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Posted inFood Issue 2026

Food-Focused Day Trip: Hanginโ€™ in Hood Riverย 

From aebleskiver to pasta alla zozzona, hereโ€™s where to eat and drink in the Columbia Gorge.

What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercuryโ€™s 2026 Food Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if youโ€™re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.โ€”eds. Hood River ticks every day trip box: A short but […]

Posted inFood Issue 2026

A Beginner’s Guide to Bay Clamming

Where to go, what to bring, and how to dig up these local delicacies.

Itโ€™s midsummer on the Oregon coast. Families gather for beach picnics under brilliant clear skies. Children build sand castles, dogs chase tennis balls. Brown pelicans flap purposefully above a deep blue horizon to the steady, hypnotic thrum of surf.ย  You notice none of this. Instead, you are prone on a sand bar, elbow-deep in a […]

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