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Reviewing the Reviewers. What Do Ethics Matter?

I hope Nancy doesn’t mind me jumping in on her story. Robb Walsh of the Houston Press pulls a double review at a restaurant at which he is recognized and the results are rather interesting: “As for the experiment, it’s clear I was treated much better than Josh. The point isn’t to punish Gravitas for recognizing a restaurant critic. That’s
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The Beaus You Love Are The Beaujolais

As I type this, I’m enjoying some good roasted chicken. While this may not be the best way to keep the laptop keyboard clean, I find it’s easier to write about wine when I’m enjoying wine, and roasted chicken is a great match with a few different wines. Possibly the best is a top-notch aged Burgundy, but drinking one of
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Bagel Daze – Portland’s Bagel History and Recipe!

Back when most of the Jews here in town lived clustered in and around Old South Portland, through the mid-20th century, there were plenty of good bagels around. Find an older Jewish person who grew up in South Portland and you will hear: Older Jewish Person (actually my dad): When I was young, I sold newspapers downtown on the corner
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Phil Stanford vs. Jim Dixon, The Salt Wars!

For those of you in the mood to argue today (there seem to be quite a few), we have Phil Stanford weighing in on the Jim Dixon “not salty enough” Castagna Restaurant controversy. You may remember, Jim reviewed Castagna and claimed everything was under-salted. The owners were so upset, they delivered a 50 pound bag of salt to the Willamette
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Pacific NW Cheese Project’s Tami Parr to Contribute

It is about to get even more so. You may be aware of the terrific cheese blog, The Pacific Northwest Cheese Project run by Tami Parr. I’ve always wanted a cheese writer (not cheesy, I do that all by myself), and prevailed upon Tami to bring some of her expertise to this site. Like the others, she’ll be writing what
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My Oven, J’Accuse!

There are certain things in life we just need to admit. For instance, if you were the tallest man in the world, you’d have to cop to it. If you wrote like Joan Didion—whose beam on the unalloyed truth moves her to write even when she is mad with grief you’d have to acknowledge that the process you call “discovering
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Justa Pasta

Refreshed 06.09 One quickly learns, if you go to Justa Pasta and have the Caesar Salad, you are done for the night. Don’t go on a date; certainly don’t go to a movie. Do the world a favor and lock yourself in the house until the garlic goes away. We are not talking a subtle, balanced Caesar here, more a
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