Food Reviews & Stories In this unicorns-and-rainbows town, all the food carts are fabulous, and free-spirited chefs never fail to deliver mealtime magic on the cheap. Sycophants cheer the indie scene with the shrill fer   More

Food Reviews & Stories In a gauzy dream sequence, I am beckoned to a remote area of town to check out a dingy, under-the-radar ethnic joint where every dish is a stunning success of bright, bold, exotic flavors. I’m t   More

Food Reviews & Stories The rap on Morgan Brownlow is that he’s brutal on pastry chefs. During his tenure at Clarklewis, Brownlow even fired one just as dinner service was starting. The Portland-raised Brownlow cou   More

Food Reviews & Stories Even the most carnivorous among us concede there’s something special about a Caesar salad. It could be a nostalgic association with haute tableside service, or perhaps it’s the body’s occa   More

Food Reviews & Stories The one enduring positive at the restaurant now known as Jamison is a location that maximizes the seasonal joy of al fresco dining. On the enclosed patio at the edge of Jamison Square in Northwe   More

Food & Drink Food-writer-about-town Michael Zusman concludes his epicurean excursion through Portland's new food festival, Feast. Read his diary of day one, day two and    More

Food & Drink Food-writer-about-town Michael Zusman continues his gastronomic journey through Portland's new food festival, Feast. Read his diary of day one here and day two here.

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Food & Drink Food-writer-about-town Michael Zusman continues his gastronomic journey through Portland new food festival, Feast. Read his diary of day one here.
Friday, Sept. 21 6:45 am: Late to bed, early to rise…Portland skies have their autumn-typical ash gray hue and...   More

Food & Drink Portland's new food festival Feast debuts this week, running Sept. 20-23. Even if you couldn't scrape together the $650 for a ticket, you can still enjoy the festival vicariously through the diarised literary stylings of food-writer-about-town Michael Zusman (who, standard disclaimer, is no relation to WW editor in chief Mark Zusman, though ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories Beef jerky is a primal pleasure. Drying meat for storage was practical for cave dwellers, of course, but we keep making it in an era of refrigerators because there’s something satisfying about g   More