Fall Traditions: Apple Picking and Cider Pressing
If you think about it from a purely economical standpoint, there’s not a lot of incentive to go apple picking. Apples are plentiful and cheap, no matter…
Fast and Flavorful Weeknight Fish
Sometimes my friends and I play the game “If I was rich, I’d …” you know, sail around the world on a yacht, hire a live-in chef…
Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts
Ask anyone in my family what our favorite time of year is, and we’ll all pick fall. Even the kids, who dread going back to school…
Country Cats and Southern Charms
Most of Portland’s most popular restaurants are centrally located within a couple mile’s radius of downtown. It makes sense; that’s where you’ll find the densest concentration of both…
Salmon Hash With Mustard Vinaigrette
Built on crispy, fried potatoes, smoky bacon and, more often than not, bits of savory meat, hash must be one of the most universally appealing dishes known…
Slow-Roasted Tomatoes
We had a long, hot summer in Portland this year, and that meant two things: many sweltering nights without a/c, and a bumper crop of tomatoes.…
All-Season Berry Jam
I made my first batch of jam 15 years ago, before the big DIY movement, before homesteading was cool. It had nothing to do with going back…
Stop and Smell the Picnic
Three years ago this summer I got an email from a friend, a fellow food writer with an impeccable palate and a head full of good…
Maureen Abood’s Leg of Lamb
There’s been a strong surge of interest in Middle Eastern cuisine lately, one that goes way beyond tabbouleh and falafel, but doesn’t dive so deep into…
Fully Loaded Bloody Marys
Men are notoriously hard to shop for — at least the men in our lives. What’s on their wish lists? Oh, things like sailboats and Tesla…
Roux 44 