
The American Center for Sustainability (ACS) will be hosting and benefiting from the Spring for Support Restaurant Rally on Saturday March 20, 2010. This event will raise funds for expanding the Annual Plant Project and further development of community programs led by ACS. Patrons and restaurant goers will be able to participate in ACS’s Spring for [...]

From Time Magazine:
Coffee aficionados have been asking the question over and over again: Is Stumptown Coffee Roasters of Portland, Ore. — the most conspicuous exponent of coffee’s “third wave” — the new Starbucks?
Wait, you haven’t heard of the third wave? Get with the program! In cities across America, a fervid generation of caffeine evangelists are [...]
March 9, 2010 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, Feb. 24, the Community Health Education Center (CHEC) and the Salem Cardiovascular Center host an educational and culinary class as the final Heart Month community event. From 6 to 8 p.m., Cardiac Surgeon Tom Winkler, MD, and Ken Kudla, a former Salem Hospital cardiac patient, will prepare a heart-healthy meal to be enjoyed [...]
February 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Oregon Public Health Division officials today are warning consumers about a nationwide recall of approximately 1,240,000 pounds of a variety of pepper-coated salami products manufactured by Daniele, Inc., a Rhode Island company.
“Daniele brand salami has been identified as the source of a large and ongoing outbreak of salmonellosis,” said William Keene, Ph.D., M.P.H., a senior [...]
January 23, 2010 | Posted in
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I love Portland, the farm to table aspect, rising local cuisine, Slow Food and farmers markets. But yet when I take a look at the Oregonian Food Day section, it makes my blood boil at times. What I read yesterday made me embarrassed for the town and state I take a lot of pride in.
The writers [...]
January 12, 2010 | Posted in
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Multiple outlets are reporting today that downtown Portland’s Greek Cusina has closed its doors. The restaurant, located on the corner of SW Washington and 4th Street, has been a part of Portland history for decades and is well known for their food, night life and of course the giant purple inflatable octopus on the outside [...]
January 3, 2010 | Posted in
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