To begin with, we need to address this tidbit from the O regarding Monteray Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch, and their new rating of “Oregon Salmon”: The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s popular “Seafood Watch” guide is advising shoppers and commercial fish buyers to avoid wild-caught salmon from Oregon and California, saying the population of salmon that originates […]
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Worst. Night. Ever. #7 (& 1/2)
What happens when you take generally grumpy and introverted writers for a local small press and plop them into frightening and unfamiliar circumstances? Magic and smiles and unicorn farts, that’s what! Or at least that’s been the lesson of the lion’s share of our “Worst. Night. Ever.” installments. And we know when it comes to […]
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UPDATED Foie Protests Tomorrow
If you have reservations at Beast or Le Pigeon this weekend, prepare to enjoy the screeching of some very angry goose lovers. This just in from the Portland Animal Defense League: On Saturday, June 26th at 6:30pm the Portland Animal Defense League will be staging a unique protest event against two Portland restaurants that sell […]
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NAOBF Starts Today
In fact, when I left Overlook Park today at 1pm the North American Organic Beer Festival was already in full swing. A tight funk band was rocking it, the sun was out, and more than 50 organic beers and ciders were flowing. Why an organic beer fest? The point of the whole thing is to […]
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Worst. Night. Ever. Voting Ends at Noon
Well, Blogtownies, you’ve narrowed it down to two options, which have been too damn close to call a winner. One option I’m generally stoked about (you have no idea how stoked) and the other I am genuinely terrified of. You have until noon to make the vote decisive. At that time, I will hit refresh […]
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Travels in Tacoville: 2010
The Search for the Perfect Taco Resumes
As summer rolls back around, the search for Portland’s taco greatness continues.
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Worst. Night. Ever. #7
Welcome back to BLAH BLAH BLAH… This is the part where my beloved co-workers suggest I’m the ONLY person in the office who pitches shitty events (UNTRUE, EZRA “A NIGHT WITH CHRIS KATTAN” CARAEFF)—which is supposedly the entire reason behind this self-indulgent exercise in social disparagement. The jokes on them. As we’ve discovered from most […]
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The Living Room Market
Before heading to Violetta for my delicious burger, I blew most my money at the newest Portland Farmers Market location right in the middle of the city’s living room. At the Pioneer Square market I snagged some gorgeous ripe “Valentine” sheep’s cheese (it’s like an aggressive brie) from Ancient Heritage Dairy, a demi-baguette from Pearl […]
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Snap Judgment: Violetta
[Welcome to Snap Judgment, a new regular Blogtown feature wherein I’ll be dropping by places both old and just opened for a one-dish fly-by, and developing an opinion based on that singular experience. Basically, it’s the complete opposite of what I do each week for Last Supper. I don’t expect to get it right all […]
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When Booze is Beautiful
This is crystallized whiskey as seen through a standard microscope at 1,000x magnification. It’s a product of a company called Bevshots, which sells prints of magnified booze and cocktails. I always knew my drunk was just as beautiful on a microscopic level. Buy a print of your Dad’s favorite beverage for father’s day! I bet […]
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We Are Doomed
That’s honestly the only conclusion I could reach after looking at this list of Worst Beverages in America, which includes the following: Worst Water – Snapple Agave Melon Antioxidant Water Sugar Equivalent: 2 Good Humor Chocolate Éclair Bars Okay. One thing: THAT’S NOT WATER! Water does not taste like agave sweetened melon. It does not […]
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Shaking Up the Salt Assault
Evil? The application of salt on food has done much to buoy up society’s tireless march towards progress. Salted meat allowed for preservation of protein, which strengthened pioneers as they crossed vast unexplored distances. And in modern times, salted snack foods allow tireless programmers the sustenance to code the world into the impossibly bright technological […]