I am deeply indebted to the early hominids. Why, you might ask? Well, aside from their discovery of tools, writing and the internet (yes,...

While most of us feel like summer has barely begun here in the Willamette Valley, contributor Anthony Boutard of Ayers Creek Farm is gett...

Once again I pulled out the "L" word for dinner. As in "leftovers." And why, you might well ask, does a dinner made ...

With all the hoopla over locavores, 100-mile diets and plowing up lawns to make gardens, you'd think that eating local was a brand new...

It must have been the feeling that Dr. Frankenstein had when he first imagined making life. Unfortunately his creation was made from the ...

Contributor Jim Dixon of Real Good Food has a magical way with seasonal vegetables that allows their full flavor to burst from each bite. ...

We'd just stopped in for a quick drink, but I can't help myself. The moment I see fresh oysters on a menu, I have to order them. Es...

All I can say is, I'm sure glad I was wearing my sunglasses. And it wasn't because the sun was streaming down for the first time in...

Part of the fun of having a vegetable garden is the anticipation. First in the planning of what to grow…lettuce? Chard? Kale? Squash? Toma...

Three years ago a book came out that spoke volumes about America's "big stick" approach in its relations with the rest of the...

Tis the season for barbecues, casual gatherings with friends and eating outdoors. Which means the question "What can I bring?" ...

Yes, we tent camp. But with a car. And a queen-sized blow-up mattress. And a fully stocked bar. It's just the way we roll. The Ind...

Just when I thought Chrissie Zaerpoor at Kookoolan Farms couldn't possibly get any busier, I got her latest e-mail containing a ton of ...

When we city folk go to the farmers' markets , we see the end result of much work and planning, some of it happening months, if not y...

We'd just bought a new tent and were bound and determined to get it out and use it. That was last summer, and we made just one trip wi...

Today my little guy turns three. The photo above was taken when he was about four months old (he's playing with his friend Mirage). Sti...

It's all a matter of perspective. I just got back from a terrific camping trip along the Imnaha River in the Wallowa mountains (more ...

You know all those posts about fritters that GSNW contributor Jim Dixon has been writing the last few months, the ones made from good thi...

It was meant to be. Oregon City Farmers' Market manager Jackie Hammond-Williams felt it was time to expand the Saturday market sch...

I'm sure you know the feeling. We'd had a couple of beers at a pub, talked with a few folks we knew, then left with the sense ...

I tend to fall into ruts, especially when it comes to breakfast. Toast and coffee are my default, which is no ho-hum solution when it i...

This is a response written by contributor Anthony Boutard of Ayers Creek Farm to a Capital Press editorial . The regional agricultural we...

This past spring, I have been awaiting the resumption of Anthony's Farm Bulletins with bated breath, wondering how the excessive rain a...