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FEBRUARY 2
A second Haiti benefit dinner will be held at Naomi Pomeroy’s mecca of communal dining, Beast. The Haitian-inspired dinner will also include a silent auction featuring locally donated items. Tickets are $100, with 100% of the proceeds benefitting Mercy Corps. For more information, call 503-841-6968. If you cannot attend the dinner, Beast invites you to consider making a donation here.
FEBRUARY 3
“Strength through Unity: A Gala Affair for Haiti Relief” is a seven-course benefit dinner featuring award-winning chefs Jeff Van Geest (Diva at the Metropolitan Hotel), David Hawksworth (Hawksworth), Andrey Durbach (Pied-à-Terre, La Buca), Angus An (Maenam), Jeremie Bastien (Boneta Restaurant), and Eleanor Chow (Chambar). A Chef’s Services Auction—bid on a chef’s time and service for private instruction or preparation— and a Silent Auction round out the night. The gala will be held at Terminal City Club, and tickets are $150CDN, with 100% of the proceeds being donated to provide disaster relief in Haiti. For more information, call 604-889-3456 or click here.
FEBRUARY 13 & 14
SakéOne will host their annual “For the Love of Nigori” sake and chocolate pairing, and this year they’re donating 15% of tasting fees and sales to Mercy Corps. Tasting fee is $10. For more information, call 503-357-7056.
The Inns & Dining Outs of Oregon’s Willamette Valley
By Cole Danehower
The Willamette Valley has long been a favored destination of the hungry and thirsty. Lured by visions of agricultural riches, nearly half a million 19th century pioneers journeyed west. Reaching the end of the Oregon Trail, they spread across the valley to fill it with some of the earliest farms, orchards, vineyards—even a distillery—in the Northwest. Today, the Willamette Valley remains a grail for travelers wanting to experience the alimentary affluence of one of America’s greatest agrarian regions. Click here to read more
All food comes from the earth
By Cole Danehower
This is at once a banal and profound statement. On the one hand it seems trite to point out that the origin of any nutrition is rooted in the energies of nature, whether of the land or sea. Yet on the other hand, our contemporary society does its utmost to disguise the source of our sustenance, wrapping around our provender all the trappings of marketing and packaging in a seeming effort to separate us from the true fount of our food. Click here to read more
