Food that will kill you
Fast Food Items Highest In Trans Fat – The 88 least healthy foods. (A Calorie Counter) Keeping in mind just how terrible trans fat is and all of the terrible things it can cause, I have given this the...
View ArticleBourdain interview @Chowhound
Tony Bourdain Would Pimp for Prada. (Chowhound) What about a place like Mario’s with the Spotted Pig? Let’s say Fergus [Henderson] wanted to open a place? Fergus? I’d do anything with Fergus. Anytime....
View ArticleI heart bentos
Check out Portland food blogger Veronica’s colorful Flickr gallery, which includes some incredibly twee and delicious bento. So damn cute!
View ArticleVietnam dreaming
I encourage everybody to check out Kirk’s dispatches from Vietnam, which are now being showcased at his most excellent blog.
View ArticleLiz Crain has a blog
Liz Crain, a local writer whose food writing and reviews have appeared in many local publications include the Portland Tribune and Willamette Week, now has a very nice food blog.
View ArticleAll the cock that’s fit to swallow
The New York Times Ate My Slogan. (The Food Section) Two days ago, I had the surprise of receiving a cease and desist letter from the New York Times demanding that I immediately remove the “All the...
View ArticleStraight pimpin’
The venerable Sauce Supreme led the way on a tri-city, quad-izakaya crawl (ostensibly) by train last night. Live vicariously at this link.
View ArticleWe got EATED
Looks like Eater’s near-term expansion plans included our very own burg (Eater PDX). Must have been all those breathless articles written in the New York Times over the last few years.
View ArticleNew PDX eats
6 Hot New East Portland Eateries. Jen has a fantastic rundown of some great new options on Portland’s eastside.
View ArticleTaking it in stride
When your restaurant’s review has your mom crying.(Salon) When a hilarious chef gets hammered by the N.Y. Times, he takes it well — and blogs his mother’s scolding e-mail Observation: Salon’s Francis...
View ArticleOpenFleece
Is OpenTable Worth it?. (Incanto’s Official Site) We live in the Golden Age of Google, in which Web-based services have transformed many consumer and business functions by making them easier, more...
View ArticleHand job
The Long Pull of Noodle Making. (NY Times) Michael Hodgkins is a stern, passionate chef from upstate New York, with a dedication to local and organic ingredients. Huacan Chen is an aspiring...
View ArticleYelp rot
A Rave, a Pan, or Just a Fake? This reads like a rave on Yelp, but it’s actually a sample from a help-wanted ad on another site — specifically, Mechanical Turk, a Web site owned by Amazon.com and a...
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