GOOD EATS

Portland Chefs Share Their Favorite Salad Dressing Recipes

It's easy enough to eat more salads—but it can be tricky to make them exciting. Here are 8 DIY dressing ideas that will keep you away from the bottle.

12/23/2014 By Allison Jones

HIT LIST

Portland's 10 Best Salads

We weigh in on the lighter side of lunch and dinner, and toss in some salads that are a hearty meal in themselves.

07/23/2014 By Allison Jones

RECIPE

3 Early Summer Salads from PDX's Vegetable Whisperer

Ava Gene’s chef Joshua McFadden gets fresh with fava beans, radishes, spring onions, broccoli, and sugar snap peas. Dinner is served.

06/02/2014 By Benjamin Tepler

OPENING WATCH

Garden Bar Brings "Farm-to-Go" Salads to the Pearl

The new choose-your-own-adventure salad bar aims to change the way Portland thinks about grab-and-go lunch, one piece of arugula at a time.

02/13/2014 By Allison Jones

HIT LIST

Winter Salads: Beyond the Kale

A seasonal sampling of the city's one-plate odes to endive, persimmons, Brussels sprouts, and arugula—20+ salads to get you keep your cold weather feasts fresh.

12/11/2013 By Allison Jones

HIT LIST

The New Nicoise

Standing in as a summertime one-plate wonder, the classic French composed salad gets an update from three Portland eateries.

08/12/2013 By Allison Jones

EDIBLE GARDENING

Shade Tolerant Vegetables

Try these 15 (or more) shade tolerant veggies in your garden this year!

04/18/2013 By Kate Bryant

ANATOMY OF A DISH

Deconstructing Le Pigeon’s Mussels Vinaigrette

A closer look at Gabriel Rucker’s mad method for mussels.

04/03/2013 By Benjamin Tepler

VIDEO

In the Kitchen with Ken Forkish

Portland's legendary bread guru shares his recipe for early spring salad with salami crisps, pickled asparagus, and smoked rye.

03/15/2013 Edited by Benjamin Tepler

SAVOR

Spring Salad

Local dough master Ken Forkish rolls out a new way to bring bread to the table.

03/15/2013 By Benjamin Tepler

In the Kitchen

Video: In the Kitchen with Ken Forkish

Portland’s legendary bread guru shares his recipe for early spring salad with salami crisps, pickled asparagus, and smoked rye.

03/15/2013 By Benjamin Tepler

Savor

Raw Faith

A new approach to brussels sprouts amps up the flavor and eliminates the mush.

11/17/2010 By Deena Prichep

Savor

Red Alert

Enjoy tomatoes as nature intended: raw and right off the vine.

08/16/2010 By Mike Thelin

Article

The Food Lover’s Guide to Summer Entertaining

05/19/2009 By Camas Davis

RECIPE

Cooking with Foraged Greens

See all those weeds flourishing in the urban wild? They could be lunch.

05/19/2009 By Lynne Sampson

RECIPE

The Licorice Myth

Shaved Fennel and Butter Lettuce Salad: Bright and refreshing, Florence fennel is the subtle cousin to its stronger, anise-flavored brethren.

05/19/2009 By Nancy Rommelmann

RECIPE

Tastes of Spring

Spaghetti Primavera: One Portland chef looks to reclaim pasta primavera, using the fresh Northwest ingredients we have at our fingertips.

05/19/2009 By Lizzy Caston

RECIPE

Citrus Maximus

Blood Orange, Olive and Mint Salad.

05/19/2009 By David Welch

Article

The Food Lover’s Guide to Summer Grilling

05/19/2009 By Camas Davis

Article

Springing a Leek

Sometimes this sweet lily demands something more than a supporting role: Poached Leeks With Mustard Vinaigrette

05/19/2009 By Camas Davis