Portland chef Greg Higgins (of downtown's Higgins restaurant) is in Mongolia, sharing his sausage and charcuterie making expertise with local butchers as part of Mercy Corp's Farmer to Farmer project, and he's blogging the whole trip for … [Read more...]

(Updated 2/22) Once again a long list of semifinalists have been announced by the James Beard Foundation. In case you've forgotten, Portland will host the announcement of the nominees of the 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards on Monday, March … [Read more...]

Under the heading of Strictly Rumor, a tipster tells me that Greg Higgins of Higgins restaurant, is shopping for a space to open a new breakfast concept. According to the tip, he's looking in NE Portland. Maybe someone can track this down … [Read more...]

Unemployment has hit 10.1%. Suzie Orman, financial "adviser", was on the Oprah show, and said that people should stop eating in restaurants to save money. Wait a minute. She wants us to boycott an industry that supports 14 million people? This is … [Read more...]

Lots of things have been going on that I haven't had time to post about, so I'm just going to bring everyone up to date. The Pix on Hawthorne has closed. After many years on NW Glisan, The Brazen Bean has lost their lease, and will closing … [Read more...]