-selling week, The Honey Pot‘s cart (Good Food Here, SE Belmont) was broken into, a theft which claimed their entire $1800 in holiday proceeds. Devastated, owner Mary Sheridan posted an open letter to the thief, explaining how deeply the loss had cut her and her two small children. The […]
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The Kids Are All Right
The Baowry: Home at Last
The Baowry: a smooth transition from cart to brick ‘n’ mortar.
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The Mercury Holiday Food Issue Presents…
Decadence and Decay
Add some “decadence and decay” to your holiday celebrations!
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Barnyard Butchery
The Decadence and Horror of Butchering a Pig’s Head
The decadence and horror of butchering a pig’s head.
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Cheat Sheet to the Top Shelf
Getting Dad to Open Up (the Liquor Cabinet)
How to appear like you really know a lot about liquor!
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Better Than Pruno
Home Winemaking Made Easy
Making wine at home… not just for prisoners anymore!
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Pâté Winners – NW Food and Wine Festival
A handsome en croute from the “country” category. (Turned out to be Olympic Provisions.) The Northwest Food and Wine Festival was this Saturday at the Lloyd Center Doubletree, and somehow I managed to wind up on the judging panel for their pâté competition. Lest you immediately dismiss this as a clear sham of a contest, […]
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What The Critic Saw – Szechuan Chef
Chong Qing Chicken – try the blistered peppers. They are like if Satan roasted pumpkin seeds. “This place would kill downtown,” said Nick, the obstreperous bartender with whom I regularly share review meals. He’d turned me on to Szechuan Chef, the fairly recent addition to the Water Tower building in John’s Landing, and we were […]
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Bean, Bar, Revolution
Craft Chocolate Swings into Gear
Craft chocolate: the best of all crafts!
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The Wait Is Over
Szechuan Chef: Portland’s Best Chinese Restaurant?
Drop the balloons and let the confetti fall! Finally, a GOOD Chinese restaurant!
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Rookie Moves
Alberta Substation’s Rocky First Quarter
Alberta Substation: a sub-par start.
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Cibo: Photo Recap
So what if the roast chicken is finished in the fryer. That is why it is awesome. Cibo is another example of a restaurant that left me a little underwhelmed at first, and then completely won me over on second and subsequent visits. The first visit featured a worthless $7 salad, a pizza that came […]