In Aimee Bender’s novel The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, protagonist Rose Edelstein has a bizarre talent/burden. When biting into any food, homemade or in a factory, she can trace the emotions of those who created it.
A particularly good read
Pineapple I love you
If you don’t know how to pick the right pineapple, your experience could be unpleasant.
Seafood in Stumptown
Portland’s culinary scene has gotten attention for the best of culinary trends: we’ve got your heritage pork (and chefs who fight outside strip clubs over it), we’ve got food carts and we’ve got vegan cuisine.
Sips of Summer
We’re in the middle of summer, and when the days get hot, sometimes it’s tempting to reach for a beer or cocktail.
Eat This!
Where it’s at
This food cart isn’t hard to find, since it’s not nestled between other carts in any of Portland’s pods.
What’s good in your hood?
Northeast
Breakfast: Screen Door
2337 E Burnside St.
Italian summer
Italian meals don’t have to be heavy, cheese-laden comfort food (although that’s delicious, too). The following recipes explore summer’s bounty, Italian-style.
Headed in the right direction
On a recent July-uary (these jokes aren’t funny anymore, are they?) day in downtown, the sky resembled a quilt of confusion: cloud here, sun there, another cloud here.
More Bark Than Bite
If you’ve ever watched Anthony Bourdain’s show No Reservations, you’ve seen his callous New York exterior break down slowly with the addition of alcohol and life-changing food at the end of the episode.