Devour 2012 Illustrations by Kim ScafuroLe Ho first learned to cook when she just a kid; helping her mom in the kitchen of their Bac Liêu restaurant in Southern Vietnam. By age 12, she was already organizing   More

Food Reviews & Stories “We felt sorry for Portlanders because they don’t have good falafel,” says the tall, trim man with a smile. “So we had to come here.” That’s Sam Hazza, a Palestine native who moved   More

Arts & Books Sitting through Yasmeen Godder’s dance piece Love Fire last night at PSU’s Lincoln Hall I felt a sensation welling up inside me: a profound sense of shrugging WTF. The Israeli-American choreographer’s duet with dancer Matan Zamir centers on an exploration of romance and our desire to be “transformed and taken by passion.” That translates to a cavalcade of sexual ...   More

Movie Reviews & Stories A few assurances for anxious Hunger Games book fans: Actress Jennifer Lawrence doesn’t ruin bow-wielding heroine Katniss. Death still comes by genetically engineered dog, spear and swarm of ha   More

Movie Reviews & Stories Movies made by women are not the same thing as “chick flicks.” That’s made refreshingly clear from the roster of the fifth annual Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival, which pinballs from   More

Food Reviews & Stories In most every language, “sandwich” is a synonym for delicious. Case in point, Las Primas, a new Peruvian joint on North Williams Avenue next to the Box Social, which ditches ceviche for stre   More

Food Reviews & Stories At Luc Lac you don’t just eat the pho—you drink it. And it’s damn good. Adam Ho, co-owner and bar manager at the newish downtown restaurant, mixes bourbon, cranberry juice and a little pea   More

Food Reviews & Stories Erin McBride does wonderful things with beets. And kale. And sometimes peaches. As so often happens in this town, (say it with me) it all depends on the season. The Ohio-born farm girl made desser   More

Food Reviews & Stories Pok Pok has fish sauce wings; Manao has pig knuckles. That’s not to say that Chef Ekkachai “Chew” Sakkayasukkalawong’s quiet new Thai spot in Sellwood will grow to inspire the same legion    More

Food Reviews & Stories Sugar Mamas is not going to win any beauty contests. A parade of sadness twitches past the tiny downtown cafe’s windows on the way to the nearby drug treatment center. The walls are a sickly olive g   More