It’s day two of the Blogtown Flash Food Drive and we’ve got even more goodies to give you in exchange for you dropping off your non-perishable food items at the Merc offices [605 NE 21st, ste. 200]! First! Remember that a donation enters you in a drawing to win these two heavy cookbooks: That’s the […]
Patrick Alan Coleman
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Side-Dish Domination
Four Local Chefs Offer Recipes for Thanksgiving Glory
Thanksgiving dinner is an unspoken competition. Local chefs give you
the recipe for domination.
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The Good Old Days!
Nel Centro All But Erases the Past
Nel Centro transformed a dive into a modern food palace, but the good
old days have a way of echoing back.
Posted inFood and Drink
Oregonians: Hungrier
Today marks the beginning of Blogtown’s (2nd Annual) Flash Food Drive. We’ll be collecting food for the Oregon Food Bank here at our office [605 NE 21st Ave., Suite 200] for the next six business days. Here’s why: According to a report the USDA made public on Monday, 14.6 percent of American households experienced “food […]
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Blogtown Flash Food Drive Begins Tomorrow
Last year, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I was able to drive to the Oregon Food Bank distribution center in a car loaded with 365 pounds of food. All thanks to you, Blogtown readers. Given last year’s success, I figured we should do it again this year. So, starting tomorrow, we will be collecting your non-perishable […]
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Syfy Threatens Portland with Sharding Tornados?
This morning, my close friend the Paralyzed Playa told me that I had missed an amazing piece of film in last Saturday’s Syfy World Premier (!) of Ice Twisters. As he explained the plot, I became more and more incredulous: Scientists working on a high tech cloud seeding experiment screw things up immensely when they […]
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Winter à la Carts
Can 2009’s Cart Boom Continue Through Winter?
2009 has been the year of the Portland food cart. But can the boom
continue as the weather changes?
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More Breaking Taco News: Los Gorditos Goes Brick and Mortar
Via Twitter: I’ve got a call in for more details, but I have to tell you this information excites me. Not only will the brick and mortar Los Gorditos be in my ‘hood, but I’ll also be able to enjoy the sweet burn of a Stacy burrito out of the elements and fresh from the […]
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Mississippi ¿Por Qué No? to Re-open Next Week.
The folks behind ¿Por Qué No? believe their Mississippi shop to be lucky. The empirical proof of this may come from the fire that shut the place down on October 14th. Okay, sure, the fire wasn’t lucky. But the fact that it burned through a water pipe, causing the pipe to burst and subdue the […]
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There Will Be Sausage
For 75 years the community of Verboort has been making sauerkraut and sausage, to be sold every year on one magical day in November. It’s like some kind of meat filled version of Brigadoon… From the sausage-scented mists of Forest Grove there appears the Visitation Catholic Church, a stand of Sequoias, Fancy Work, a beer […]
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Food Trends 2009: Year of the Cart
Wy’east: New cart in SE Food carts, food carts, everywhere. 2009 will be seen as the year that Portland food went small and mobile. There has been much energy around Portland’s cart scene this year. New pods have popped-up in neighborhoods across the city; carts have taken over previously empty and unsightly urban niches; and […]
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Vodka Harvest
The Essential Elements of Highball Distillery
While not necessarily healthier for you, Highball Distillery’s
Elemental Vodka blends organic booze with a philosophy of
sustainability.