Producer
Karen Brooks
Food Critic at Large Email
Karen Brooks eats, drinks and thinks about food for Portland Monthly, as the magazine's trend-spotting food critic at large. 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.
FOOD & WINE EVENTS
Chef Studio Dinners
BREAKING FOOD NEWS
Nong’s Khao Man Gai Grows
SNEAK PEEK
Noisette
Best Restaurants 2011
Best Restaurants 2011
Best Restaurants 2011
Best Restaurants 2011: Amped Up
Best Restaurants 2011
Best Restaurants 2011: The Best of the Rest
Best Restaurants 2011
Best Restaurants 2011: The Comforts
Best Restaurants 2011
Best Restaurants 2011: Asian Adventures
Best Restaurants 2011
Best Restaurants 2011: The Ultimate Feast
Best Restaurants 2011
Best Restaurants 2011: Best New Restaurants
EAT HERE NOW
The New Nuvrei
FOOD CART WATCH
Garden State’s Last Stand
EAT HERE NOW
Café Velo + Lauretta Jean’s = Pie Heaven
BREAKING FOOD NEWS
Boke Bowl to Open a Restaurant
Expansion Plans
Little Big Burger in SE!
Review
Field Studies
BREAKING FOOD NEWS
Castagna’s Matt Lightner Moving to New York
INTRODUCING
Wild Goose Farm: Hot Homestead Feasts
BREAKING FOOD NEWS
Bluehour Hires Spago Alum Thomas Boyce
BREAKING FOOD NEWS
