I love dinner parties. Not fancy-schmancy, dress-up affairs where people make polite small-talk over hors d'oeuvres, then sit down at...

Your Food, Your Legislature is a series of reports giving Oregon consumers a heads-up on issues before the current session of the legisl...

I adore Meyer lemons and try to use them as much as possible when they're in season. This year I made preserved lemons , the better t...

The video above is so full of joy that I just had to share. But what's not evident is the reason behind this chore dance by farmer Jay...

This morning I awoke to a world that looked a lot like a Japanese woodblock print. You know the ones, contoured drawings washed in delica...

Lawn-care products giant Scotts has a problem with the runaway success of one of its products. In this case, the runaway is a type of gra...

Contributor Jim Dixon of Real Good Food is our local conduit for all things from New Orleans. With a kid (and now grandchildren) in the ...

On frigid mornings like we've been having lately, the best thing I can think of—besides buckets of coffee, that is—is a warm, comfort...

It is appropriate that the first post of this new year is a short essay by contributor Anthony Boutard of Ayers Creek Farm, taken from t...

There's something about the color yellow tinged with a hint of orange that I find intoxicating. It's that golden-hour hue that co...

I knew we were in trouble when I mentioned to Ben Meyer that we were planning to smoke a bone-in ham leg for Christmas dinner in a week...

It's Christmas Eve and I still have one gift to figure out, so I'm assuming that some of you might be in the same awkward spot. I...

Mention the word foraging. I dare you. Chances are if I'm within earshot, I'll "lean in." And I don't mean that i...

My friends Christine and Mike at Green Dog Pet Supply , purveyors of environmentally friendly pet supplies and gifts in the Beaumont neig...

Portland can be a funny place, and I'm not saying that with a "Keep Portland Weird" smirk. Stroll through any neighborhood ...

Several years ago, so long ago, in fact, that the internet was in its infancy—if the browser names Mosaic and Netscape Navigator ring any...