The picture above arrived via text message from Kevin Gibson of Davenport . "Local," was the caption, though the creature pic...

Spring has come early to the fields of the Willamette Valley, evidenced by the bins of sweet green things I saw while wandering the aisle...

I love contributor Anthony Boutard's essays precisely because he never gets right to the point. Instead I'm taken on a journey on...

Happy days are here again, though they're not so much salad days as bread days. For those who've been in on the drama for the las...

A friend of ours is what I think of as a modern-day Renaissance man…an arts administrator in his day job, he's also an accomplished p...

Sometimes it's all about satisfying a craving. It could be a jones for a particular flavor: the deep spiciness of smoky chiles in a r...

Ever been down and music lifted you up? Ever been feeling queasy and picked up an instrument, then forgot all about your discomfort? That...

A community coming together over the preparation of food is an ancient tradition, one that can connect us to our roots and to each other....

No visit to Ayers Creek Farm is complete without a demonstration of the culinary uses of the food that contributor Anthony Boutard and hi...

Women and beer. It's a fraught subject even in the 21st Century, isn't it? While most of the advertising for beer still feature...

Sorry to re-use a headline—c'mon, it was from 2009 —but in this case it applies in spades. This recipe for tuna, Oregon albacore , ac...

Contributor Anthony Boutard of Ayers Creek Farm takes a moment to remind us that, if you stop to think about it, even in the cloudy grey ...

I've been wandering around our Portland neighborhood with great regularity for years—I have dogs that love a good daily ramble, after...

Known to contain vitamin C, potassium, iron and magnesium as well as vitamins A, E and B, the black radish also possesses an ability to f...

I can't think of anyone I know who adores cabbage more than contributor Jim Dixon of Real Good Food . Fresh, sautéed, braised, pickle...

Leaf chicory, as well as the type known as radicchio, is a  frilly beauty when found in a winter salad, though it can sometimes have a sl...

This blog is about my ongoing journey to discover the connections between what's going on in the field and what I put on my table. It...

It's a common malady among several of my friends. We're walking or driving someplace together and see a sweet little building or ...