It used to be that Easterners (anyone living east of the Mississippi) would come out to Oregon expecting cowboys wearing big hats and spurs ...

Today the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) announced that two North Pacific albacore tuna fisheries have passed the rigorous process requir...

Distance is a funny thing. Portlanders talk about how close they are to some of the best ski slopes in the country (45 minutes), great fish...

You have to get to Merriam-Webster's third definition of "funky" to capture the essence of new eastside sandwich shop Meat Ch...

Though we're a pretty low-key bunch around our house, there are still lots of rules. Thou shalt not use soap to wash the cast iron pans...

I love people who see a need in their community and jump in to fill that need. Liz McLellan started Hyperlocavore because she knew people...

If a farmers' market manager was asked what her dream opening day would look like, it couldn't have been much better than what Por...

Defined as "a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, gravesites and ma...

Umami, the "fifth flavor" in addition to salt, sweet, sour and bitter, is described as "meaty" or "savory" an...

There's a certain sound to spring in Portland, and it's not just the new life busting out of the waterlogged soil or the buds explod...

Cinderella certainly had had her issues. I mean, given any wish by her fairy godmother she chooses to go to a fancy ball? I mean, requesting...

This is the story of Scott and Marilyn Jondle of Abundant Life Farm in Dallas, Oregon, just west of Salem. This story by my friend, Rebecca...

Zombies aren't something you normally associate with St. Paddy's Day. That's normally left to shamrocks, leprechauns and green ...

The best restaurant in Portland isn't even a real restaurant. It's kind of a café, a bit of a bistro. But it's actually more of...

GSNW contributor and chef Kathryn LaSusa Yeomans (below left) has been collaborating with Springwater Farm at the Urban Farm Stand every ...

Pub crawls have never sounded very appealing to me. It's not the pub part, since I happen to like beer and find that the pubs here in P...

This week has been big for small-batch coffee roasters. First it was news or, rather, news to some people, that Portland has surpassed Seatt...

Peach trees are in bloom at Baird Family Orchards, and Boomer and his little brother Henry will make sure they arrive at the markets safely....

The very first trip I made to Maine to meet my future in-laws, they made sure I tried genuine Kennebec and Katahdin potatoes grown in Aroos...

It's been a little crazy around here lately. First it was the birth of my new nephew, known fondly as the C-man and, I say apologetica...

Is it just me, or does this choke you up, too? I've met several of these eminent Oregon cheesemakers, and I'll be profiling some of ...

There is nothing I love better than helping others by helping myself. And the folks at Zenger Farm are giving all of us a chance to feel re...