luxury accommodations
Love our new chicken coop. (Thanks, Bake’s Binster!)
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21
Aug
14
The Need for Green
These days I am regularly asked, usually by people I don’t know especially well, about the state of my stomach. Have you been craving anything in particular? they want to know. I assume they are hoping to hear that I’ve been porking out on butter brickle ice cream topped with dill pickles and Corn Nuts. [...]
Read More»Aug
07
Vindahlo—Part Two: good eats for all
[For the story on how we got here, you may read Vindahlo—Part One: a history.] “Listen, Sister,” the Squeeze said to me, waggling a piece of spice-crusted beef in creamy fenugreek sauce on his fork, “I’m not saying I don’t wish this was A-1.” My face must have fallen, just a little (but what did [...]
Read More»Jul
28
Kenny and Zuke’s
My experience at the delicatessen at SW Stark and 11th is admittedly limited. I have been to breakfast there only three times but was three times very, very pleased. Breakfast number one: Potato latkes and housemade applesauce, hold the sour cream. Best danged latkes of my life, seriously. I figure they must be deep fried [...]
Read More»Jul
14
Vindahlo—Part One: a history
The Squeeze, bless his patience and his willingness to suffer if he thinks he can make me happy, does not like Indian food. So naturally one of the first places I took him was my favorite street cart, the Chaat House (since renamed the Bombay Chaat House after the first cart was sold, in case [...]
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11
May
19
Eating for Two
I am unused to denial, to discomfort, to frustration around food. I have always tried to eat responsibly, but now I am newly and powerfully motivated. I don’t always do my best, but every day I hold my belly and promise to do better.
Read More»May
02
The Watermelon E-mail
A true story: I was having a serious watermelon moment last week, sure that it was the only thing I would ever want to eat for the rest of my life ever. So I bought one. Didn’t feel good about it, but I was compelled, you know? And it was crap. I am still eating [...]
Read More»Feb
20
Completely Fictitious Book Cover
I don’t want you to think that I’ve been slacking off, trotting around Europe, or lying in the ditch during these last 41 days since I’ve posted here. The truth is, I’m a grad student in the Writing and Book Publishing program at Portland State, and, as such, am kept pretty busy. I’ve been eating [...]
Read More»Jan
10
Six Thumbs Up
Two: Nicholas Restaurant Whenever I go to Nicholas, which is not nearly often enough, I have a spinach pie (from the pizza menu) and a bowl of lentil soup. In the past, I’ve experimented with various kabobs and mezza platters (you can have vegan, vegetarian, or meaty) and they’ve all been great, but now I’ve [...]
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