The weekends have been treating me well: the dawn of the Spring farmers markets and seemingly endless varieties of raab and rapini, the ever-more frequent dry days, a growing trend of old fashioned cocktail bars in Portland, new cookbooks and creative supper dates with a special someone. I’ve been making relaxed, but focused meals from [...]
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Food Porn Edition: Veggie Grill’s Pre-Opening in Beaverton & Anticipation
It’s about to get all food porn up in here. But first, some related anticipation with not only a purpose, but hope for those of us stuck working downtown and tired of shuffling away without direction when our go-to food cart is closed for the owner’s family cat’s birthday (which I totally understand): Sure, I [...]
Keeping up with the VeganMoFo: A Return to Homegrown Smoker
You’ve gotta hand it to Homegrown Smoker. They’ve come a long way since opening on NE Alberta in the summer of 2009. They’ve built a snazzy enclosed cart, have moved SW near PSU, and hearing their daily specials announced on the internet, or even pictured, has become….. epic. Recently, there’s been the Portoritto with smoked soy [...]
A Few Days in the Life; Last Month: The Vegan Vacation in LA
First time. Los Angeles. Vacation. Tourist Sights. Vegan Foodz. Every time I start to tell the stories of my short vacation in Los Angeles, I start squealing about catching up with an old friend, or dramatically demonstrating how I threw out my back on the morning of the last day – so, I’ll let the photos do [...]
Dharma Veggie Burger with Namaste Sauce
Dharma Veggie Burger topped with Namaste Peanut Sauce and the appropriate refreshment Straight from the pages of an unearthed 1973 Dharma Initiative Food Protocol Manual. A tropical twist on a meat-less burger with one of the group’s tightly sealed secrets – creamy Namaste Peanut sauce. According to the scribbled notes on the recipe, it was a [...]
