Fin Opens Friday, July 30th
by Food Dude
[29 Jul 2010 at 4:53pm]
In case you’ve been living under a rock, Fin is the new restaurant in the old Sel Gris space. Trent Pierce will be taking the reins as executive chef, the owner is Joan Dumas. An important goal is to source locally, and sustainably. A couple of friends who were invited to private dinners have reported back that the food is
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53% Of Rose Garden Vendors Had Critical Health Violations Last Year
by Food Dude
[29 Jul 2010 at 12:26pm]
Mold in ice machines at six stands at Miller Park in Milwaukee. A cockroach crawling over a soda dispenser in a private club at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh. Food service workers repeatedly ignoring orders to wash their hands at a stand at Detroit’s Ford Field. Sports fans don’t always see such health threats when ordering a $5 hot dog and
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Chefs Kim and Thomas Boyce Arrive On Portland?s Baking Scene
by Food Dude
[29 Jul 2010 at 11:43am]
Pastry chef Kim Boyce previously of Campanile and husband Thomas, former chef de cuisine at Spago in Los Angeles, have landed in Portland She is the author of the highly rated “Good to the Grain: Baking with Whole-Grain Flours” released in 2010. She worked for years with Nancy Silverton, founder of Campanile and La Brea Bakery, who wrote the intro
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Your Olive Oil May Not Be The Virgin It Claims
by Food Dude
[27 Jul 2010 at 6:14pm]
Back in 2007, NPR’s All Things Considered ran a story on adulterated olive oil. Some oil labeled “extra-virgin” is diluted with cheaper olive oils or other vegetable oils. In some cases, lampante, or “lamp oil,” which is made from spoiled olives fallen from trees, is used, even though it can’t legally be sold as food. One fraud ring is accused
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The 2010 Oregon Brewer?s Festival
by Suds Sister
[23 Jul 2010 at 5:37pm]
More than twenty years ago, the founders of the Oregon Brewers Festival (Portland Brewing, Widmer Brothers and Bridgeport) collaborated on bringing together beers not available in Portland and serving them up to thirsty Portlanders on one sunny July weekend. Now, the Oregon Brewer’s Festival (OBF) brings in 81 brewers and serves as a major tourist attraction that draws more than
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Beaker and Flask to Expand
by Food Dude
[23 Jul 2010 at 5:24pm]
I’ve been sitting on this story for months, and consistently got a “no comment” from owner Kevin Ludwig, but since the lease was signed last week, I have been able to get confirmation and more information. Kevin has been after the space for some time, and is now in the planning stages for a new, more intimate bar in the
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American Pinot Brasserie Nears Opening
by Food Dude
[22 Jul 2010 at 1:58am]
As I discussed back in May, Pinot Brasserie is opening in the new “Indigo Building” downtown at SW 12th and Washington in Portland. The date has been set for August 2nd. A reader was kind enough to send me the opening menu. I think it is interesting that they named it a “Brasserie”, since that term is usually used more
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Vegetable Magnetic Resonance Imaging
by Food Dude
[22 Jul 2010 at 1:56am]
Yes, you do want to see an MRI of a watermelon. Or a tomato. Possibly even a cucumber. Inside Insides, The Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Foods allows you to do just that. Just scroll down the page a little bit for the animations. Strangely fascinating… and beautiful
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Ladybug Organic Cafe has closed
by Food Dude
[19 Jul 2010 at 2:51pm]
From Facebook: Ladybug Organic Cafe A big thank you to all of the people in St. Johns (and the rest of the universe) who have supported us during that time. It makes me exceptionally sad to say that yesterday was the last day for the Ladybug. We did our best, but times have been tough and we ran as far
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So? Back To Life
by Food Dude
[18 Jul 2010 at 4:53am]
Everything should be back to normal. Better than before actually. Comment with wild abandon
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