A beacon, a clarion call, a light in the dark. Blair Stenvick [Here’s another great article from our 2020 Holiday Food & Drink Guide! Check the rest out here to make your holidays extra festive!—eds.] High on my list of pandemic comfort watches is the Food Network show Guy’s Grocery Games, in which chefs gather […]
Holiday Food & Drink Guide
Posted inHoliday Food & Drink Guide
Stock Your Holiday Bar with These Delish Local Liquors
[Here’s another great article from our 2020 Holiday Food & Drink Guide! Check the rest out here to make your holidays extra festive!—eds.] Just because you’re not inviting people over this holiday season, it doesn’t mean you can’t have a well-stocked, top-notch home bar. NEWS FLASH: YOU DESERVE NICE THINGS. Check out these picks for […]
Posted inHoliday Food & Drink Guide
Your Quarantine Guide to Hanukkah Takeout
Amy Frazier [Here’s another great article from our 2020 Holiday Food & Drink Guide! Check the rest out here to make your holidays extra festive!—eds.] We’re all staying in for Hanukkah this year, right? Thanks to, you know… everything… it’s not a great time for communal gatherings, much less between two and eight of them […]
Posted inHoliday Food & Drink Guide
Holiday Side Pieces: Unconventional Takeout Dishes That Aren’t Your Main
Okra Stew from Akadi Annie Schutz [Here’s another great article from our 2020 Holiday Food & Drink Guide! Check the rest out here to make your holidays extra festive!—eds.] When it comes to holiday feasts, don’t look to me to prepare the main course, but I will generally bring an interesting side. From the moment […]
Posted inHoliday Food & Drink Guide
Holiday Food & Drink: We Should All Be Eating Chinese Takeout for Christmas This Year
Chin’s Kitchen Aaron Lee [Here’s another great article from our 2020 Holiday Food & Drink Guide! Check the rest out here to make your holidays extra festive!—eds.] I hope that by reading this, you’re already resigned to the fact that Christmas with the extended family is cancelled. And I hope that when you skipped out […]
Posted inHoliday Food & Drink Guide
Blair’s Grocery Games: A Cheap, Festive Holiday Meal From Grocery Outlet
Blair Stenvick [Here’s another great article from our 2020 Holiday Food & Drink Guide! Check the rest out here to make your holidays extra festive!—eds.] High on my list of pandemic comfort watches is the Food Network show Guy’s Grocery Games, in which chefs gather in a sound-stage grocery store and compete to see whose […]
Posted inHoliday Food & Drink Guide
Help Feed Those In Need with These Portland Volunteer Groups
wjarek / iStock / Getty Images [Here’s another great article from our 2020 Holiday Food & Drink Guide! Check the rest out here to make your holidays extra festive!—eds.] The multiple crises of 2020 have shone a light on critical gaps in our government’s social service system. Faced with skyrocketing unemployment, an overwhelmed health care […]
Posted inHoliday Food & Drink Guide
Your Holiday Takeout Roundup—for the Tastiest Quarantine Ever!
Tusk [Here’s another great article from our 2020 Holiday Food & Drink Guide! Check the rest out here to make your holidays extra festive!—eds.] We know, you’ve already heard the now-familiar refrain: This holiday season won’t be the same, but no matter what form your responsible festivities take, you can still add a little glimmer […]
Posted inCannabis
Holiday Edibles: Making Cannabis Cookies Is Easier Than You Think!
EYEGELB / GETTY IMAGES [Here’s another great article from our 2020 Holiday Food & Drink Guide! Check the rest out here to make your holidays extra festive!—eds.] Homemade gifts rule, and that includes cannabis edibles. You know who could use some cannabis-infused edibles this holiday season? Every adult in this batshit country. Cannabis edibles can […]
Posted inHoliday Food & Drink Guide
Get Your Holiday Takeout from These BIPOC-Owned Restaurants
Drink Mamey Annie Schutz [Here’s another great article from our 2020 Holiday Food & Drink Guide! Check the rest out here to make your holidays extra festive!—eds.] Being forced to stay home and practice one’s cooking skills will certainly pay off in the long run—many of us are in training for when we eventually have […]
Posted inHoliday Food & Drink Guide
The Mercury Holiday Food & Drink Guide: Make Your Quarantine Festive!
knape / iStock / Getty Images Okay… THAT was a year. And while the tragedies, injustices, and overall bad vibes of 2020 is threatening to ruin this holiday season, Portlanders are especially adept at making chicken salad out of chicken shit—so why not shoot for the most festive quarantine ever? “Oh, wow, good idea,” you […]
Posted inHoliday Food & Drink Guide
We Should All Be Eating Chinese Takeout for Christmas This Year
I hope that by reading this, you’re already resigned to the fact that Christmas with the extended family is cancelled. And I hope that when you skipped out on Thanksgiving, you realized there were benefits to missing a year of your Great Aunt commenting on your reproductive status and taking all the good leftovers. Think […]