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October 7, 2012

Tuesday Night Dinners: Sunshine Tavern

Sunshine Tavern 3111 SE Division Street Portland OR 97202 It's amazing how many great restaurants/food places have sprung up in our immediate neighborhood over the last few years -- pix, pokpok, Lauro Kitchen (now Cibo), D Street (for the rest of the month, anyway), Wafu, Xico, Sunshine Tavern...and it's not like the neighborhood was bad …

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August 28, 2012

International Food Blogger's Conference – Portland

I recently attended (as in "last weekend" recently) the International Food Blogger's Conference here in Portland and had a great time. There was a lot of food, wine, bloggers, and informational sessions. I took some pictures. During the first day, there was a Live Blogging (or tweeting) session with Travel Oregon. Some of my favorite …

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July 27, 2012

Tuesday Night Dinners Part II: Accanto & Lardo

So, we've been trying to get back into the habit of going out to eat every couple of weeks. So far this Summer, we've had really nice dinners at Bar Avignon (pictures here), Accanto and Lardo. Accanto 2838 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR 97214 * Lardo 1212 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214 Here are …

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June 12, 2012

NE Portland: Cocotte Bar & Bistro

Cocotte Bar & Bistro 2930 Northeast Killingsworth St Portland, OR 97211 Oh, it's the return of Tuesday Night Dinners...and what a return it was. Tonight, we ventured out to the Northeast and Cocotte. I have to admit, I made the reservation initially because I was swayed by the promise of 1000 Open table points, but …

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February 12, 2012

Ike's Vietnamese Fish Sauce Wings (a la pok pok)

Now this was a true kitchen experiment. I really had no idea how it was going to turn out -- spoiler alert: it was awesome! I came across the Pok Pok recipe for Ike's Fish Sauce Wings in Food & Wine magazine a few months ago and thought, "oh, wow. I need to try making …

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