Portland Culinary Alliance

On October 23, PCA member Shelley McDaniel offered fellow members a look at her year-old business in Lake Oswego, a meal assembly business with a twist, Cooking Accomplished! Shelley, who's a graduate of Western Culinary Institute, figured she could improve upon the meal assembly concept by offering original recipes ...

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On a crisp fall evening this past Sunday, PCA members who love the written word and great food gathered at Linda Wisner's beautiful Sauvie Island home for a potluck and Literary Salon. Our readings revolved around First Tastes, and we were instructed to bring a well-loved dish and an excerpt ...

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Even an overcast August evening and a light drizzle didn't turn a small group of members away from last Sunday's PCA Potluck. Our gracious hosts, Marcia Hamann and her husband Tom, opened their quaint country home for an evening of great food and conversation in their peaceful backyard (a stately ...

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At our June 25 program at Simpatica Dining Hall, Viande co-owner Ben Dyer introduced us to a pink curing salt used in curing pork belly to make the items Ben demonstrated: Tuscan-style pancetta, savory rolled pancetta and bacon. Barbara Dawson, PCA secretary and an owner of In Good Taste, 231 N.W. ...

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A small but enthusiastic group of members and guests celebrated Bastille Day in a tasty way by joining Chef Robert Reynolds July 14 to shop for ingredients at Portland Farmers Market and later to prepare a blue, white and red (bleu, blanc et rouge, like France’s tricolor flag) brunch in ...

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