It’s pastry day at the Pickle! Check out this truly unique opportunity. For more details and how to sign up click HERE:
What: 3 day pastry workshop at The Robert Reynolds Chefs Studio with master pastry chef Kristen D. Murray.
When: November 10, 11, 12. 9 AM – 3 PM. Includes lunch.
Where: The Chefs Studio. Located [...]
Archive for October, 2009
3 Day Pastry Workshop
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
She’s Back!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Sugar Cube food cart was on the seen just a few short months last year. Kirsten Jensen, the chef owner, had a cool idea: Make perfect cupcakes and other exquisite desserts and sell them to people on the go. But the hardships of owning a mobile kitchen became too much and The Cube closed [...]
“The How Not To Cookbook”
Posted in Uncategorized on October 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This new book caught my eye: “The How Not To Cookbook – Lessons Learned The Hard Way” by New York based artist Aleksandra Mir. It’s a collection of cooking tips from around the world. The tips are good and bad, and sometimes contradictory, but always funny. A few of my favorites:
“A cucumber is a poor [...]
Great American Distillers Festival
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Attention!
Happening this weekend (Oct. 24, 25): The 5th annual Great American Distillers Festival in SE Portland. A $10 per day ticket includes 3 taster tickets. As may know, Portland is home to some incredible small-batch distillers making libations ranging from vodka and gin to absinthe and whiskey. You may recognize local favorites, House Spirits, Rogue [...]
Smith Tea
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Tea guru Steve Smith is up to something. He’s the man behind Oregon based Stash Tea and Tazo Tea, which was sold to Starbucks for around 9 million bucks. So this video and article in the Oregonian’s Fooday last week caught my attention. Steve Smith’s new endevour is a botique line of full leaf teas, [...]
Oregon Hops
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oregon is the second largest hop producer in the US, behind Washington state and just above Idaho. This helps to explain Portland’s insane number of breweries. The state produces about 17% of the country’s market share of hops. The secret to your favorite brewski lies in this delicate little flower. Check out this recent New [...]
“Ask Hank”
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Have you ever wondered exactly how gelatin makes things jiggle? Maybe you’d like to know how to tell when spices have lost their luster? Or how to remove pin bones from salmon? My buddy Hank Sawtelle does an excellent job explaining the answers to all of these questions in his “Ask Hank” column for [...]
“When the Icing on the Cake Spells Disaster”
Posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have you seen this “cake wreck” slideshow?
An Edible History of Humanity
Posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This morning I heard a great interview with author Tom Standage on NPR’s Talk of the Nation. His new book, above, relates the world’s history through food. I’m heading to Powell’s shortly to pick up a copy. On his blog, Standage says that food has “acted as a catalyst of social transformation, societal organisation, geopolitical competition, [...]
Neat Kitchen Tool Holder
Posted in Uncategorized on October 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Very pretty porcelain vase by Jin Lee for sale at Bailey Doesn’t Bark.
Below, are some more cleaver creations found on the site.
