Baked Crepe Custard Cake

It is cherry season: Pears may be the state fruit and locally, berries might come in more colors and flavors than a Crayola 8 pack, but cherries hold a special place in Oregon. The Bing cherry, the largest cultivar grown in the US, is from Oregon and is named after Ah Bing – An agricultural [...]

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6/26 Chef in the Market Demo: Todd Koebke, Sabin Schellenberg Center

June 26, 2010 Chef in the Market Demonstration by: Todd Koebke, Culinary Arts Instructor at Sabin Schellenberg Center Recipe: Granola Crusted French Toast with Strawberry Rhubarb Compote Ingredients: 1 pound strawberries 1/2 pound rhubarb 1/2 orange, juiced 1/4 C sugar 1 t cornstarch 1 loaf Market Bread, your choice 4 Eggs 1 1/2 C whole [...]

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Around the Community

Slow Food Portland presents: A discussion on the interconnection between our food, industrial food workers, and immigration issues. When: Monday, June 28, 2010, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Where: Buchan Reception Hall in the Eliot Center, First Unitarian Church, 1226 SW Salmon Street Tickets: $5 members/$6 non-members, Tickets available online here. What do Slow Food [...]

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Weekly Market Report – Page 33 Edition

It has never not rained on a Thursday before (in 2010)(seemingly). How exciting are today’s two Markets? Every week in NW Portland, Food Front sponsors our not so brand new market (now that Monday’s Pioneer Square Courthouse has opened). Located at NW 23rd & Savier, this week Baird will there with cherries, New Leaf has [...]

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Pioneer Courthouse Square Video Tour

If you missed today’s fantastic market opening at Pioneer Courthouse Square, have no fear. Take a stroll through the market through the magic of digital video! (I’m working on getting the smells of Tastebud Bagels and fresh strawberries to come through your screen, but progress on the smell-o-vision is rather slow.) Though the sun taunted [...]

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6/19 Chef in the Market Demo: Leena Ezekiel, In Good Taste

June 19, 2010 Chef in the Market Demonstration by: Leena Ezekiel, In Good Taste Recipe: Palak Daal (lentils with spinach) and Mixed Vegetable Curry Ingredients for Palak Daal: 2 C red lentils 4 C of water 1 t cumin powder ½ t turmeric powder ½ t cayenne pepper 2 medium onions, chopped 1 inch piece [...]

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Kids Cooking Classes at the Market

Last weekend, in the middle of the Portland farmers’ market at PSU, a cheerful group of youngsters enjoyed a personal, hands-on cooking class from James Beard award-winning chef, author, and local food systems expert Cory Schreiber. Strawberries were cut, cream was whipped, caramel and chocolate sauces were in abundance, and crepes were successfully flipped! Well, [...]

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Weekly Market Report – Desperate for Sunshine Edition

The 3rd Sunday of June means Fathers Day. Golf balls and flat screen teevees are clichés on commercials – no way, not your dad, he is more of the slow food and gardening type of dad. PSU and King Markets offer a chance to indulge your dad in his hobbies. Spend some quality local time [...]

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Urban Sketchcrawl @ King Market 6/20

Why sketch a still life when you can sketch real life? At least that’s how the Urban Sketchers see it. As a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the artistic, storytelling, and educational value of location drawing, Urban Sketchers promotes the practice of capturing everyday phenomena through a variety of mediums and connects artists [...]

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Senate Bill 510 – A Time for Action

Senate Bill 510 is working its way through the legislative process. Everyone supports safe, healthy and affordable food – Senate Bill 510 works against all 3 of those goals and could change the way family farmers and Farmers Markets operate.  Support family farmers, Farmers Markets and small agricultural businesses by opposing this bill or supporting [...]

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