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I’m On a Rant! (oh.. and Ten 01)

Something seems to be missing in Portland restaurants. THE FREAKING CHEF (and staff that care)! When I was working in the bay area, the chef was always in the kitchen, expediting every plate. It wasn’t much different than the part Gordon Ramsay plays on Hell’s Kitchen. Before service, every sauce was tasted. Every bit of prep was examined. Every dessert
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I think I’m love with these wines

Let me just say right off the bat that Valentine’s Day can be a real rough holiday. Restaurants, in particular, on Valentine’s Day can be absolute meat grinders, with customer expectations at an all time high, and the reservation book looking like the scattered contents of a physicist’s mind. Sometimes, however, chefs can do special menus on this day that
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The Holidays

So now that it’s over I can talk about it. First Thanksgiving, then Christmas, and finally New Year’s. Pardon the cliché, but the whole thing is stressful. This six weeks breeds expectations whether reasonable or not (depending on whom you ask), and the awareness of these expectations breeds a self-centeredness. In other words, I love my family and friends and
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Hot Toddy Recipe, 2006 Restaurant Poll Results

Hot Toddy’s The cold days this winter started me thinking about Hot Toddy’s. There are a ton of recipes out there, but I’ve never found one that felt quite right; the flavor was never “round” enough. After weeks of experimentation, I’ve found a combination that works for me. I’m posting it here, mostly for my friends that have been badgering
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Portland in the Sunset Magazine, Vegans Upset Over Ad Placement

Sunset Magazine seems to like Portland. Barely a year goes by between mentions. In the February issue, they devote six pages to a section called Portland Cooks: This town has turned into a culinary hot spot, thanks to inspired chefs, an adventurous clientele, and some of the country’s best produce. Though some of the photographs leave a lot to be
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The Tin Shed Garden Café

Mushroom-rosemary gravy. Somehow that wraps up the Tin Shed perfectly – that, plus the fact that when the weather’s nice there are so many people waiting outside, drinking self-serve coffee, that they put up benches out front and people share newspapers with each other. In fact, traveling east from MLK Boulevard, the first indication you have arrived on the Alberta
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More 2006 Portland Restaurant Poll Results

Best Wine List: 1. Carafe 2. Noble Rot 3. Higgins Food Dude’s Vote: Higgins Best Service: 1. Paley’s (by a landslide) 2. Carlyle 3. Park Kitchen Food Dude’s Vote: Park Kitchen Worst Service: (you knew this would be next) 1. Nostrana (by a landslide) 2. clarklewis 3. Fenouil Food Dude’s Vote: Nostrana I Don’t Know How This Place Stays in
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