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“The Italian Summer Kitchen,” a new cookbook by Cathy Whims, chef and owner of Nostrana, is released today. It’s her debut cookbook, and offers accessible recipes of beautiful and flavorful Italian fare, surrounded by colorful illustrations.
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Passover 2025 is just around the corner in Portland! Passover, or Pesach, is a major Jewish holiday that celebrates the Israelites’ escape and liberation from slavery in Egypt, as told in the book of Exodus. This is the second book of the Old Testament and part of the Torah.
This year it starts the evening of Saturday, April 12 and ends on Sunday, April 20. The final day is also the date of Easter this year.
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This year Food Waste Prevention Week is from Monday, April 7 to Sunday, April 13. The point of this week is to bring awareness about food waste, encourage ways to prevent it, and to show you how to do so. The organizers consider this week to be not just an event, but a community-driven movement. This article is our contribution to that effort.
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This year, both Easter and Orthodox Easter fall on Sunday, April 20, with Holy Week starting Sunday, April 13. It is very uncommon for the two to land on the same day. But regardless of your level of religiosity, Easter can be a sweet time: Brunch, holiday candy, wine, and feeling grateful for spring are All Good Things. After all, Easter’s spring placement has origins in Oestre/Eostre, who is goddess of spring and fertility.
Here is where you can enjoy Easter’s tasty charms in Portland
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One of Portland’s truly independent food publications is Kitchen Table Magazine. It publishes once or twice a year, and is not to be confused with Kitchen Table Quarterly. They are readying their upcoming issue and are running a crowdfunding campaign to fund it.
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