June 25, 2010

7 Fun Weekend Food To-Dos

Life has given you a weekend, now use it wisely. Wax poetic about pie, drink too much organic beer/root beer, visit the Project Grow folks to admire their new garden and pet their pygmy goats, show some cleavage while learning to make medieval stew in the Shire of Dragon’s Mist, butcher a pig, watch fútbol and blow your red, white and blue vuvuzela while gobbling mudbugs, or ride your bike around in a vehicle-free NoPo eating pizza, hot dogs, ice cream, and shave ice. Ain’t Portland a kick in the head?! More info thisaway>>

Forktown Food Tours

Ah, summer. Season of sunshine, carefree living, beers 'n bocce, hordes of teenagers swarming air-conditioned malls, sockless loafers, and best of all, visiting relatives. Planning the perfect Portland itinerary for Uncle Elwood and Aunt Hortense? It should certainly include a Forktown Food Tour , a leisurely jaunt to seven of Northwest Portland's finest eateries. Your relatives will be so sated and sleepy when they return, they'll take a long nap instead of watching another six straight hours of Antique Roadshow reruns. Hallelujah. Full story>>

Perfect Picnicking at BFM

Signs of summer were all around as we navigated the labyrinthine aisles of last Saturday's Beaverton Farmers Market , which were teeming with raspberries, strawberries, cherries, watermelon juice, barbecued ribs, juicy grilled German bratwurst, rosy peony blossoms, coconut gelato, golden cherry tomatoes, crisp snap peas, bundles of basil and radishes, passionfruit truffles, cold fresh-squeezed lemonade and rosé, and little red Radio Flyer wagons filled with produce and toddlers displaying diverse levels of agreeability. Add sunshine, hula hoops and City Park fountain, and you've got the perfect picnic. Read more>>