Jim Dixon, yurt-owner, olive oil and salt maven , and an adept at a myriad of other hyphenated pursuits, gives us a reason to never open ano...

The New York Times' Frugal Traveler columnist, Matt Gross (left, below) , had " Sausage egg cheddar anchovies on a hard roll -- 1 o...

Wanted: Rapini, aka raab, rabe, broccoli raab, broccoli rabe, broccoletti, broccoli di rape, cime di rapa, rappi, friarielli (in Naples) an...

You know the recession has hit home when the cover article of Gourmet magazine, bastion of culinary entitlement, is titled "One Terri...

It happened right in the middle of slurping a steaming bowl of noodle soup. Not that I couldn't have been anyplace doing just about any...

I once came home with purple hair. I sat down next to Dave and said, "Whaddaya think?" He got that deer-in-the-headlights look and...

Our GSNW Man in Manhattan, Carlton native Mark Dundas Wood, pulls on his snap-brim hat and turns up the collar of his trench coat to reflec...

A little frivolity to get your weekend off to a good start. (Thanks, BB !)

With the goal of supporting Oregon's family farmers and promoting socially responsible agriculture, Friends of Family Farmers was start...

People here in the Northwest start feeling a tad sun-deprived about this time of year. We've had a few warm, sunny days, but now we...

I wasn't looking forward to going. It was a week night, and it would have been nice to stay home and hang out with the family, have din...

The crazy guys at Kenny & Zuke's were just playin' around and came up with the ultimate (and you're not out of line to think...

The mention of miner's lettuce (claytonia perfoliata) in Jim Dixon's most recent post got me drooling in anticipation of the flee...

Just think of it. If Proust had grown up in Mexico and his mother had offered him, instead of a cup of tea and a madeleine, a warm tortilla...

Grateful isn't the right word. And neither is thankful. Blessed comes close, though I'm not particularly prone to using religious a...

Yup. That's him. Watching a ball game and drinking a beer. According to an article in today's New York Times, he went to a (Chicago...

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Ghandhi On Tuesday, April 7th, you can join Mercy Corps and your neighbor...

" It was my gateway drug; you know how it is. I was away at college and a supplier down the street offered high-quality product. After ...

The good news: "Nettles are fantastically high in vitamins A and C, and rich in nutrients, including calcium, choline, magnesium, bo...

It was early on a Saturday morning. Sitting at the kitchen counter, drinking my coffee and reading the paper, the idea of getting dressed, ...

"With the help of local elementary school students, Michelle Obama broke ground for a White House garden and initiated a public campaig...

Though we've had a couple of seductive days of near-60° weather here in the northern Willamette Valley, it's still a long, drawn-out...