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Karen Brooks
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Karen Brooks eats, drinks and thinks about food for Portland Monthly, as the magazine's trend-spotting food critic. Karen's reviews and think pieces ferret out the restaurants, food carts, and maverick thinkers defining Portland's food voice. In 2017, Karen won one of the food world's most prestigious titles: the James Beard Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Reviewer Award. She's penned nine books on food and drink, and in 2020 guest-starred on Hulu's food series, Eater's Guide to the World.

Best Restaurants 2012
The Next Wave: 5 Brand-New Restaurants to Look Out For

Best Restaurants 2012
Best of the Rest

Best Restaurants 2012
Wine + Food = Love

Best Restaurants 2012
Five Things You Must Eat in 2012

Best Restaurants 2012
Chefs of the Year

Best Restaurants 2012
20 Spots That Defined the Year in Food

BREAKING FOOD NEWS
Matt Lightner Awarded Two Michelin Stars

REQUIRED READING
Feast Portland Interviews

Feast Portland Interviews
Q&A: Chris Cosentino

Feast Portland Interviews
Q&A: Chris Ying

Restaurant Review
Baptism by Fire

Feast Portland Interviews
Q&A: Duff Goldman

Feast Portland Interviews
Q&A: Adam Rapoport

Food Lover's Guide to Portland
The Food Lover's Guide to Portland: The Shops

BREAKING FOOD NEWS
Robert Reynolds, 1942-2012

Article
Excerpt: The Mighty Gastropolis

Food Lover's Guide to Portland
The Food Lover's Guide to Sweets

Food Lover's Guide to Portland
The Food Lover's Guide to Destination Markets

Food Lover's Guide to Portland