Deborah Koons Garcia's exceptional new film, Symphony of the Soil, pays loving homage to the beauty and the wondrous mystery of soil, celebrating not just the incredible soil diversity filmed on four of the world's continents, it also rejoices in the knowledge of leading scientists, and farmers whose...

In part 1 of this interview, Dr. Susan Katz, a retired pediatrician, biochemist, and present Chair of the Environmental Health Work Group of the Oregon's Physicians For Social Responsibility(PSR) talks about some of the new research on "obesogens", the specific class of chemicals that appear to promote weight...

Forest Grove, Oregon - Believed to have originated in Japan around 300 B.C., saké is an aromatic, flavorful, and smooth tasting drink that is made from fermented rice. If you have never before tasted saké, Greg Lorenz suggests you imagine a gin and tonic drink mixed with riesling wine-- at...

Portland, Oregon Ed Arcement and his wife Nancy love cheese. Indeed, their mutual enthusiasm for this processed food is why, in 2005, they chose to attend a national goat show in Spokane, Washington. They found themselves suddenly bidding on a particular goat, and as Ed explains during the interview, the...

Newberg, Oregon - One of the key strengths behind a sustainable aquaponics system--the growing of fish and plants together within a mutually supporting system--is the notion of increasing natural efficiencies. The fish waste is recycled through the roots of growing plants to provide the nutrients for the plants to properly...

What makes Red Flannel Hash stand out from other hash concoctions is its use of beets. In this recipe, Michele Knaus uses red and yellow beets, giving the dish not only a beautiful presentation but also a nice touch of sweetness from this winter root. Knaus also gives tips throughout...

When it comes to farming through the winter months, Tom DeNoble of DeNoble's Farm Fresh Produce in the small coastal town of Tillamook, Oregon, is no romantic. "If you plan on making money in the wintertime you will fail pretty much. You have to say 'this is gonna be extra'...

Winter root vegetables are some of my favorite ingredients to turn to in the kitchen so I was excited to learn about Diane Morgan's latest cookbook Roots: The Definitive Compendium with more than 225 Recipes. Not only does she provide new ways to work with those...

Clark Haass is bent on world domination, but not in the evil-overlord, bwa-ha-ha sense. He wants to bring the world to the table over a heaping plate of hash.

Haass had started meeting friends at restaurants to try different kinds of hash, gatherings he christened "Hashcapades," that...

Canine cookbook author Rick Woodford (Feed Your Best Friend Better) demonstrates an easy granola bar recipe that your dog will enjoy. Woodford believes in using fresh food ingredients that come from the same common foods that humans eat. The four ingredients...

When Rick Woodford's "best buddy", an 8 year-old dog named Jackson, was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given 9 months to live, Woodford was determined to help his friend enjoy the remaining days of his life.

After feeding his dog home...

As we learn in this story, cask-conditioned beers are still alive, and further maturing in their (cask) containers as they are served to the customer. As publican Ted Sobel of the Brewers Union Local 180 explains, the continuing fermentation process of these living beers imparts subtle and complex...

Beer and bread share so much in common, not just in key ingredients, (yeast, grain, and water), also in the importance of freshness. Like a good loaf of bread, most beers except for a few styles that actually improve with age, require timely consumption after being produced, to achieve a...

"What's a pop-up?"

It's the question that Kathryn LaSusa Yeomans gets asked the most about her recent venture. A seasoned chef who early in her career trained with the likes of Lidia Bastianich and Diana Kennedy, Yeomans worked in restaurants in her home state of New York and...

When Philly native Sarah Curtis-Fawley travelled to Australia for what she just intended to be a year, fate seems to have intervened. Marrying, and eventually opening up a pie shop in Portland, Oregon specializing in sweet & savory pies, was simply not part of the original plan.

When she and...

Lisa Mygrant admits that buying a 7,000 square foot, high-profile historic building in the center of downtown Portland was a larger project than she'd envisioned for her first restaurant.

"Terrifying," she said when asked how it felt when the deal went through for the future Raven and Rose...

Fill Your Pantry, an annual post-harvest event sponsored by Ten Rivers Food Web and Willamette Farm and Food Coalition, seeks to establish a regional food economy that benefits farmers, consumers, and the local community. As Jen Christion Meyers, Ten Rivers Community Food Organizer explains...

"Yeast never sleeps," said Sebastian Degens. Which is a good thing, since Degens and his wife, Erika, depend on it to ferment the fruit and grain mashes they distill at their Stone Barn Brandyworks in Portland, Oregon.

As a child, Degens grew up in Germany with distilled spirits...

If time it short and you're looking for something tasty to bake over the holidays, try veteran pastry chef Mary O'Rourke's twist on a simple Irish soda bread recipe by adding some seasonal ingredients. It's quick, easy, and sure to please!

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Tim Healea, renowned for the quality of the breads that he makes at his little t american baker in Portland, Oregon, said he never dreamed he'd have a career in the food business, much less own his own bakery. As a matter of fact, he calls his discovery...