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Posts By: Rebecca Gerendasy

Favorite Family Recipe: Apple Crisp

No shortage of apples at our house. The boys love whatever I bake for them, but their favorite is a family recipe, Apple Crisp.

The Call of the Fresh Oregon Berry

Berry picking is something I’ve been doing since I moved to Oregon. There is something very special about the berries here. Like the grapes for pinot noir, berries like the weather here during the summer months – once it kicks in! Cool nights and hot days. Generally the strawberries come into their full sweetness in [...]

World Premiere of The Love of Beer (video)

August 19, 2011 It’s fairly common knowledge that Portland, Oregon is well known for its beer and micro-breweries – there are over 30 breweries in town, and many more pubs that serve up this crafted ale. This weekend kicks off a week of microbrew celebration aptly called Portland Beer Week. There are a number of [...]

Charcuterie, a documentary (video)

August 17, 2011 Full of history, love of food, and an interest in bringing old-world traditions into the 21st Century, it was a delight to discover Charcuterie – a Documentary via Ediblearia. In this short documentary “Charcuterie is defined as the cookery of meat, but in the past 700 years, it’s become so much more. [...]

Frikeh Summer Salad

This is a salad dish made from a seasonal ingredient called Frikeh that originates in the Middle East.

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En Santé Organic Winery and Meadery

October 13, 2010 Farming and making wine on the homestead her grandparents established in 1927 in Brosseau, Alberta, Canada, Xina Chrapko from the get-go defines what organic means to her: “Why organic? It’s just because that’s how we’ve always farmed. A little pet peeve of mine is, you hear conventional farming and organic farming – [...]

Crop Mob

October 12, 2010 The name ‘crop mob‘ has been compared to the long ago community effort of barn raising: a group of people coming together to help a fellow farmer build a barn. Today, these volunteer hands meet up at a farm and pitch in to do whatever is needed. Barth Anderson, of Fair Food [...]