Just about exactly a month ago I posted about an event called the Fill Your Pantry and Winter Vegetable Sagra , a gathering of farmers, r...

Oregon cranberries are one of those somewhat under-the-radar crops though, in fact, cranberries are native to the Northwest. The berries ...

Nothing's better on a crisp, blustery fall day than something cheesy, melty and creamy. Grilled cheese sandwiches with a steaming bow...

We've all been there. A good friend or beloved relative is coming to dinner, someone who has a dietary restriction, whether chosen—ve...

I had this whole plan, see? I'd been searching without success for the thick-skinned, thick-walled, fleshy espelette peppers like the...

Oil and vinegar. Oil and lemon. Oil and balsamic. Mustard vinaigrette on lively greens tossed for the briefest amount of time possible an...

Whenever my mother would visit, the first thing we did was to sit her down and hand her a gin and tonic. You might say it was the family...

Ginger Rapport's newsletters for the Beaverton Farmers Market are worth getting for the information and recipes she shares ( click h...

I'm not a woo-woo sort of person. Pragmatism runs deep in my veins, but recently it's been feeling like the universe is pointing ...

More than a place to buy local products and meet your farmer, a farmers' market is a place where longterm friendships can grow. In thi...

It's high season in Oregon for berries, folks, and while I don't have an argument with pies , crisps or cobblers —drop one off ...

I planted chives in my garden a couple of years ago because I love the color and onion-y bite the chopped greens bring to green and grain...

For once I'm not going to give you a lengthy lead-in, describing sipping margaritas over a long evening watching the waves wash in as...

Do you ever get an idea in your head and it just sits there, occasionally tweaking your brain with that "now what was that" nig...

When I invited two of my favorite Italian restaurant owners over for dinner, the last thing they were going to hear from me was, "Wa...

I've been posting contributor Jim Dixon's recipes for years, and his approach to cooking with whatever's in season with minim...

Saturday morning there was a a two-word e-mail from Anthony Boutard at Ayers Creek Farm . Under the subject line "Elders" it re...