Portland Culinary Alliance

This week the great folks at Culinate joined the PCA. We'd like to welcome Kim Carlson, Mark Douglas, and Carrie Floyd on board. All are part of the staff at Culinate.com, a website that is really more of an ongoing conversation about learning to eat well. Visit the site ...

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What's the latest in cookware and kitchen implements? Those who attended December's program at In Good Taste were brought up to date by Barbara Dawson and her capable staff: Pam Henderson, Cheryl Russell and James O'Keefe. Greeting members as they came in out of the cold were a spread of ...

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LAD Communications recently sent the following news release to their media contacts across the country: New Cast of Portland Foodies Head Up Alliance Professional Culinary Alliance Gets Fresh Perspective November 14, 2007 (Portland, OR) – Micro-breweries, independent wineries, local cheeses, house cured meats – these are the ingredients that have blended to create ...

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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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Chef Robert Reynolds has landed on a clever way to introduce his cooking to a wider audience while tuning in to one of the latest Web phenomena: YouTube. With catchy music and friendly patter in his own chef studio in Southeast Portland, Reynolds gives mini cooking lessons on video. It's a ...

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Congratulations to Myron Redford and Vikki Wetle! Their Amity Vineyards 2006 ECO-WINE Willamette Valley Pinot Noir won a gold medal at the Oregon State Fair. The organic, sulfite-free Pinot Noir was up against 207 wines from all over Oregon. Previously, this prize-winner took home a gold at the 2007 Northwest ...

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Mark Bitterman, self-styled Selmelier, and his wife, Jennifer Turner, have become stars of the small screen. Computer screen, that is. Bitterman and Turner, who own The Meadow on Mississippi Avenue, are featured in a business video at CNN Money. Check out this video, "Marketing on a Shoestring," which shows a happy ...

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Ashley Griffin will join PCA as our new executive director in August. Ashley looks forward to meeting everyone already involved with the PCA, and hopes to welcome many new faces to the group as well. In her outside time, Ashley works as a freelance food writer who enjoys telling others ...

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Robert Hammond, chef and cooking school owner (Honeyman Creek Farm), is featured in a press release from Oregon State University Extension Services. Robert, who serves on PCA's board of directors, is an OSU Master Gardener. Read on to learn his tips about growing and cooking Asian greens. Plant Asian Greens ...

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