Not only is Erica Landon, Ten 01's award winning sommelier, extremely well educated about the wines she recommends, but she continues to make the restaurant's wine program one of the best in the state. She's also quite nice. In a male dominated field … [Read more...]

"My grandfather was a big foodie. He owned a crab shack in Baltimore and I would go stay for like a month of my summers with him. He was a bachelor who always had a new girlfriend so he was always wining and dining," reminisces Toro Bravo's John … [Read more...]

Gold and Chocolate Hart, by Elizabeth Lopeman Sarah Hart makes religious icons you can sink your teeth into. "My dad was a Presbyterian minister and he was a civil rights activist and really conscious of the unrest over Vietnam, so social … [Read more...]

By Catherine Cole Alyssa Gregg is one of our town's charming and reserved chefs. She has been quietly creating culinary magic at Castagna, and now is the head chef at The Teardrop Lounge in the Pearl. She's also spent time in commercial kitchens … [Read more...]

Chef Adam Sappington, fresh off of a 11-year culinary tour of duty at Wildwood Restaurant and Bar, is back in the food saddle again as he opens The Country Cat Dinner House and Bar at 7937 Southeast Stark - on the corner of Southeast Stark Street and … [Read more...]

For more than twenty years, Heidi Yorkshire has written about food, as the author of several books; a travel writer for Bon Appetit and other publications; a longtime wine columnist for the Oregonian, and, most recently, as Willamette Week’s lead … [Read more...]

Since returning to Portland in 2002, Morgan Brownlow has seen his star rise higher, faster, than any local chef in recent memory. After two years with Ripe and Family Supper, he became partner and founding chef at Clarklewis, which won the … [Read more...]