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November 14, 2013

Yam and Quinoa Cakes from Portland's Sunshine Tavern

Sunshine Tavern 3111 SE Division Street Portland Oregon 97202 Seeing that we live just a few blocks away, occasionally we will head out to Sunshine Tavern for pizza and burgers (and of course cocktails and maybe even some candied hazelnuts to start). This is just what happened last Tuesday when we ended up splitting the …

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November 12, 2013

An Ice Cream Social at Fifty Licks in SE Portland

Fifty Licks 2021 SE Clinton Street Portland, Oregon 97202 Last week, I was invited to an event at Fifty Licks - an ice cream social. Myself and about seven other bloggers tried ice creams, sorbets, and cocktails. And for once, I wasn't the only one taking photos of my food. (That's not even true anymore …

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November 4, 2013

Dining Out in Seattle: Ethan Stowell's Tavolàta

TavolÃ ta 2323 Second Avenue Seattle, WA 98121 Bon AppÃ©tit magazine says, "(Ethan) Stowell serves chic, unadorned Italian food in a narrow modern space whose centerpiece is a huge communal table." I say, "Mmmmmm. Pork belly." Way back in September, while I was up north for the International Food Bloggers Conference, jwa came up Saturday night …

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September 14, 2013

A SE Portland Brunch at Trinket

Trinket 2035 SE 39th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97214 Recently, there was a restaurant a mere seven blocks from our house that we never got around to trying -- Kingdom or Roosevelt. But, just last weekend it reopened as a neighborhood brunch spot called Trinket, and we tried it right away (well, within a week). I …

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August 22, 2013

A Late Summer Dinner at 3 Doors Down Café (or: Yes, August is a Perfect Time for Pasta!)

3 Doors Down CafÃ© 1429 SE 37th Ave Portland, Oregon 97214 We actually live close enough to 3 Doors Down to walk there, the problem is, we tend to forget about going there most of the time. Why? I have no idea -- every meal we've had there has been wonderful. Maybe it's just because …

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