More and more Portlanders are planting a garden this year, large or small, new or well-established. But garden or no garden, anyone who enjoys putting together meals when produce is the most fresh and varied, will head to a local farmers market occasionally this summer for fruit and veggies and possibly other Oregon and Southwest Washington products to eat, drink and beautify their homes.
New Zealand based merino wool pioneer for the outdoors, Icebreaker, launched its new range of merino technical knits for runners at this month’s leading Outdoor show which was held in Friedrichshafen on the shores of Lake Constance in Germany.
Got a hankering for wild mushrooms? The Portland Farmers Market may be your ticket.
When Fletcher visited one of the market’s six locations, she found a mushroom vendor that had “incredible” wild mushrooms at a price she never would have seen at her local market.
Fried dough is a fair staple, whether it goes by the name doughboy, elephant ear, or funnel cake. At the Oregon State Fair in Salem, the Road Kill—a consistent best-seller—represents fried dough at its most abstract: deep-fried and flattened into the shape of a dead possum or rat and dressed with a variety of berry sauces and syrups to resemble oozing blood and guts.