Pho Huy

Lean meat, phat flavor.

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   More

 

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Beer of the Future

A new era of Oregon hops will better your brew.

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    More

 

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Drank: Clem’s Cream Ale (Migration Brewing Co.)

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   More

 

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Food Cart Review: Polish Kitchen

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   More

 

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Teff Love

Crowning Portland’s best Ethiopian restaurant.

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   More

 

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Bula Kava House: Coconut Cups

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   More

 

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Confessions of a Chubster

The moral crusade against fatties.

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   More

 

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Drank: Precursor (10 Barrel Brewing)

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    More

 

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Double Dragon

A bourgie take on banh mi.

Food Reviews & Stories Banh mi price inflation is a hot button for foodniks. Is it reasonable to double the price of cheapo Vietnamese sandwiches when they’re composed of midgrade ingredients and served in swankier di   More

 

Wednesday, January 4, 2012 MARTIN CIZMAR

Headout: Bowl O’ Luck

The Northwest doesn’t have a lucky New Year’s dish—so we created one.

Headout American regional cuisine is peppered with examples of “lucky” New Year’s Day foods: ham and black-eyed peas in the South, sauerkraut in the Midwest, a dozen grapes in Puerto Rico. The Pac   More

 

Wednesday, December 28, 2011 MARTIN CIZMAR