Cajun cuisine is a heady mix of European, West African and Native American influences. It’s intensely flavorful, spicy and rich. Unfortunately, this cuisine is usually off-limits for those with dietary restrictions. But Portland is home to a Cajun restaurant with something for everyone: Le Bistro Montage. This local landmark has been satisfying the vegetarian, vegan…
(Photo by Yulia Kabakova) On Dec.15, the Abbie Weisenbloom Music Series will host an artist who could be described as a living encyclopedia of the Jewish diaspora. He has called himself an akyn (a kind of Central Asian shaman), while others have called him a bridge among languages, cultures and people. Psoy Korolenko is a…
You may think of rye bread as just a dry, nondescript backdrop for a pile of pastrami. With his new cookbook, The Rye Baker, author Stanley Ginsberg aims to change that perception. Stanley, who was recently in town to school Tabor Bread patrons on the art of baking rye rolls and Swedish sweet bread, describes…
The fresh vegetables and intriguing flavors of Israeli cuisine are cropping up all over Portland. While food carts like Wolf & Bear’s introduced us to ingredients such as amba as early as 2009, the Israeli food trend has really taken off in the past few years. Feast Portland, our renowned annual food festival, regularly flies…
As the weather starts to cool down, there’s nothing quite like a comforting bowl of ramen. It’s so satisfying to slurp the thin wheat noodles. But sometimes, it’s hard to find ramen that doesn’t contain pork. Fortunately, pork-averse diners can enjoy an alternative at the Asian fusion restaurant Boke Bowl, which has two locations in…
The fifth annual Feast Portland festival promises to be more exciting than ever. Events include hands-on classes, tastings and the ever-popular Dinner Series. At the Sandwich Invitational, chefs from Austin to Nashville will compete to offer the best tastes between two slices of bread. On the last day of the festival, the Brunch Village smorgasbord…
In a Tablet Magazine article, author Katharine Weber asserts, “No other immigrant group is as central to the candy trade as Jews.” Soon after arriving in the United States in the early 1900s, European-Jewish peddlers learned to make candy. Candy was easy for newcomers to produce since it “did not require significant investment in equipment,…
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…
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…
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…
