Move over, Friendsgiving, you’re played out. I’m much more about living the friends feast life, in which you assemble a crew and hit up a local restaurant for some special event dining. (You can do this with your family too, if you’re into that sort of thing.) I’m talking about those lavish spreads that would […]
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Smallwares Is Back with Big Flavors
Smallwares is back, although it kind of never left. When it debuted in 2012, Chef Johanna Ware’s restaurant, which introduced Asian flavors never before seen in Portland, earned top critical marks across the board. The spot in Northeast Fremont’s Beaumont-Wilshire neighborhood made an indelible mark on the city’s dining scene, with iconic dishes like deep […]
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Back to School with Cocktails
Learning Life Lessons with Libations!
Learn life lessons with libations.
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Adventure Brunches
For Those Who Brunch Outside the Box
For those who brunch outside the box.
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Reality Check 2013
Where I Spend My Own Money
Where I go when I eat out with my own money.
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Yee-Haw! It’s Our First-Annual Chili Jamboree!
A Mini “Feast,” Mercury Style, at Mississippi Studios
Forget Burning Man. Welcome to Burping Man. Top Portland restaurants, chili, a day of country music and booze, and you.
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Battle of the Banh Mi, Part II
When (Portland’s) East Meets West
In the world of Portland banh mi, experimentation trumps traditionalism. Part II of II.
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Battle of the Banh Mi
Round One: East Side Favorites
Week one of two: Portland’s Best Banh Mi, East Side
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She’s So Unusual
The Worldly Masterpieces of Johanna Ware
Smallwares: Order up a dish of divine from Johanna Ware.