Books I spent six months traveling the West Coast interviewing coffee roasters for my new book, Left Coast Roast (Timber Press, 296 pages, $16.95). I learned some interesting things. Among them: Stumpto   More

Dr. Know The Hawthorne Fred Meyer has signs posted outside along the sidewalks, “No skateboarding or rollerblading.” Does...   More

Food & Drink Hey, you guys! Whoa... Hold on... This is crazy... OK... Whew...Check this shit out: Doughnuts with breakfast cereal affixed to the icing on top at Fred Meyer! Haha! Weird, right?! It's some sort of crazy fusion of disparate breakfast foodstuffs that, aside from the deliciousness-related implications, also functions as a brilliantly parodic statement about the entire genre of distinct morning foodstuffs, ...   More

Food & Drink The Burlingame Fred Meyer on Southwest Barbur Boulevard is finally reopening tomorrow after a long renovation, and it's celebrating with... live cheese sculpting.According to a press release, the store has invited "cheese carver" Sarah Kaufman to sculpt 300 pounds of Wisconsin cheese into a "history of Fred Meyer’s presence in the community." This is by far the best thing we've seen all day: GO: ...   More

News Investigators this morning faced more pointed questions than ever before in a public news conference about law enforcement's progress in the Kyron Horman case. Multnomah County Sheriff's Capt. Jason Gates denied the investigation has stalled after one reporter asked outright whether law enforcement has hit a wall. "The investigation is most certainly productive," Gates said. "It's just one ...   More