The internet! There’s so much out there, especially when it comes to food and drink stuff—here are a few things that hit the radar recently. • Anthony Bourdain is far too old to still be called a bad boy chef, but it happens, including in this piece by the Smithsonian magazine. But it’s an interesting […]
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Summertime Wines
…And the Drinking Is Easy
A roundup of wines that will make your summer sparkle.
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Help Out a Brewer!
Harvester Brewing, Portland’s premier gluten-free beer maker, needs your help. They have been told by a Californian Wine Company, Hope Family Wines, that the use of Harvester will create brand confusion and demanded that they change the name of the brewery (it’s unclear why—perhaps Hope are bringing out a wine called Harvester). So rather than […]
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Adventures Outside the Comfort Zone
What the hell am I doing in Bluehour? It doesn’t matter, I’m here, and sometimes you need to mix it up, right? I mean, I don’t mind that it’s in the Pearl, there are some great places in the Pearl, nor am I averse to table cloths or managers in ill-fitted suits. But some places […]
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Brunch… via Spain
We’ve all got our brunch favorites, a core of familiarity we love to go back to again and again. But it’s good to have back ups in case there’s a line (I ain’t ever queuing for brunch), an option for another part of town, or just for a change of scene. Hence, I wanted to […]
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Wine In a Can: The More Convenient Way to Get a Buzz On
One of the sufferings of summer—how to drink wine on the go outdoors—may have just been solved. It’s nigh on impossible to go tubing with a bottle and a glass in hand, while on a picnic someone is always going to forget the corkscrew. Underwood’s solution: put the wine in a can. Underwood (produced by […]
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Will Americans be Allowed to Eat Genuine Haggis Again?
Fans of nose-to-tail-eating and Scottish cuisine in particular will be cheered by the news that the British government is lobbying the US to overturn a decades-old import ban on haggis. The Scottish national dish—made with sheep’s stomach, the heart and lungs of a lamb and various other animal bits—tends to divide opinion between those that […]
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It’s Still Cider Week!
Yes, there is still time to enjoy the hard cider festivities—there’s a bunch of good stuff happening over the weekend. Here are a few highlights, but check out the website here, for the comprehensive list. Cider pub Bushwhacker obviously have a load going on—perhaps the most fun is on Friday, when the Brewvana bus collects […]
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When Eastside Comes to Downtown
When the Governor Hotel was reinvented as the Sentinel it was no surprise a new cocktail bar was included in the makeover. The result, Jackknife, has a pedigree of Eastside cool rather than downtown sophistication—the result of a partnership between John Janulis (Sweet Hereafter, The Bye and Bye) and Jake Caery (Dig a Pony). The […]
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Get Yourself a Saké Education
Japan’s national alcoholic beverage, saké, is probably only encountered by the average American in a Japanese restaurant, and then after following the waiter’s direction. The fourth annual Saké Fest PDX, taking place at the Sentinel Hotel on Thursday 26, aims to demystify the drink (it is, after all, only fermented rice and water and it […]
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FDA: Leave the Cheese Alone and Stop Turning Me into a Right Wing Nut
What has the FDA got against cheese? Or more precisely, why does it go after artisanal products and European imports as though they could be a latent source of an Ebola outbreak? The most recent attack on domestic producers—and cheese lovers, for that matter—came a couple of weeks ago when the FDA declared that cheese […]
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What’s ‘I Fuggin’ Love This Place’ in French?
As a dedicated Francophile (at least when it comes to food and drink) it was exciting to see that crepe specialists C’est Si Bon had taken over the old Kir space. It’s actually not so different to Kir—an interesting wine list, a small but thoughtful menu in a relaxing an intimate setting… though there’s less […]