The owner of Metrovino in the Pearl District has announced that sous chef will be replacing departing chefs Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñonez. According to Oregon Live, Deras has worked around Portland, but “really grew with us,” Steele says. The sous has experience running the show when Denton and Quiñonez went on vacation. “People might be waiting with baited breath …
Zagat recently released their list of “The 10 Most Annoying Restaurant Trends“. You can see their entire list and commentary here, but you know me, I have to put in my .02. Items I agree with – Communal Tables: I understand why some restauranteurs like communal tables. Start-up costs are cheaper than regular tables. You can pack in more diners …
Earlier this year, McDonald’s started a campaign to promote their food, by encouraging people to tag Twitter posts with “#McDStories”. They felt it would encourage people to post touching stories about their experiences eating McDonald’s food. You can probably see this coming – it didn’t go well. Customers began to post tweets like: I have the sneaking suspicion that someone …
Yup, you heard it right. Ian Hutcheon, a British astronomer, has introduced a red wine that contains… a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite. The meteorite from an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is introduced into the wine just after a 25 day maloactic fermentation, and then blended with Cabernet. “The idea behind submerging it in wine was to give everybody the …
The 2012 Valentine’s Day Roundup will be put together on Monday, January 2nd, and submissions are pouring in. This is one of the most read posts of the year, so don’t miss out! Use the handy form here to send me any information you would like included in the roundup. You have 400 words to enthrall us.
<updated> The press release has officially been released. You can see it here. (warning. Brace yourself. Picture of John Gorham’s ass included). John Gorham of Toro Bravo, Tasty N Son’s and Interurban, is moving into a new venture with his first book, “The Making Breaking and Riding of a Bull”. McSweeney’s Press, publisher of Lucky Peach and The Mission Street Food cookbooks, …
Still cleaning out bookmarks and whatnot. Here are some interesting stories from around the net. In Good Taste – the popular cooking school in the Pearl District, is closing on February 1st. According to Lisa Hill PR, the folks behind EaT: An Oyster Bar, are taking over the space. The Parish will combine old-style Cajun traditions with a more urban and …
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