Miss Dish GENTLE READERS, When a beloved Portland restaurant decides to call it quits, fans go through many of the five Kübler-Rossian stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and accept ...   More

Miss Dish GENTLE READERS, For years, suds lovers in Portland have kept Chimay close to their hearts. This Trappist beer originally brewed by monks in Belgium has a loyal following, both internationally and ...   More

Miss Dish GENTLE READERS, It would be easy to make some grandiose analogies about what's soon to take place at 911 SW Taylor St. You could say the Vat & Tonsure's return to downtown Portland after a fi ...   More

Miss Dish GENTLE READERS, So where does the notoriously picky Jerry Seinfeld eat when he's in town to kill 'em at the Schnitz? Seems like pizza's his game. According to Brian Coffelt (he goes by "Big Brian ...   More

Miss Dish GENTLE READERS, Miss Dish gets lots of mail from readers. They love to tell her about their favorite places to eat. And Miss Dish relishes such information.A recent email from a gent pitched the fi ...   More

Miss Dish GENTLE READERS, Take a bite of the Poilane (the bread named for and made by France's most famous loafer, Lionel Poilane), shipped all the way from Paris. Now chew on chunks from other local baker ...   More

Miss Dish GENTLE READERS, Quicker than you can suck a tapioca ball through a straw comes the food news of the day, such as...A new restaurant called Aesop's Tables, trafficking in organic fare, has opened ...   More

Miss Dish GENTLE READERS, Jewish cookbooks often seem to sigh and drop into several categories: 1) Things my dearly departed bubbe used to cook. 2) The history of the Jewish people--with recipes! 3) Going ...   More

Miss Dish Many of you have heard about the new Whole Foods on Burnside that's straddling the Pearl as anchor tenant in the brewery blocks development. Some of you may have questions about this super-deluxe ...   More

Miss Dish GENTLE READERS, Northeast Alberta Street is fast becoming breakfast central, what with Vita, Chez What? and Groundswell going. Now add the Tin Shed Garden Cafe to your list of possible hangover h ...   More