Food & Drink Oregon has well over 100 breweries, nearly 700 wineries and at least half a dozen cideries but only a couple meaderies. Those figures sync up well with what the market demands—well, except for the fact that Oregonians drink about 11 million gallons of wine annually compared to 80 million gallons of beer.They also roughly match our collective education level. We know beer. We know wine. We’re ...   More

News \ Cursing SmartPark, street parking, and canvassers, I rushed in five minutes and late tried to sit down as inconspicuously as possible. I was a guest at A Taste of Italy, the latest in the Chef Series, Le Cordon Bleu's cooking classes for the everyman—or at least every man willing to shell out $90. Before I could sneak to my seat and shuck off my jacket, one of the many class helpers (Le ...   More