Each year, I return home to remarks of “Why isn’t Seattle home to a festival like this?” Here’s a photo-heavy look at what we’re missing. Continue reading Pictures and Post-Event Thoughts: Feast Portland 2014
From a Beer Breakdown tasting panel to a Face Meat workshop on pig butchery to a class called Roasting Coffee at Home, there was plenty to learn at Feast Portland. And from a beef tongue sandwich to a foie gras hot dog to a loaded baked potato ice cream, there was also a lot to eat. Continue reading Feast Portland Offers Food for Thought for a Second Time
From books to a Kickstarter campaign to a major food festival, here are four food investments you can make to make your world a better place for eating. Continue reading Four Food-Worthy Investments to Make Right Now
Since I especially love Asian food, I’m selecting some of my favorite noodles, sushi joints, and restaurants for particular Asian cuisines. For kicks, I’m also including my favorite sandwiches and burger in Seattle. More generally, check out my choices for favorite new restaurants—and a few favorite overall restaurants as well. Based on a number of “Passport to Pleasure” articles this year, I’ve got a couple of favorite eateries to try when you want to escape from Seattle. Continue reading 2012 in Food: No Top Chef, But 26 Favorites for the Seattle Area
It’s been a week since returning from the four-day festival/feeding frenzy known as Feast Portland, and I find myself reflecting on the easily lost words that followed the colon in the title: “A Celebration of Oregon Bounty.” The festival included an array of tastings, dinners, seminars, and speeches that were thought-provoking, inspirational, and thoroughly filling—in mind and stomach. Continue reading Feast Portland, a Week Later: Reflecting on a Bounty of Food and Philosophy
What I like most about Inaki Aizpitarte and Daniel Patterson is that their food makes me think, with deliciousness a bonus. The dishes were like works of art, so I offer them to you with minimal explanation (little more than the chef’s descriptions) to allow your own interpretation. Continue reading An Unforgettable 10-Course, 5-Hour Dinner at Feast Portland
Our neighbor to the south is the site for Feast Portland, a four-day celebration of Oregon bounty drawing chef, farmers, winemakers, distillers, artisans, and attendees from the city and beyond. The Sandwich Invitational was the opening event, a competition featuring a wide range of sandwich-makers. Two came from Seattle: Ethan Stowell and Branden Karow from Staple & Fancy, and Molly Moon Neitzel from ice cream empire Molly Moon’s, demonstrating that sandwiches can range from savory to sweet. Continue reading Sandwiches Travel SEA to PDX for Feast Portland
