Top Chef’s New Portland Season, Premiering Tonight by Blair Stenvick • Apr 1, 2021 at 10:00 am
Top Chef s first Portland elimination challenge was cooked and served at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). David Moir/Bravo
“Welcome to Portland,” host Padma Lakshmi tells 15 chefs in an industrial kitchen space located somewhere in the Portland metro area, “and season 18 of
Top Chef!”
That’s right: It only took 18 seasons for a food-centric show that has already filmed in locales such as Kentucky, Boston, and Los Angeles (
twice) to make its way up to Portland. For local fans of the hit Bravo reality competition show and I firmly count myself among them filming a season in the Rose City makes perfect sense: Our region is known for having a bustling, creative restaurant scene, as well as a bounty of locally grown, caught, brewed, and fermented ingredients. We’re also home to several former
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Oregon Legislators are seeking new funding for a mothers program at Coffee Creek.
WILSONVILLE Largely due to private donations, a Coffee Creek Correctional Facility program that helps incarcerated mothers play a role in their children s lives has continued over the last few years without state funding. But according to program director Jessica Katz, the Family Preservation Project may not proceed much longer if the public sector doesn t step up. Without support of the state we lose the interest of private funders because they don t want to be the sole financial supporters of the program. They would like to see a partnership to see the program innovate and grow, Katz said.
New Mural by Local Artist Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion in a Lighter, Brighter Way
A menagerie of bunnies brighten the popular Division-Clinton neighborhood in SE Portland
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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Crisp, a local woman-owned salad shop, wanted a fun and colorful way to communicate to passersby what they could expect upon entering their new location on SE Division. Founder Emma Dye realized the freshly painted bright green building was the perfect canvas for a vibrant mural so she went searching for the artist who could best communicate her vision which included a subtle message of inclusion and diversity.
We’re all staying in for Hanukkah this year, right? Thanks to, you know…
everything… it’s not a great time for communal gatherings, much less between two and eight of them in rapid fire. You know how we’re always like “I never know when Hanukkah is”? Let’s hold on to that energy for like… another six to eight months. It’s a lunar calendar, people, no one knows how it works! If your family calls you on it, commit to doing 16 days next December. Be prepared to negotiate up to 17 or 18, but hold the line at 20. There’s only so much chocolate gold a person can safely eat. So for now hunker down, start a Zoom room for dreidel games, and let’s talk takeout options!