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MEET YOUR MAKER: STEVEN LAWRENCE AND THE CHOCOLATE MAKER’S STUDIO

February 27, 2016

Chocolate Bars from The Chocolate Maker's Studio

Here’s the really cool thing about Portland.

We are a city of makers.…

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Filed Under: Favorite Portland Outings, Favorite Portland Products, Shop Portland

IN PRAISE OF ENAMELWARE

August 14, 2015

Blue Enamel Baking Set, Blondie Making

It really wasn’t until I returned from Wisconsin that I truly realized the scope of my problem….

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Filed Under: Favorite Portland Products, Incorporating Vintage at Home in Portland

TOO MUCH SUMMER FRUIT? MAKE SMOOTHIES.

July 16, 2015

Fresh Healthy Smoothies with Summer Fruit

Are you buying too much summer fruit, too? Believe me, I feel your gain….

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Filed Under: Eat Portland, Favorite Portland Products, Uncategorized Tagged With: farmers market, smoothies, summer fruit

BAGELS, BIRTHDAYS AND BUDS

July 12, 2015

Waffle and Gelato Cones, Portland

Do you know that expression “like shooting fish in a barrel“?

Sometimes eating and hanging out in Portland feels just like that — especially at the height of summer….

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Filed Under: Eat Portland, Favorite Portland Outings, Favorite Portland Products, Shop Portland Tagged With: farmers market, ice cream

ROSE CITY, INDEED

May 9, 2015

Purple Rose in my Neighborhood, Portland

For those who don’t live in town and can’t witness how vibrant this city looks right now and how much it lives up to its moniker, here you go….

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Filed Under: Favorite Portland Outings, Favorite Portland Products

FAVORITE PORTLAND PRODUCTS: MAMA LIL’S PEPPERS

May 1, 2015

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Good things come in little red packages.

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Filed Under: Eat Portland, Favorite Portland Products Tagged With: peppers

APPLE PIES AND ART SUPPLIES

April 12, 2015

Apple Pie at Random Order Pie Bar, Portland

If you were dying, do you think this would help?

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Filed Under: Eat Portland, Favorite Portland Outings, Favorite Portland Products, Shop Portland Tagged With: pie, stores

ANCIENT HERITAGE DAIRY’S ADELLE CHEESE

March 26, 2015

Adele Cheese

It was an article in Gourmet Magazine in the late 90’s that truly put Portland on the map for me….

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Filed Under: Eat Portland, Favorite Portland Products, Grocery Shop Portland, Sandwiches, Shop Portland

POK POK DRINKING VINEGARS

February 26, 2015

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Do you know how the world can divided up by blood types?

I think the same thing holds true in the eating community; people are either Vinegar Positive or Vinegar Negative. …

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Filed Under: Favorite Portland Products, Uncategorized Tagged With: Pok Pok, vinegar

ROASTED RED PEPPER AND TOMATO SOUP

February 13, 2015

 

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Grab your car keys and wallet. There is something you must do RIGHT now.  Don’t ask questions — just go!

You must buy this soup. As in right this very minute.

I need you to have it in front of you (preferably heated up and served with melted St. Andre on Grand Central Como bread like I just did) as you read this. Otherwise, it just wouldn’t be fair to tell you how mind-bendingly luscious it is.

imageWhy so good? How do I know what the people at Pacific Foods are doing to make it so? Yes, it has a really intense roasted red pepper and tomato flavor, but there must be crack in this thing because there is no way that they are able to eke out that much flavor and creaminess from reduced fat milk and tomato paste (two of the top five ingredients along with two kinds of red bell peppers and filtered water) without some kind of shenanigans going on.

Pacific Foods is based just outside Portland in Tualatin, Oregon, and I am tempted to go on a secret, fact-finding mission  and spy on their production — just what is the answer for that much cryovac-ced deliciousness? And with only 2 grams of fat per serving? Damn, I don’t even get out of bed without eating that much.

Either way, buy en masse before the word gets out. It’s delicious warm straight up or even better yet, enjoyed with the addition of cooked tortellini, roasted chicken or brown rice. And cheese croutons. And wine.

Available at grocery stores nationwide and when I am very lucky, I can find it by the 6 pack at Costco.

 

Filed Under: Favorite Portland Products, Soups

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