Pimm’s cups are your new best friend. In case it hasn’t been all over your Social Medias, it’s Wimbledon time. Okay, I’ll admit, I give zero fucks about tennis, except for the hilarious temper tantrums of John McEnroe and that power-duo Venus and Serena Williams. But there’s something a bit regal about day-drinking British hooch […]
Heather Arndt Anderson
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Supermercado Sweep!
Digging Deep into the New Portland Mercado
We combed through the new Portland Mercado to find its very best.
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Have a Picnic that Crushes the Picnic Competition
Okay, maybe you don’t treat picnicking as a competitive sport, but why half-ass it with a greasy paper bucket of KFC and a tub of store-bought potato salad? You’re a grown-ass person, with grown-ass tastes. But even if you really just want your afternoon at High Rocks to shame all those Estacada heshers (and honestly, […]
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Adjika: Your New Favorite Hot Sauce!
Southeastern Europe might not seem like a hotbed of chile paste production, but if you think about it, it makes sense: the Ottomans trotted chiles out like currency pretty much everywhere they went. Thanks to them, we have Hungarian paprika in the north, and muhammara in the south, and to the east, we have salty, […]
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Finally, A Trick for Peeling Hardboiled Eggs That Works!
One of the greatest joys of this twee, pastoral/urban Portland life is going out to the backyard and, hearing the triumphant eggsong of one of your friendly heirloom-breed chickens, reaching into that box of still-warm straw and retrieving a new-laid egg. “Puh, puh-puh,” your hen coos sweetly. “Fuck yes. This is the life,” you reply. […]
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Samsa: The Meat Pie You Didn’t Know You Were Missing
Samosas —those tender, flaky little pillows of savory bliss — are a favorite addition to any Indian dinner, but did you know they originated in Central Asia as the samsa? Most foods become more delicious as they’re filtered through the culinary lenses of other cultures, but in this case, the baked and flaky original version […]
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How to Roast a Whole Damn Pig
A Step-by-Step Guide to Cooking Your Backyard Pig
A step-by-step guide to cooking a pig in your backyard.
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Girls and Gaming
A New Hero(ine) Approaches
People are usually surprised to learn I enjoy video games. While it may seem odd to see a grown-ass woman playing Legend of Zelda, it turns out roughly half of all gamers are female, and a recent study suggests that nowadays, more women than teenage boys are playing. In spite of this, the industry itself […]
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Don’t Be Such a Phrik
Which Sriracha Reigns Supreme? Our Judges Decide!
Judging the best and worst sriracha on the market today!
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A Culinary Tour of Old-Timey Portland
An Excerpt from Portland: A Food Biography
Know your city’s culinary history with Portland: A Food Biography.
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Videogames To Feel Good About
Ours is the first generation to grow up on videogames. And while we may have graduated to parenting, some of us are still gamers who want to mold our kids’ taste beyond Barbie Horse Adventures and Madden. For everyone else, it’s a jungle out there. Want to feel okay about unsupervised game time? Here are […]
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The Other Sauerkraut
The Kimchi Roundup You’ve Been Waiting For
The kimchi roundup you’ve been waiting for!