An ode to that beacon of food oddities that carries at least one thing that you're addicted to. (Am I right or am I right?) Thanks, Angi...

"Cucurbits were bottle-necked a long time ago."* - John Navazio, senior plant breeder, Organic Seed Alliance There were momen...

I'm as guilty as anyone. Taking things for granted, not realizing how lucky I am to have a roof over my head, terrific friends, good fo...

Genoa , the progenitor of Portland's rise to hotness as a food mecca, has been sold after much rending of robes and gnashing of teeth o...

It must be what winning the lottery feels like. Or finding a hundred-dollar bill laying on the sidewalk. So when a small amount of unexpect...

I first noticed it in Oregon City. Then it hit Lake Oswego and, toward the end of the season, Hillsdale. I even wrote about it in one of my ...

I've posted about the grain known as farro before, but in a recent e-mail Jim Dixon of RealGoodFood reminded me how much I like this ...

Author Woody Tasch is at the forefront of efforts to move away from the old models of industrial finance and industrial agriculture and refl...

Some pairings are meant to be. And I'm not talking about Brangelina or Bennifer or whatever poor devil might be Madonna's catch of ...

Part of being a freelancer is having little meeting spots around the city in case you need to chat with an editor or rendezvous with someone...

Ruts, like the ones that gradually wear into the roadways from thousands of vehicles, are so easy to get into and so hard to get out of. ...

It used to be a room that reminded me of Bette Davis in her later years. Caked-on makeup that couldn't cover up the wrinkles, a smear o...

Bryan Steeman had his St.-Paul-on-the-road-to-Damascus moment in a little taco joint in Mexico. It was full of life, a gathering place for t...

These are three of the winning entries in this year's Champagne Chair Contest sponsored by Design Within Reach . From the press release...

Gaius Plinius Secundus (Ad 23 - 79), or Pliny the Elder (never Old Guy) as he is known among the fields and vineyards of the Gaston agricul...

Not to get too graphic, but for all of you who've been through (or been around) childbirth, the critical moment is when that baby's ...

A fter this Sunday, Anthony and Carol Boutard are taking a well-deserved break from their station at the Hillsdale Farmers' Market , but...

The caption of one of his latest photographs from my fave Portland photog, Steve Bloch . "Before the internet, ready knowledge was stor...

Have you noticed how all the food sections in the newspapers and magazines, not to mention the big food websites, have jumped on the recess...

Our pal Tami at Pacific NW Cheese says that it's Seattle Cheese Festival time. "If you go, you are guaranteed a complete cheese ex...

Contributor Jim Dixon of RealGoodFood has been plagued, as happens often with those of the foodie persuasion, with a passion for fried hun...