AltWeeklies Wire
Know Your Decade: Take Our Quiz and Kiss the '00s Goodbyenew
Think you're a genius at remembering everything that happened over the last 10 years? Take this quiz of pop culture and news from the last decade to see how much you really know.
The Portland Mercury |
Wm. Steven Humphrey, Patrick Alan Coleman and Mercury staff |
12-31-2009 |
Commentary
Foodie Giltnew
Chris Carriker has had five months in the Gilt Club kitchen as the new executive chef. His focus is on seasonal dishes divvied up among small plates, which can be mixed and matched at a diner's leisure.
The Portland Mercury |
Patrick Alan Coleman |
12-10-2009 |
Food+Drink
Can Portland's Food Cart Boom Continue Through the Coming Winter?new
So far Portland eaters have been able to sustain the crowded mobile food community. But can it last? With winter on the way, the question remains if all 91 new carts opened this year will survive a saturated market and cold months.
The Portland Mercury |
Patrick Alan Coleman |
11-13-2009 |
Food+Drink
Kate Hopkins Creates a Boozy Travelogue with '99 Drams of Whiskey'new
Hopkins is an entertaining storyteller, which works in a book dedicated to a storied beverage. Moors, alchemists, gangsters, and politicians all show up in whiskey's history, and Hopkins' language lends fullness to the characters responsible for its mystique.
The Portland Mercury |
Patrick Alan Coleman |
06-19-2009 |
Nonfiction
Boozing Through the Ages: An Inebriated 'History' of Drinking in Portlandnew
Sure, we can drink. We can drink like champions. But that doesn't make us special. People have been drinking in Portland since it was little more than a hardscrabble tent town cut from the banks of the Willamette.
The Portland Mercury |
Patrick Alan Coleman |
01-22-2009 |
Food+Drink
Eating Outside the Box with the Oregon Culinary Institutenew
The Extreme Cuisine class gives the adventurous eater a very strange tour of they way the rest of the world eats.
The Portland Mercury |
Patrick Alan Coleman |
12-12-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Drunken Host: How to Booze Your Way Through Your Own Partynew
To be a good host, you must not fear the drunken abyss. A few boozy punch recipes will help get you there.
The Portland Mercury |
Patrick Alan Coleman |
11-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Integrity Spirits Will Fulfill Your Fantasynew
Trillium Absinthe Superiere, the latest release from small-batch distillery Integrity Spirits, is dominating the company's production these days. Stores can't keep it on the shelves, even at $60 a a bottle.
The Portland Mercury |
Patrick Alan Coleman |
07-24-2008 |
Food+Drink
For Our Country's Sake -- Stop Eating Like a Commienew
Lucky for you, I see it as my patriotic duty to offer you these true American foods, like the Hamdog, the Luther Burger, and more. You can either eat them, or let the terrorists win.
The Portland Mercury |
Patrick Alan Coleman |
07-03-2008 |
Food+Drink
America's Favorite Vegan Cookbook Writer Now Calls Portland Homenew
Isa Chandra Moskowitz's recipes have been a part of vegan potlucks since her first cookbook, 2005's Vegan with a Vengeance. She shares a little about her upcoming book as well as recipes for Quinoa Salad with Black Beans, Pasta Della California and Banana Rabanada.
The Portland Mercury |
Patrick Alan Coleman |
06-27-2008 |
Food+Drink
