The Food Lovers' Guide to Portland

Take a trip into Portland's wide world of food <p>Take a trip into Portland’s wide world of food: Asian and Middle Eastern markets at Portland’s farthest edges; the best boutique bakeries, speciality markets, and chocolate shops throughout the city; hot spots for the freshest Northwest seafood; lovingly raised meat from regional farms; and all the news and tips you need to navigate the spring offerings at local farmers markets.</p>

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Now Read This

Without Mercy

Discussion and signing with Lisa Jackson, April 1, 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble (12000 SE 82nd Ave)

02/15/2010 By Amber Villa-Zang

Mudroom

Atheist on the Rocks

If you think Christopher Hitchens comes on strong onstage, you ought to meet him at the dinner table.

02/04/2010 By Randy Gragg

The Mudroom

Double-Click or Nothing

One of the top online poker players in the country gives us the lowdown on how to win.

02/02/2010 By Kasey Cordell

The Mudroom

Reanimated

A year after Coraline wowed the world, Laika is pondering Oscar nominations. And the future.

02/02/2010 By Randy Gragg

Eat & Drink

EAT UP

The Food Lover's Guide to Portland 2010

We take our food seriously here in the Rose City, so it pays to know— where it grows, where to find it, and how to prepare it. Our indispensable Food Lovers Guide...

03/01/2010

BARKERS

Follow the Herd

Pier 39's sea lions leave California for tastier frontiers.

02/23/2010 By Kasey Cordell

High Spirits

Prost

Drink some bier and eat your wurst at this German beer hall, located on N Mississippi Avenue.

02/17/2010 By Rachel Ritchie

Introducing

Metrovino

Pairing a meal with a quality wine can break a diner’s budget faster than a balloon payment these days. But since Metrovino opened in the Pearl District last year, the restaurant has offered a novel way of matching a superior wine to each course on its me

02/17/2010 By Mike Thelin

Mudroom

Cash Crop

As the city’s economic development efforts rise and fall, the Portland Farmers Market continues to grow.

02/16/2010 By Mike Thelin

EAT UP

Order Up!

Busy Portland notables share their local takeout favorites Dante Cunningham heads to P.F. Chang's, Naomi Pomeroy goes for rotisserie chicken.

02/15/2010

Savor

Iberian Grinder

A Spanish-style bocadillo puts the greens of the season on display.

02/15/2010 By Deena Prichep

EAT UP

Cookbook Club

We asked top chefs, writers, and teachers from around the country to share their favorite cookbooks with us. Here’s what they had to say.

02/15/2010

Article

The Food Lovers’ Guide

55 tasty destinations for the culinary adventurer in you (Hope you’re hungry!)

02/15/2010 By Mike Thelin, Eva Hagberg, Martin Patail, and Kaitlyn Evans

EAT UP

Raise and Write

Notebooks out! Sign up for these unique learning opportunities to get more intimately connected with the food you eat.

02/15/2010 By Mike Thelin and Veronica Martin

EAT UP

Back to School

Whether your favorite dish is foie gras or pigs in a blanket, Portland’s wide range of cooking classes will add some spice to your kitchen routine.

02/15/2010 By Hanna Neuschwander

EAT UP

A Baker’s Dozen

Portland neigborhoods flex their flour power.

02/15/2010 By Mike Thelin and Eva Hagberg

Wine

Cellar Notes: March 2010

Enjoy local saké from SakéOne, the only American-owned saké brewery (or kura) in the country.

02/15/2010 By Condé Cox

Pour

Oregon Distillers Make Their Mark on the World of Whiskey

Portland's House Spirits, Clear Creek, McMenamins and other Oregon distillers are brewing locally made whiskey.

02/15/2010 By John Chandler

Locavore

Ranch to Table

Immediacy makes the heart grow fonder when you buy your meat from local farms.

02/03/2010 By Hanna Neuschwander

Editor's Note

Editor’s Note

Accidental Foodie

02/02/2010 By Randy Gragg

Health & Wellness

The Mudroom

Mission: Possible

An Amity inventor’s revolutionary prosthetic knee gives amputees hope—and the chance to fly.

02/02/2010 By Jill Davis

Home & Real Estate

Eat Up

Market Madness

From SW to NE, a helpful guide of where Portland farmers markets are sprouting.

02/15/2010 By Eva Hagberg

News & City Life

DUKES UP

Right Turn

As conservatives grow angrier and bolder, pundits and militants are using the same red-hot rhetoric to call for revolution. But what will Oregon’s uprising look like?

02/17/2010 By Bart Blasengame

Long Story Short

The Rugger

Meet San Juanita Moreno, 26-year-old from Eastern Oregon, who has found her place in Rugby amongst Portland's premier women's team and the Olympic US national team.

02/15/2010 By Rachel Ritchie