The James Beard Award finalists were announced today in New Orleans, and it should surprise no one in the city that Portland is ruling the Northwest. And when I say ruling the Northwest, I mean that three out of five of the Best Chef Northwest (which includes six states) nominees are from Portland: Naomi Pomeroy […]
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The Ultimate Madness: Pie VS Cake
So, our friends over at Jezebel have decided to ask the great unaskable question: “If you were to pit pie against cake in a March Madness style tournament bracket type thingy, with winners determined by on-line vote, who would win?” Madness! Yesterday’s first round of voting saw Birthday (seeded #1) conquering Fruitcake (16) and first […]
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This Week’s Mercury Food Section: The Missing Dish
In this week’s Last Supper, I took you on a journey to Olympic Provisions with a quartet of Olympians. Consider it a “the names have been changed to protect the innocent” type situation, with the good stuff put into the mouths of archetypes. Fun! You may have noticed (though probably didn’t) toward the end of […]
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Olympians
Divine Dining at Olympic Provisions
Olympic Provisions offers cuisine fit for gods, and you.
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Food Stamp Foodies
Here’s a headline you’ll enjoy from Salon.com: Hipsters on Food Stamps Here’s a choice quote from one Gerry Mak, a 31 years old, part-time blogger receiving $200 a month in federal food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (no longer in stamp form): “I’m sort of a foodie, and I’m not going to do […]
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St. Paddy’s at Home: Your Stove, Guinness, and You
My plan for St. Patrick’s Day? I think I’m going to stay home, crank open a bottle of Jameson, put on a Pogues record, paint myself green, and go from there. Likely I’ll wind up attempting to lure leprechauns from my neighbor’s hedgerow at 3 am by bellowing “Dirty Old Town” at the top of […]
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Good Day, Food News.
…Gleaned from my in-box. Prepared with love, for you. Smokin’ at Foster Burger Those of you who are still slave to the cigarette pack will be happy to know new Southeast Portland gourmet burger joint Foster Burger [5339 SE Foster] has opened up a 60 seat, covered, heated smoking patio. Now you can finally take […]
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Free Coffee
You can get yourself a free cup of coffee today until 2 pm at the p:ear barista school [338 NW 6th Ave]. Why am I getting free coffee from a non-profit, you ask? The p:ear barista school (in association with Seattle’s Caffe Vita Coffee Roasting Co.) teaches at-risk youth skills to get a good job […]
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Get Your Nanny State Out of the Kitchen
Thanks to Blogtown tipper Katherine for alerting us to this bit of ridiculous culinary legislation from the New York state assembly aimed at banning the use of salt in that state’s restaurants (from reason.com): The penalty for the dastardly use of salt in your cuisine? $1,000 per violation. Holy shit! I doubt the legislation will […]
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This Week’s Mercury Food Section: Pi Day Pie
This week’s Last Supper is concerned with mathematics (minimally) and pie (maximally). As March 14th approaches (3.14), hungry nerds around the globe are tucking in napkins and honing straightedge and compass skills in anticipation of eating pie while they traipse along the nonrepeating digits that are the wonderland of the mathematical constant Pi [3.14159265]. So […]
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Always Room for Pi
Mathematical Constants
Pi Day: The nerdiest reason to visit Portland’s pie emporiums.
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Time Loves Stumptown
National press can’t seem to get enough of Stumptown Coffee Roasters. Portland’s scrappy little coffee chain just popped up in the pages of Time magazine in a piece that starts with this question: Coffee aficionados have been asking the question over and over again: Is Stumptown Coffee Roasters of Portland, Ore. — the most conspicuous […]