Profiles:

Pace Taylor, Portland Monthly
On approachable intimacy and the pastel artist’s rise to prominence

Tyler Magyar (Monument Wines), Portland Monthly
On moonlighting as a winemaker

On Cooking:

Fortune Cookie Magic Shell, Epicurious
You can “magic shell” pretty much anything

A Love Letter to Provençal Anchoïade, Epicurious
On Patricia Wells’s perfect, anchovy loving recipe

“Turning the Upside-Down Cake on Its Head,” TASTE
Ever heard of eggplant cake?

“Just Buy Frozen Puff Pastry,” TASTE
On the joys of the freezer aisle

On Restaurants:

Jojo, Portland Monthly
On vulgar brunch foods and extremely online restaurants

Heavenly Creatures, Portland Monthly
On snack restaurants

No Saint, Portland Monthly
On the hustle of turning a pop-up into a restaurant

Wine Bars, Portland Monthly
… They’re best with DJs, VHS tapes, and stemless glassware

Around Portland:

The Ritz-Carlton, Portland, Portland Monthly
On the skyscraper purported to save the city

Barry’s, Portland Monthly
On the zenith of Portland’s boutique fitness boom

On Books:

Katherine Dunn, Portland Monthly
A review of the late author’s posthumously published novel Toad

Erica Berry, Portland Monthly
A review of the author’s debut book Wolfish

Emme Lund, Portland Monthly
An interview on the author’s debut novel The Boy with a Bird in His Chest

On Art:

Laura Burke, Portland Monthly
A review of the artist’s show Bright Blue His Jacket Is, and His Boots Are Yellow

Charlie Salas-Humera, Portland Monthly
On the artist’s journey to an almost blank canvas

“Weaving Data,” Portland Monthly
On weaving’s place in the history of technology

On Food:

The Cult of Radicchio, Portland Monthly
For a growing pact of agriculturally adjacent folks in the Pacific Northwest, radicchio is the unifying fetish object

Truffle Farming, Portland Monthly
On growing truffles in the ’burbs