Portland Culinary Alliance

  The story of how the Firehouse restaurant came to be is a charming one.  Husband and wife move to our beloved Portland.  She, Elizabeth, pursues a career in chiropractic and naturopathic medicine, while he, Matthew, a career in the kitchen.  They both look for that perfect place to set ...

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October’s first Saturday brought blustery fall weather but PCA members and guests stayed cozy inside the beautiful Hotel deLuxe as six esteemed authors read us their deliciously inspiring words.  The literary symposium featured writers of food fiction and food memoir.  The novelists included: Jennie Shortridge, Eating Heaven and Love and ...

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Mahalo (that's "thank you" in Hawaiian) to Don and Sandra Kruger for hosting our wonderful lu'au at Kruger's Farm on Sauvie Island. It was a beautiful setting on a grassy area beneath a huge oak tree. Mahalo also to our lu'au chef, PCA member Mike Downing, chef/owner of Quimby's Restaurant ...

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A small but enthusiastic crowd came to Oregon Culinary Institute last Wednesday to hear Anthony Boutard talk about the legumes he grows at Ayers Creek Farm. The OCI again graciously allowed us use of a classroom for our monthly program. After the program, we adjourned to the student-operated restaurant for ...

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PCA members and guests got their Dungeness crab fix Thursday night at a delicious Dungeness crab event put on for us by McCormick & Schmick's Harborside Restaurant and the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission. Although it's true that you can never have too much Dungeness crab (the food of the gods ...

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Cookies are wonderful treats any time of the year, but there's something about cookie baking during the holiday season that enhances their tastiness. Mix the specialness of holiday cookies with bite-size confections created by the Two Tarts, and you've got a recipe for some very cheery chewing. The Two ...

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On a gorgeous fall day last weekend, a dozen or so PCA members made the trip to Panther Creek Cellars in McMinnville for an afternoon focused primarily on Pinot noir.   The PCA's wine liason and host, Ron Kaplan, greeted guests with a tour of the facilities and commentary ...

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PCA members got a taste of some Oregon superlatives at a special Oregon Bounty program August 17 with an emphasis on craft distillers: Oregon has the only distillers guild in the country (17 members so far), Oregon is second only to California in the number of craft distilleries (20 so ...

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About 40 members and guests showed up at Dan and Susie Wilson's Canby farm for our annual summer potluck picnic on July 27. An accident on I-5 delayed many guests but almost everyone was present (and hungry) when the lamb was ready to be served. Dan and Susie, ...

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