#40R Jason French - Ned Ludd / Elder Hal

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It's another classic Right at the Fork, brought to you by Ristretto Roasters.

Grab a delicious cup of Ristretto Tres Burros coffee and listen to our interview with Jason French. We cover it all in this show. Politics, chefdom, Portland, truffles. To know Jason French is to understand the essence of Portland cuisine.

Mentioned in this episode:
nedluddpdx.com/
www.oregontrufflefestival.com
lovelysfiftyfifty.wordpress.com/
www.bollywoodtheaterpdx.com/
blog.sweedeedee.com/
www.nelcentro.com/
www.yelp.com/biz_photos/cedos-f…and-gyros-portland
www.facebook.com/lacocinapdx
www.smallwarespdx.com/
www.nuvrei.com/
www.olympicprovisions.com/
www.navarreportland.com/
www.davenportpdx.com/

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by:
Ristretto Roasters: www.rrpdx.com
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Leanne Bach with Living Room Realty: www.leannebach.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

Gary's June '17 Spotlight on Portland Restaurants

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@garythefoodie checks in with us with a prolific group of new and established restaurants, along with some tips on doing a proper restaurant crawl. Or ten.

Chris proclaims his decade long ongoing rant and quest for a proper white clam pizza in Portland is officially over, after visiting The Crown.

Here's what Gary covered for you this month:

Wasabi Sushi
Can Font
King Leroy
Ferne and Holly
OxBox at Ox
Higgins
Farm Spirit
Santo Domingo Taqueria
Toffee Club
Jim and Patty's Coffee House
Kachka
Bunk Bar at Wonder Ballroom
RingSide Steakhouse
Enat Kitchen

Right at the Fork's Monthly Spotlights are brought to you Leanne Bach of Living Room Realty. Contact Leanne today for superior service finding your new home or selling one. She supports our incredible Portland food community by supporting Right at the Fork!

www.leanebach.com 503-349-7890 @luluhotsauce

Right at the Fork is also supported by:
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Ristretto Roasters: www.rrpdx.com
La Ruta PDX: www.larutapdx.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

#125 Javier Canteras - Urdaneta

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Javier Canteras' roots are planted in Madrid, but now he's blossoming as a chef at Urdaneta, the sweet Alberta Street restaurant he owns with his wife, Jael. He's putting out some of the most interesting food in Portland now, which was not his original goal when moving here from Oklahoma to take part in Portland's music scene. He stops by to talk about Spain, life in the midwest, and where you can find him playing his guitar at his Portland gigs.

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by:
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Standard TV & Appliance: www.standardtvandappliance.com
La Ruta PDX: www.larutapdx.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

#124 Alan Weiner - Food Photographer

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Alan Weiner joins us to tell us about his journey from a boy in Iowa to a long-time contracted NY Times photographer based in Atlanta, to Portland, where he has established himself as a premiere freelance food photographer. Alan shares with us some of the most incredible assignments he had for the NY Times, from political unrest in the USA and Russia to the '96 Olympics and political conventions and even hurricane disasters. Alan met his wife Pam on a plane flight from Portland, and then serendipity had her ask him to do a simple food shoot for her, and he was off to the races in his newfound niche.

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by:
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Standard TV & Appliance: www.standardtvandappliance.com
La Ruta PDX: www.larutapdx.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

#123 Carlo Lamagna and Nick Zukin - Cultural Appropriation

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On the heels of the controversy set forth upon the closing of Kooks Burritos,
a "shit list" was published that listed over 60 Portland restaurants owned by white people, along with suggestions of People of Color-owned businesses that should be frequented instead.

Nick Zukin's Mi Mero Mole appeared on the list of businesses that people should avoid.

Carlo Lamagna, an American-born Filipino, who is Executive Chef at Clyde Common and the future Magna, recently opened and subsequently closed a taco restaurant with a white partner.

We asked them to join us to for a discussion of the list and cultural appropriation in general.

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by:
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Standard TV & Appliance: www.standardtvandappliance.com
La Ruta PDX: www.larutapdx.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

Soundbite: PDX Fried Chicken according to Doug Adams

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ried Chicken has become a thing in Portland now. So our friend Doug Adams, whose Imperial Fried Chicken first caught the attention of the Top Chef Nation, drops in to the Right at the Fork studios to share with us a few of his favorites when it comes to dropping the bird into the fryer, and slamming it down on a plate.

We look forward to seeing what he's got planned for Bullard's opening in 2018.

Among those featured:

Country Cat: www.thecountrycat.net
Mae: www.maepdx.com
Han Oak: www.hanoakpdx.com
George's Corner Tavern
Fryer Tuck Chicken: www.fryertuckportlandfriedchicken.com
Superbite (for the Nashville Hot Cauliflower): www.superbitepdx.com
Hat Yai: www.hatyaipdx.com

Outside of Portland:
Lucy's Fried Chicken in Austin: www.lucysfriedchicken.com
Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack in Nashville: www.princeshotchicken.com

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by:
Standard TV & Appliance: www.standardtvandappliance.com
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Leanne Bach of Living Room Realty: www.leannebach.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

#122 Mike Thelin - Feast Portland

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Mike Thelin onsiders himself a champion of chefs and the bounty of Oregon.  His storied career has taken him from Scappoose, OR to New York and other continents, and now back home to Oregon, where he's in his sixth year co-producing Feast Portland.  While Mike has been a huge factor in helping promote Portland as a premiere food city, we wanted to hear more about Mike than we usually do, and we did.  We also got a taste of what's to come at Feast in September (tix on sale early June at feastportland.com), and a little talk of the first year of Hot Luck, the food and music festival that kicked off just before this podcast begins streaming.  Also, some of what has been learned about Pine Street Market.

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by:
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Standard TV & Appliance: www.standardtvandappliance.com
La Ruta PDX: www.larutapdx.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

#121 Elias Cario - Olympia Provisions

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Elias Cairo joins us on a meaty podcast. He takes us on this journey from working at his family's restaurants in Utah to Switzerland, where his apprenticeship there gave him a base of knowledge to hone his skills at places like Castagna in Portland. Eli takes us through some of the challenges and his personal joys of establishing Olympia Provisions, the USA's only USDA certified salami production facility. We also talk about his other business interests.

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by:
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Standard TV & Appliance: www.standardtvandappliance.com
La Ruta PDX: www.larutapdx.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

Gary's May '17 Spotlight on Portland Restaurants

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It's been a nice dining month in Portland for both @garythfoodie and host Chris Angelus.

In this episode, you'll hear discussion about:

Aviary
Renata
Tusk
Chalino
Astral PDX
Departure
Castagna
Roe
Ray
Lovely's Fifty-Fifty
Conin
Urdaneta (and a PFA there on 8/9/17)
Firehouse
Higgins
Guero
Fifty Licks
MacGregors in Manzanita
La Cabana D Raya in Astoria

Episode image at Applebee's with Han Oak's Peter Cho and his wife Sun and photographer Zoe Ching, which, for some reason, Gary didn't bring up. Check @foodpodcast @garythefoodie Instagrams for more.

Right at the Fork's Monthly Spotlights are brought to you Leanne Bach of Living Room Realty. Contact Leanne today for superior service finding your new home or selling one. She supports our incredible Portland food community by supporting Right at the Fork!

www.leanebach.com 503-349-7890 @luluhotsauce

Right at the Fork is also supported by:
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Ristretto Roasters: www.rrpdx.com
La Ruta PDX: www.larutapdx.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

#60R Sarah Minnick - Lovely's Fifty-Fifty

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Once again, another classic Right at the Fork, brought to you by Ristretto Roasters.

Grab a delicious cup of Ristretto Tres Burros coffee and listen to our interview with Lovely's Fifty-Fifty's Sarah Minnick. This one from 2015, where we talk a lot of pizza, thriving in business with family members, and what Portland was like for Sarah growing up in the city.

Photo: Aaron Lee

Mentioned in this episode:
www.lovelysfiftyfifty.wordpress.com/
www.apizzascholls.com/
www.handsomepizza.com/
www.kensartisan.com/
www.nostrana.com/
www.pyropizzacart.com/
www.avagenes.com/

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by:
Ristretto Roasters: www.rrpdx.com
La Ruta PDX: www.larutapdx.com
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Leanne Bach with Living Room Realty: www.leannebach.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

#120 John Gorham - Restaurateur, Toro Bravo Inc.

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One of Portland's most successful restaurateurs, John Gorham, joins us to talk about his trajectory from North Carolina and Virginia to Portland, via San Francisco and elsewhere. Did he get into trouble? Listen in. We talk about La Ruta PDX in July, too.

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by:
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Standard TV & Appliance: www.standardtvandappliance.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

Soundbite - Portland Tartares

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Freelance Writer Chad Walsh joins Chris for a protein binge crawl: Six beef tartares in one night, which would not have been possible without two enthusiastic crashers, Natalia Toral and Tami Wood. While the criteria started out as steak tartares as menu staples only, Chris and Chad come to the conclusion that great tartare doesn't have to be beef.

Mentioned in and sampled for this incredibly important research:

Ataula
Paley's Place
St. Jack
Jackrabbit
Little Bird Bistro
Laurelhurst Market
Bible Club
Toro Bravo

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by:
Standard TV & Appliance: www.standardtvandappliance.com
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Leanne Bach of Living Room Realty: www.leannebach.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

#119 Erika Polmar - Plate & Pitchfork

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One of Erika Polmar's missions is to instill in people an appreciation for where their food comes from.  So it's no wonder that the woman who's been curating and producing wonderful farm dinners with Portland's best chefs and area wines was the daughter of scientists.

Erika joins us to talk about her experiences from childhood to farm to table as she embarks on year 14 of Plate & Pitchfork.  Oh, and there's that little thing about selling sex ads in Willy Week.

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by:
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Standard TV & Appliance: www.standardtvandappliance.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

#118 Kelly Cox - Original Fare

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Kelly Cox is always on a journey. From her small town upbringing in Missouri, to NYC to now exploring the globe with her TV show, Original Fare, on which she's looking for real food and the stories behind it. We hear how her vices have helped guide and advance her career and life. And a few other morsels of wisdom.

Check out episodes of Original Fare here: www.theoriginalfare.com

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by:
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

Gary's April '17 Spotlight on Portland Restaurants

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Gary the Foodie joins us once again for his April spotlight on Portland, whereby he uses some excellent adjectives to talk about his visits to the following:

Jackrabbit
Chalino
Han Oak (running food!)
Beastling
Thimbul
Shipwreck
Urdaneta
Jolie Lade

Chris mentions visits to Xico, BYH Burgers and Guero.

Right at the Fork's Monthly Gary the Foodie updates are brought to you Leanne Bach of Living Room Realty. Contact Leanne today for superior service finding your new home or selling one. She supports our incredible Portland food community by supporting Right at the Fork!

www.livingroomre.com/agents/leanne-bach/ 503-349-7890 @luluhotsauce

Right at the Fork is also supported by:
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Ristretto Roasters: www.rrpdx.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

#117 Trent Pierce - Roe

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Trent Pierce talks about how his speakeasy style restaurant, Roe, sprung from his desire to maximize the space he had on Division, and to remake Fin.  Now he embarks on re-imagining and rebuilding Roe in new space, essentially Fin 3.0.  He also brought his guitar along to entertain us.

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by:
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Leanne Bach with Living Room Realty: www.livingroomre.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

#41R Chad Draizin - Fifty Licks

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Back in December 2014, when this episode was originally released, Right at the Fork kicked off the holidays with the sweetness of Chad Draizin, master ice cream creator at Fifty Licks.

Mentioned in this episode:
www.avagenes.com/
www.tastyntasty.com/
www.grainandgristle.com/
www.broderpdx.com/
www.cricketcafepdx.com/
www.nightlightlounge.net/
www.facebook.com/Soksabbai

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by:
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Leanne Bach with Living Room Realty: www.leannebach.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

#116 Melissa McMillan - Pastrami Zombie & Sammich

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Melissa McMillan started making "sammitch"es because she said she couldn't find anything in Ashland to satisfy her Chicago pastrami food sensibilities.   We talk about her roots and how her tree has blossomed now to include Sammich in Ashland, to her Pastrami Zombie food cart in Portland, and where she plans to go from here.  Plus, Chris makes a bet with Melissa about whose team will go further this year, his Mets or her Cubbies.

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by:
Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com
Leanne Bach with Living Room Realty: www.livingroomre.com
Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Music: "I Can't Stand the Rain" by Arielle Verinis.
Check her out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielleVerinis

Gary's March '17 Restaurant Update

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Gary checks in once again to share thoughts on his latest adventures and crawls in Portland dining, including Duck House, Kings Bakery, JolieLade, Rue, Davenport, Bar Casa Vale, Chalino and once again, Coquine.

Chris and Cort add anecdotes about visits to BYH Burgers, Higgins and Wares.  

Right at the Fork's Monthly Gary the Foodie updates are brought to you Leanne Bach of Living Room Realty. Contact Leanne today for superior service finding your new home or selling one. She supports our incredible Portland food community by supporting Right at the Fork!

http://www.livingroomre.com/agents/leanne-bach/     503-349-7890  @luluhotsauce