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…
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…
Bring on the Popcorn, it’s Backyard Movie Night
Every parent likes to say they dread the end of the school year, when the daily schedule goes haywire and kids are suddenly hanging around the…
Will Bike for Food
By this time last year, Wendi and I had already dusted off our road bikes and taken some training rides in preparation for the Gourmet Century…
Duck, Duck, Goose
Portland isn’t the first city that comes to mind when you think about hunting. We’ve got craft cocktails and bike commuters, yes, but gun-toting hunters?…
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