What’s so funny about peace, vegans, and understanding? I don’t know what prompted me to taunt her with the sausage, but I’ll always regret it. She was my very good friend and co-worker who also happened to be a vegan. I must have somehow felt threatened by her dietary philosophy. Why else would I have […]
Patrick Alan Coleman
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La Dolce Vegan
Portobello Proves Vegans Can Do Italian
Portobello is vegan cuisine that can satisfy everyone—despite
pesky quotation marks.
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Food News
That’s Deal with Four Ds
That expensive fancy dinner just got a little bit more affordable. A
little bit.
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The New York Times Bites Our Style.
Nearly a year ago, the Mercury published a food issue concerning, for the most part, how to feed oneself when times get tough. Among pieces about emergency food boxes from the Oregon Food Bank, casseroles, and depression era recipes, we indulged in a Cheap Food Challenge. Being the new kid at the time (I still […]
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Dog vs. Elephant: Who Ya Got?!
HA! Fooled you! You see, life isn’t about competition, it’s about building strong interpersonal relationships. It’s about taking someone’s trunk in your fuzzy white paw, looking into their eyes, and barking softly, “You’re cool with me, man.” If these two can do it… (sniff, sniff)… Then why can’t we? Why can’t we?
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Spring Food Freakout
Spring! It’s been a long cold winter; over the last few months my belly has been abused by untold comfort foods as I’ve attempted to insulate myself from both drafts and depression. But as I strolled through the Portland Farmers Market last Saturday during a fleeting sun shower, I was buoyed up by a sense […]
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Winter/Spring Boozy Goodness: Addendum
Your Weekend Stymied by Budget Cuts? After watching PSU lose to Xavier, I needed a few more drinks… From the bottle. So, I headed out to score some Sazerac rye. But at both liquor stores I visited I was met with signs posted to the front door apologizing for an early closure. At one store […]
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Last of the Winter Boozy Goodness
Spring is almost here! Persephone returning from Hades, squints her eyes, offers a shy smile and asks for a drink: “Anything without pomegranate.” Apropos of nothing, here are some boozy topics (that were) on my mind in the last days of winter. Edited to reflect the reality of the current calendar.Booze South of Burnside: The […]
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Drunken Basketball Jonez
Portland State University is playing in the NCAA tournament today for the second year in a row. They face off against Xavier in Boise, Idaho, at 4:25 pm. I truly enjoy watching basketball, especially if I’m drinking at the same time. The problem is I’m not so great with the lingo. I’m picking it up […]
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Food News
That “New Chef” Smell and the Great American Meatout
Ten 01’s new chef is hired and a day without meat is conspired.
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Linger
Evoe and the Art of the Continental Sandwich
Evoe brings some class to Portland’s ever-expanding world of sandwich
shops.
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They Make a Meal Out Of a Sandwich!
A friend sent me a link to a post on the food blog Slashfood yesterday, concerning what seems to have become a national obsession of late: sandwiches. Blogger Emily Matcher first posted a list of her top ten favorite sandwiches in America (sans anything from Portland), and then asked her readers to submit their favorite […]