Giving is the watchword at this time of year and one of the best gifts you can give is a helping hand to those in need. This is the fourth i...

This interview with organic seed grower Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seed in Philomath was done before the landmark decision in favor of ...

Contributor Jim Dixon of Real Good Food has an annual, not-to-be-missed pre-Christmas garage sale, and lucky for us it's not old cloth...

An occasional feature here at GoodStuffNW is "Thoughts On" various topics by Yamhill farmer Chrissie Zaerpoor of Kookoolan Farms ...

Robin Goldstein is the author of "Fearless Critic Portland Restaurant Guide" and someone I haven't run across before, but he...

I don't think Emily Harris, of Oregon Public Broadcasting's radio program "Think Out Loud," knew what she was getting int...

Hello. My name is Kathleen, and I've got a mushroom problem. There, I've said it and it's out in the open. Ever since Roger Konk...

You'd expect someone who writes a blog about what's happening in the Northwest to be up on what's happening around town, but I ...

In a longtime relationship it's all about keeping it fresh. And I'm not talking about that old 70s trick of meeting your significan...

Today is Black Friday, and I can't think of a better way to turn this mad season of consumption on its head than to think about ways we...

Talk about nose-to-tail eating! This is what Mark Doxtader was dishing up at his Tastebud stand at today's Eastbank Reunion Market. (K...

Our drippy, damp fall and winter weather may not be everyone's cuppa, but some thrive in this moist environment. They're called fun...

One-oh-oh-oh. 10 x 10 x 10. 1K. In other words, a whole boatload of posts have come before this one. Some silly , some serious , some happy ...

A couple of news items have come across the digital transom in the last couple of days that I thought were worth sharing. Portland Farmers...

If you got busy and didn't make it to the farmers' market for your favorite Thanksgiving foods over the weekend, fear not, because s...

The transition from fall to winter prompts reflection, which might account for Thanksgiving's place on the calendar at the end of Novem...

Now that a federal judge has ruled against the process that the FDA used to deregulate the planting of genetically engineered (GE) Roundup...

I would have loved to walk into Providence hospital when this video was being filmed. Initially instigated by the employees to increase bre...

We all have friends who are fabulously talented. Some are writers, some are cooks. Others are singers and teachers. My friend Antonia is an ...

How lucky are we? Dave announced the other day that he was jonesing to grill a bird this Thanksgiving, so I called New Seasons to order a t...

And you thought scare tactics were so last year. Turns out Dick Cheney isn't the only one who wanted to frighten people into panicky ove...

This is a moving melding of music and technological art, a project by John Boswell called The Symphony of Science . Using auto-tuning to sti...

The wheels of justice grind ever so slowly. Last spring the Oregon Dept. of Agriculture (ODA) started rumbling about the need to impose ne...

I try to walk the walk even as I talk the talk. But, darn it, I have to admit that, down deep, I really hate not being able to have my favo...

Anthony and his incisively erudite and always stunning wife, Carol, are beginning their seventh season at the Hillsdale Farmers' Market ...