Monthly Archives: May 2010

I was reminded of a poached salmon dish that spontaneously came about when Simon Sampson, Yakima tribal fisherman and market vendor, brought over a sparkling-fresh salmon steak for me to cook.  A market shopper who had seen the demo in … Continue reading →

Saturday, May 29 – Visit Lake Oswego Farmers Market & Portland Farmers Market for more Springwater Farm mushrooms than you can shake a stick at – I’m making that stick a wooden spoon and stirring those mushrooms into Miso Mushroom … Continue reading →

Double market Wednesday was time and inspiration for a number of rainy-day spring dishes!  I spent the morning at Portland Farmers Market in downtown’s Shemanski Park.  As hundreds of school children on a market outing milled between the vendor’s booths, … Continue reading →

Thank you, Farmers Market shoppers, for your enthusiastic requests for recipes from this past weekend’s markets. The abundance of spring morel mushrooms, the tender seasonal vegetables, and the unseasonably cold and rainy weather prompted the following.  Thanks for enjoying the samples at … Continue reading →

Saturday, May 22 – Portland regresses to winter weather, but the strawberries and peas forge ahead!  Rick Steffen of Rick Steffen Farm will have shelling peas.  ”We’ve planted a thousand foot row,” he said at the Wednesday market, “we’ll have … Continue reading →

Leave it to Euell Gibbons to wax poetic about the culinary loveliness of elder flowers…then refer to them as elder blow.  Good one, Euell – that conjures up a lovely image. Roger Konka, forager and farmer of Springwater Farm in St. Helens, … Continue reading →

I had forgotten how quaint the Sunday King Farmers Market can be.  Early morning light rain, then shoppers dappled in, as did the sunshine.  There was a relaxed, unharried feel.  People stopped by to chat with the chef as I prepped … Continue reading →

Take a virtual tour of the Portland food scene via Faith Willinger’s article in The Atlantic.  And here’s a link to that nettle custard recipe she mentions….

Saturday, May 15th is the opening day for the Lake Oswego Farmers Market.  As you make your way around this lovely market, stop by and visit Chef Kathryn Yeomans.  She’ll be cooking the many mushrooms of Springwater Farms, incorporating fresh … Continue reading →

Rocky mountain oysters, calf fries, cowboy caviar…. I prefer calling a spade a spade. I ate testicles. Last Sunday at the Hillsdale Farmers Market, Farmer Alan Rousseau of Pine Mountain Buffalo Ranch gifted me a package of buffalo testicles.  I’ve found … Continue reading →