Finding beauty and delight in life’s little pleasures
It seems that every city has a signature box that is recognized world-wide.
New York has a blue box with elegant black lettering. Paris has an orange box with a handsome chocolate font.
Can you guess which box has become synonymous with Portland? Does this fritter as big as a face give you a clue?
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Do you know those nature shows which document a predator as it stalks its prey?
I witnessed it in person. Oliver vs. Reggie Deluxe. Who would come out the victor?…
If I had my drothers, I would probably eat burritos a couple times a week. Something about the rice, the warm meat, the salsa, all of it — just thinking about it gets me salivating. …
Ever been to a birthday party and you had to suffer through the wait as the honoree carefully unwrapped the paper?
Guess what? I’m that nut. Before you get all up in my grill about it, hear me out. I have a good reason to be saving all that paper (and to BOLO for vintage paper in my travels) as I reuse it for all sorts of things….
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In our hearts, we Portlanders knew it was just a matter of time. It’s a good thing I prepared myself mentally, or it would have been really unnerving.
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Hybrids seem to be all the rage in the car world but who knew they worked with cookies, too?
Simpler is usually better but sometimes a baked good comes along that combines the best of various worlds and you can’t help but find a place in an already crowded recipe file.
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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. …
