Events Archives - Page 24 of 38

December 23, 2021January 14, 2022

Dumpling Week Returns in 2022

pierogies-delores-dumpling-week-portland-oregon

One of my favorite Dumpling Week options, potato and cheese pierogis with onions and bacon from Delores (RIP) from 2019.

Portland has a number of “food weeks” that center around some of the most popular dishes that represent, for all intents and purposes, American comfort food: pizza, burgers, tacos, wings. Dumpling Week, from The Oregonian, usually starts the year off, and looking at the Bridgetown Bites archives, I’ve been happy to blog about it in 2019, 2020, and 2021 (which was a big takeout year). This year, Dumpling Week goes from Sunday, January 30 to Saturday, February 5, 2022.

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021

The Winter Wedge 2021 – Virtual Cheese Fun

Similar but not exact contents of the 2021 Winter Wedge. Photo source: The Wedge.

One of the best cheese festivals in our region, if not the country, is The Wedge from the Oregon Cheese Guild. Billed as a “Farmers Market-style event,” it was a time where you could go and try a bunch of regional cheeses in one place, as well as purchase cheese and other specialty food and drinks. Since we’ve been in a pandemic, it’s been a virtual event—and the same goes for this year. How do you participate? Here’s how.

December 1, 2021December 1, 2021

A Good Time With Sandor Katz and His New Book at Ferment Brewing Co.

The exterior of the modern Ferment Brewing Co. building as the sun was setting.

On Monday evening I made my way to Ferment Brewing Co. in Hood River for an evening with fermentation legend Sandor Katz to hear him talk about his new book, Sandor Katz’s Fermentation Journeys. He spoke to a more than full house, with eventually close to 60 people sitting in the space and around the perimeter.

November 30, 2021November 29, 2021

Vivienne Culinary Bookstore Opens December 2

I was really happy to get the update on Vivienne’s opening as a culinary bookstore—the official date is Thursday, December 2. They’ll be open from noon to 6pm. But that’s not all!

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021

Sandor Katz’s Fermentation Journeys Book Launch in Hood River November 29

Very exciting news: Sandor Katz, fermenter extraordinaire, has a new book called Sandor Katz’s Fermentation Journeys, and will be doing a book launch party at the aptly named Ferment Brewing Co. in Hood River on November 29. This will be a nice chance to hear Sandor speak about a topic he is deeply well-versed in—traditions in fermentation—and watch his technique for making a ferment in the modern surroundings of Ferment Brewing Co. It should be a fun and interesting time. The event is free and unticketed.