Seattle’s Strange Icons
Seattle has its share of trendy restaurants and creative chefs, and like Portland, its fellow food-centric city to the south, Seattle’s culinarians are committed to using locally-sourced, fresh ingredients. But […]
Author Archives: Dwight Furrow
Walla Walla Blues
The color blue is often associated with sadness but, as many a great artist has shown, blue is rich in symbolic associations. From blue skies to ocean blue to blue […]
Willamette Valley: The Search for the Perfect Pinot
“Observe what thy nature requires, so far as thou art governed by nature only: then do it and accept it, if thy nature, so far as thou art a living […]
The Paradox That is Portland
Prior to the invention of modern, industrial agriculture, all cuisine was farm-to-table cuisine. But the idea of cooking only what is fresh and local has emerged in recent years as […]
Desert Wines
From the early gold miners, who would stake a claim based on a few flakes of placer gold in a river, to the hordes of gamblers who flock to “Vegas” […]
What is Sonoran-style Mexican Food?
Does Arizona have a distinctive regional cuisine it can call its own? Like much of the U.S., Arizona is a melting pot of many cultures, and its food reflects those […]
Verde Valley, AZ: A Marriage of Nature, Art, and Wine
Three things surprise me about Arizona: they make wine here, they make good wine here, and the desert, under the right conditions, can be as green as a jealous Leprechaun. […]
Fry Bread Nation
In a climate of extreme high temperatures, strong winds, and minimal rainfall it’s a challenge to develop a rich cuisine. Only the hardiest plants survive leaving little for animals to […]
Almost Gone!
The day has finally arrived after many months of preparation. Tomorrow we head out on the road on a quest to discover the regional foods and wines of the United […]
Roving Decanter 