Coping with Oregon sunshine through trial and error.
Culture
It’s possible to cycle across town on the coldest, wettest day Portland has to offer without even the slightest chill.
I suspect it is,
anyway. Call me naive, but with an unlimited budget
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Drank
Not many American craft brewers count a Pilsner—the
stalwart style that includes big names like Beck’s and Stella—as their
signature brew. For marketing purposes, they’re probably too clos
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Food Reviews & Stories
That a great bowl of pho need not be all
gizzards and tail is blasphemy to some. So call mine the ignorant
opinion of a margarine-raised Midwesterner, but I like really nice,
clean shaves of nea
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Cover Story
Four years ago, things were great for
Gayle Goschie. She was growing hops on the same 1,000 acres in the
Willamette Valley that her parents and grandparents had tended, selling a
key ingredient
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Drank
The appeal of cream ales lies mostly in nostalgia—the
style’s popularity peaked in the ’70s, led by lighter-than-lite Genesee
Cream Ale. With Clem’s Cream Ale, Portland’s Migration Brewi
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Food Cart Reviews
What do Poles eat during the summer? The
Polish fare familiar stateside is heavily skewed toward cured meats and
root vegetables—foods that are hard to imagine enjoying on Baltic
beaches. I ca
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Food Reviews & Stories
People aren’t shy about recommending a favorite Ethiopian
restaurant. Their opinion is usually worthless, however, because it’s
one of the two they’ve visited. It’s true that the menu, pri
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Bar Reviews
Kava tastes like dirt. That’s not figurative language, nor is it a reason to pass on Bula Kava House (3115 SE Division St., bulakavahouse.com),
a cafe serving the drink made with the mildly psycho
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Culture
Americans are disgustingly fat. I’m allowed to say so because not long ago, I was disgustingly fat.
Three years ago, I
weighed close to 300 pounds. I would like to tell you being a big, lazy
s
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Drank
The folks at 10 Barrel Brewing are eager
young Turks. The Bend brewery, founded in 2006, already has a “Product
Development Team” and plans to expand across state lines with a Boise
brewpub
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