On assignment for What’s the Soup.net, I went to the Country Cat Dinner House & Bar in Portland, Oregon this week to photograph soup. And the soup was amazing. But they also served me up a smoked steelhead Benedict with caramelized onions. Someone must have given them a heads-up on my weakness for Benedicts. Click on pic for larger, drool-inducing view.
Picture of the Week: Signal Station Pizza
28 01 2013Signal Station Pizza is housed in a converted, historic Signal gas station. The building itself makes it worth a trip there, but the pizza is among the best in Portland. Click photo for larger view.
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Northwest Travel Magazine: The Pelican Pub & Brewery
11 01 2013“Whether by chance or fate, one of Oregon’s finest brewpubs inhabits one of the state’s finest backdrops. The Pelican Pub & Brewery shares an otherworldly beautiful chunk of beach with Cape Kiwanda and looks out at a larger-than-life basaltic monolith known as Haystack Rock, standing guard like a sentry in the Pacific Ocean.” Read the rest of the article here, or in the Jan/Feb 2013 edition of Northwest Travel Magazine.
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Picture of the Week: Breakfast at the Cape Lookout B&B
31 12 2012The breakfast end of a B&B doesn’t get much better than this; smoked local ham, wilted fresh spinach, and grilled tomato Benedict with rosemary roasted potatoes. Click on pic for larger view.
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Picture of the Week: Steak Tartare at the Bay House
10 12 2012On assignment in Lincoln City this last weekend I was lucky enough to enjoy appetizers and Happy Hour at the Bay House. I had the Steak Tartare and Stephanie had the mussels. It’s hard to say which plate we enjoyed the most but the Tartare photographed better, so here you go. Click on photo for larger view.
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Professional Gentleman of Leisure Facebook Page
26 11 2012I now have a Facebook page where I will be posting all sorts of pics and stories from my travel assignments and guidebook research. Click here to check it out and give it a “like” if you would be so kind.
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Tags: drink, facebook, Food, Hiking Waterfalls in Oregon, nature, outdoors, photography, professional gentleman of leisure, travel, Writing
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“What’s the Soup?” Review: St Honore Boulangerie
6 11 2012My latest write up for What’s the Soup is about the St Honore Bakery in NW Portland. There are no big cooking stoves at St Honore. Instead, soups are made from scratch, by using their one and only bread oven. First, they slow-roast or braise vegetables and meats in the oven, typically for 2 to 3 hours. This process not only makes the ingredients tender but brings out their natural sweetness and flavors, giving soups richer and more complex notes. Ingredients are then carefully mixed together and cooked in the oven, slowly. The end result is an offering of soups that contain true depth and honest richness. Read the whole article here.
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Northwest Travel Magazine: Meriwether’s Restaurant
4 11 2012I ate and drank a lot for the latest issue of Northwest Travel Magazine. Here’s a link to the Meriwether’s piece I did.
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Picture of the Week: St Honore Boulangerie
22 10 2012This pic is from a recent trip to the Saint Honore Boulangerie. I was lucky enough to be treated to a large sampling of pastries, soups, and salads as research for a write up on WhatstheSoup.Net. This is the Roasted Red Beet Salade, and it was amazing.
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