Aaron Barnett of St. Jack/La Moule at Smoked. Andrea Damewood Another Feast has come and gone, but we’d be remiss not to do a recap chat where we discuss the strengths, weaknesses, and burps of Portland’s fave food fest. Providing the summary is Mercury food writers MJ Skegg and Jackie Varriano.—eds. Jackie: So… Feast 2017. […]
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A Passion for Tomatoes
Evan Gregoire: He REALLY likes tomatoes. Last October, Beavercreek farmer Evan Gregoire traveled to Italy as one of 10 Oregon delegates to attend Terra Madre, a bi-annual gathering created by Slow Food in part to celebrate the Slow Food ideals of eating food that is good, clean and fair. (Full disclosure: I was also sent […]
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Feast Recap: Night Market
After a long day of sipping wine and nibbling on mostly chocolate at the Oregon Bounty Grand Tasting, Feast’s Night Market event kicked off under the glow of Tilikum Crossing. The unofficial theme of the evening was “early bird gets the snack” as lines quickly began to snake in and around the booths as people […]
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Review: Smith’s “Ice Cream Tea.” (Wait, What?)
It’s the vanilla that hits you first when you open up a packet of Smith Tea’s latest creation; Oolong Ice Cream. In collaboration between Smith’s head teamaker Tony Tellen and Tyler Malek of Salt & Straw (who supplied us their product for this review), it’s the first in the teahouse’s newly minted “Maker’s Series.” According […]