Through Thick and Thin

Some say marriage is all about compromise and there is perhaps no place this is more evident than on the plate (or in the bowl, as the case may be).  You see, my husband is Polish, Jewish and Brooklyn all over, which means he was raised on a steady diet of hearty, starchy, mostly beige [...]

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Last Call for Winter Market

Starting a new Market in the dark days of winter has some peril, fortunately the weather cooperated. Sure, we’ve experienced rain, snow and high winds since the beginning of the year, but the worst of the season left Saturdays between 10-2 alone. Either because the weather was obliging or because 24,000 of you are crazy [...]

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Pi on TV

Last fall, a TV crew spent a morning at the Market hanging out at Divine Pie. The segment is now (finally) running on the Cooking Channel’s Unique Sweets. And the results have been positive. Not only are people landing on our blog after googling Divine Pie, we got this nice email from Alissa… Since the [...]

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Winter Salad Beets the Blues (plus a little running)

By Jamie Reckers, Portland Farmers Market This time of year, when the rain inspires most of us to pursue quiet inside activities that keep us warm and dry, I find myself with the goal of accomplishing a half-marathon in 2012.  Yes, folks, that’s 13.1 miles of non-stop motion in the great out-of-doors.  This requires a [...]

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Let Us Eat Cake (For Breakfast)

Normally, we’re loathe to comment on the calorie wars. Because we aren’t dieticians, nutritionists, or doctors. And because it’s easier to find two economists who agree on anything than it is to find two public health experts who agree on how best to lose weight. So we tend to default to our standard view that [...]

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Seasonal Recipe: Miso Mushroom Soup

Recipe, story and photo by Chef Kathryn LaSusa Yeomans.  At the Winter Market, follow the mouthwatering aromas to the Springwater Farm booth, where you will find Kathryn doing delicious things with Springwater’s  farmed and foraged offerings. You can read about her adventures in local, seasonal eating and cooking at her blog, The Farmer’s Feast. This [...]

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Jury Duty

Last week, a handful of Marketeers sequestered themselves in an undisclosed, top-secret location (Okay, the market office, after hours) for the Market’s annual food jury. The food jury is one of the final steps applicants participate in before being accepted into our markets. Prospective vendors drop off food for the jury panel, they leave and [...]

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Our Shared History

Dave sold his first loaf of Killer Bread at Portland Farmers Market. Last season, Dave’s Killer Bread went from Market vendor to Market sponsor. But their involvement with our Markets didn’t end with sponsorship. Team DKB still got up early, set up a booth and sold their killer loaves – generously donating 25% of the [...]

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Portland’s Edible History

By Anna Curtin, Portland Farmers Market With the opening of PFM’s new Winter Market, Portlandivores can once again purchase farm-direct year-round in the heart of the city…after a 70 year hiatus. Since the closing of the Portland Public Market in 1942, Westside residents and visitors have migrated to seasonal outdoor markets, such as the PFM [...]

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Trip to the Cheddarful

It’s most definitely soup season. This isn’t a calendar season, it’s a time of  year defined by damp shoes, dogs that occasionally don’t want to go for walks (usually the highlight of their day) and the craving of carbohydrates. On nights when I cook something other than pasta-centric dishes and lay off the mashed potatoes, [...]

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