A few years ago, we had the opportunity to review Roots, the wonderful vegetable-focused cookbook by award-winning author and chef Diane Morgan. Now, Morgan returns with Salmon, a book of 45 tempting recipes that includes a guide to buying and preparing the tasty fish. The chef begins her book with a fascinating overview of the…
Portland has become renowned as a culinary destination. Drawing on traditional cuisines from New York, Israel and beyond, Portland food has its own personality. Kornblatt’s New York Style Delicatessen In 2011 the New York Times food blog called Kornblatt’s Delicatessen “one of the truly great New York delis outside the five boroughs.” Established in 1999,…
Foods that are restricted during Passover are well known to most observant Jews. Chametz includes anything made with wheat, oats, rye and barley; additionally, Ashkenazi tradition forbids kitniyot, which rules out beans, corn and rice. For the carbohydrate addict, that means no bread, cereal, pizza, pasta or pilaf for eight days. Feeling satisfied becomes a…
Do you have a hankering for hummus? Do you crave a falafel fix? If so, you’ll want to head over to the latest Israeli concept restaurant in Portland, Shalom Y’all, one of the tenants at the brand new Pine Street Market at the corner of Second Avenue and Pine Street. The team behind the popular…
Oregon Kosher has expanded its family of companies in the Bend area, offering local and statewide markets more kosher-certified options. Check out the new companies listed below. Bendistillery: The Bendistillery Crater Lake brand of alcoholic beverages will all be under the certification of Oregon Kosher effective immediately. The label will not begin running the Oregon…
Unlike Chicago or New York, Portland isn’t known for its own style of pizza. The upside is that many different kinds of pizza are represented in our town. Here are some of our local favorites. Apizza Scholls Every day at 4:45 pm, a long line forms in front of this popular pizzeria so people can…
When I stepped outside today, I began to recognize signs that spring will soon be here. I noticed tiny buds on the trees and fragile flowers beginning to pop from the ground – and the sun felt just a bit warmer as it peeked from behind the clouds between early spring’s perpetual rain showers. Soon…
The year is 1967 and I am in the back seat of my parent’s Pontiac Bonneville. KISN radio is spinning the latest Dionne Warwick tune. Her silky voice sings the lyrics: “What the world needs now is love sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.” In light of current events,…
Are you seeking a romantic restaurant for a Valentine’s Day rendezvous? Then whet your appetite with one of Portland’s high-end vegetarian tasting menus. Two of the following restaurants (Farm Spirit and Natural Selection) maintain entirely vegetarian kitchens, so there is no opportunity for meat and milk to mix. Aviary This celebrated Asian fusion restaurant, which…
Portland teens are seeking recipes to create a local Passover cookbook. “The project was created to allow the senior ambassadors for NCSY to have a project to work on that both fosters Jewish culture and allows us to be involved in our Jewish community, says Hannah Rosenbloom, on of the board of seniors who want…
