Just named one of the Oregonian's top ten food carts , Burrasca is a celebration of the foods of owner Paolo Calamai's native Fl...

Ever since the first time I met Ben Meyer, I've wanted to write a story about his passion for local food systems. Today you can read...

Excerpted from an article I wrote for The Oregonian: Editor's note: In 2007, Oregonian reporter Leslie Cole profiled Paul and Kath...

"Throughout my childhood, happiness was honey for breakfast. And when oatmeal wasn't on the menu I slurped at honey combined wit...

My article on a new campaign to promote local farmers and ranchers who raise their animals on grass publishes online today in the Oregoni...

I've been watching Lisa Jacobs come into her own as a cheesemaker since her very first appearance at the Portland Farmers' Market...

"Good things come to those who wait." This old proverb extolling the virtues of patience has been appropriated by advertising...

The FoodDay section of the Oregonian published its annual "Things We Love" roundup of favorites from 2012, compiled by its übe...

The other day I got an e-mail from the editor of the Oregonian's FoodDay section asking if I'd like to cover a screening of a new...

I know, I know…2012 isn't even over yet. Some of us haven't even figured out our Halloween costumes yet, much less sussed out the...

What better way to celebrate a significant birthday than to share favorite memories about the person being fêted? So to recognize Julia C...

My profile of storied Italian butcher Dario Cecchini and his recent trip to Portland appears in this week's FoodDay section of the Or...

The one thing that people tend to forget when they sign up for a weekly share in a season's worth of produce from a Community Suppor...

I'd heard about Oregon truffles. I'd eaten Oregon truffles. But I'd never had the opportunity to go out and dig them myself. ...

My friend Linda Colwell isn't what you'd call an excitable sort, but when it comes to the goodness coming from the fields of an ...

Part of the myth of the classic superhero is that they walk among us, unrecognized, until the moment when ...

The beginning of a new year is a time for "Best Of" lists. Whether it's movies, restaurants, colonoscopy doctors…you name i...

We're pretty old school around here. Both Dave and I grew up on opposite sides of the country but both with our noses buried in books...

Ramen is back and it's big, as exemplified by two Portland restaurants, Biwa and the pop-up sensation that is Boke Bowl. Also includes ...

This week has been big for small-batch coffee roasters. First it was news or, rather, news to some people, that Portland has surpassed Seatt...