You may have never heard of the Rising Star Awards, because they have not honored any of Portland's culinary talents until now. Sponsored by StarChefs.com "the magazine for culinary insiders", the awards are nominated by their own advisory board, … [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...]

What if you held a grand opening for a restaurant, but ran out of food before the 'official' opening time? New Hollywood California hot spot did just that. Invitations stated a 10p.m. opening, but by then the food was gone. The only thing left? … [Read more...]

The Food Network just held their first, and hopefully last, awards show. What a horrible mess. I think so little of this type of thing, I wasn’t’ even going to lower myself to mentioning the awards, but then I saw the show, and like a … [Read more...]