Eat the Week National: Wading in the Wine Pool, Deen’s Dirty Mouth, and...
1. Now that wine sales in the U.S. have risen steadily over the last eighteen years, Amazon figured it was time to nose into the business. As they’ve never done before, the Seattle-based e-commerce...
View ArticleEat the Week National: New Nordic Nilsson, Food Truck Loading Zones, and...
1. Named after his restaurant in rural Sweden, Fäviken is young Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson’s first book, and it is more so an inspirational, philosophical, aesthetic text than an instructional one,...
View ArticleRadical Radishes
I think I first realized I loved French chef Eric Ripert when I saw him in an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations. The duo was out for dinner in New York, enjoying a traditional French...
View ArticleEat the Week National: Funny-Looking Honey, Wendy’s Spruced Up, and Rachael...
1. Honey bees are always getting the dirty end of the stick, so it’s nice to see them with a sweet deal now and then, regardless of how it might affect their keepers. Since about August, apiarists in...
View ArticleDinner Over Easy: A Strong Case For Brinner
Children thrive on routine and structure. I couldn’t concur with this statement more, but once in a while, it’s actually fun to shake things up a bit, especially when it comes to applying a dash of...
View ArticleFalling For It: DIY Soufflé
It wasn’t as if I was running out of ideas, oh no. But when I sat down and thought about what to do for my next column, I realized I really wanted to challenge myself. I was thinking big, like boning a...
View ArticleRooting for Rutabaga
I was at my local monthly Slow Food meeting last week when the topic turned to canola. Here in the Willamette Valley, the controversy over introducing canola has grown greatly. Described by some as a...
View Article“Oops, I Forgot” Gifts for Little and Big Foodies
Every single year after I read those messages and posts from my highly organized friends that say they’ve bought all of their holiday gifts and wrapped them by December 1, I vow to do the same thing...
View ArticleAll Aboard the SS Raft: DIY Consommé
Not to whine (I know I’ve got it good here on the west coast), but it’s been below freezing every day for a week here in Oregon and I’m just gonna say it — it’s freakin’ cold! Granted, I grew up in a...
View ArticleDIY Auf Wiedersehen
I know we’re past all that Oscar hoopla here, but let me bring you back for a second to one of the films nominated for Best Picture, Django Unchained. There is a scene toward the end where (my...
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