The genesis of this road trip, as I mentioned in Part 1 , was when I heard that a large exhibition of the work of Mexican artist Frida Kahl...

The Ferry Building in San Francisco has been on my radar for years, ever since the 1989 earthquake damaged the Embarcadero Freeway that ha...

We were walking through our new neighborhood...yes, we called it ours even if it was only for a few days...in the early evening and came up...

When we wake up, the first priority is coffee. If we'd been desperate, there was a Starbucks just around the corner. But being the spoi...

It's one of those things we fantasize about. Like, "If we won the lottery, what we do with the money?" Our wish lists have al...

We interrupt the road trip reportage to let you know that this week's Market Watch report travels to Forest Grove to visit one of the o...

A direct line is my preferred route. No shilly-shallying, no roadside attractions, no stopping at rest areas unless bursting is imminent. B...

My brother , bless his heart, is one of the greatest guys I know. Generous to a fault, he loves the good things in life and enjoys them, h...

Everyone has their touchstones, places they return to again and again, whether it's the house they grew up in, a lake in the mountains ...

Road trips are a journey of time and mind, where daily life is put on hold and all that's important is the journey. Months ago I heard ...

Anthony and Carol Boutard have taken care to nurture the native inhabitants of Ayers Creek Farm in Gaston, and have even changed some of the...

I've said it before , I'll say it again: I love Mark Bittman's approach to food. It's not fussy, it's not complicated,...

I was walking by the Viridian Farms stall at the Portland Farmers' Market when I saw them. Those little brown boxes filled to the bri...

This week's Market Watch travels to McMinnville and finds a thriving local market with vendors selling everything from produce to poult...

In Part 1 , Anthony informed us about the difference between Fabaceae , Vicia , Vigna and Phaseolus . Part 2 gives us the skinny on shell...

The following treatise on beans comes to us courtesy of our well-informed correspondent and Bard of Ayers Creek, Anthony Boutard. You can f...

Following up on a recent rave in The Oregonian , the Portland Cello Project will bring their collaborative of up to sixteen cellists to Ore...

Parents, if your kids are picky eaters, I say go with the flow. As long as you give them the opportunity to try new and different flavors, t...

Food has always been about memories for me, tastes and smells conjuring associations with people and places. I'll never forget my grand...

As regular readers know by now, my husband is a beer nut. Not the crunchy, snack-food kind but the sort who, whenever he hears about a new b...

What is it with chicken wings all of a sudden? Not only am I seeing them on menus every time I turn around (like those at Vindalho ) and my...

Perhaps Portland's most intimate farmers' market, the Lloyd Farmers' Market sits in a little park on the edge of Sullivan's...