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Eat Adventures Portland Food Carts Tour
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Eat Adventures Portland Food Carts Tour

While food trucks have become fairly common, few cities have anything to match Portland’s food cart culture. Some carts are trailers. Some carts are stands. And most, but not all, are arranged in pods: groups of carts, perched around the edges...

February 18, 2014
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Dinner at Mescalito’s

Friend J. keeps talking about “that Mexican place over near Oakland Cemetery.” I tilt my head to one side and try to picture it. “Tin Lizzy’s? We have one of those near the house.” “No, no.” “Mi Barrio...

February 11, 2014
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Dinner: Ink & Elm

Update: Sadly, Ink and Elm has closed. I’d never heard of Ink and Elm when friend B.D. asked us to join him there for dinner … but, for all the right reasons, I won’t soon forget our pleasant evening there. Here’s how we got...

February 1, 2014
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Tampa: Brunch at Wat Mongkolrata

Before the trip to Tampa, I spent the required time on TripAdvisor, leveraging the wisdom of crowds to find tips on things to do. Number one on TripAdvisor’s list? Taking in a show at the Tampa Theater — a local parallel to...

January 31, 2014
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Coffee Shop Stop – Suphanburi
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Coffee Shop Stop – Suphanburi

This coffee shop in Suphanburi’s Thai Market has been in business in the same location for a century. Our delicious iced Thai coffee cost just 20 baht per person — or about seventy cents. (And it comes with a free Chinese tea chaser.)...

October 10, 2013
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The Great Meals: Dinner at Coconut Lodge
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The Great Meals: Dinner at Coconut Lodge

Despite how often we eat — and how often we photograph our food — I remember very few specific meals. Often, it’s virtually impossible to recall what we ate just a few nights ago, much less years ago. And then, there are those...

August 31, 2013
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Mote con Huesillo
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Mote con Huesillo

Take cold water. Mix in honey and sugar, cinnamon, and dried peaches. Cook it down. Add husked wheat. Chill until almost frozen, then dip it from metal bins into plastic cups. This is mote con huesillo, and there’s a reason it’s for sale...

March 16, 2013
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