Mead, or honey wine, is made by fermenting honey, water, and yeast, and it may very well be the world’s first wine and first alcoholic beverage. Chemical traces of a …
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Pomme Boots Society Supports Women in the Cider Industry
It’s Saturday morning, and Jana Daisy-Ensign leads twenty-four women and men through a yoga class in the warehouse behind Portland Cider Company’s Tasting Room. Jana is a certified yoga instructor …
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Eating Your Way Through New Orleans
by Betsi Hillby Betsi HillKnown for its magnificent food, culled from its rich Cajun and Creole heritage there is no place like New Orleans in the world. And here are few examples of the …
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Oregon Berries: The Business Behind the Big Flavor
Oregon is rugged coastline and sandy beaches, sand dunes, timber forests, snow-capped mountains, high desert and dry open ranch land. It’s also the soil-rich flatlands and green valleys of farm …
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Columbia River Gorge: Hiking, Rafting, and Horses
On first glance, you might think the rugged, high cliffs of the Columbia River Gorge, with the Columbia River flowing below, were formed by flooding. But the area is actually …
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Visit for a weekend, visit for a week, you won’t begin to see all there is to see in Charleston. This city on South Carolina’s sunny Atlantic shore is a …
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In 2003, 21-year-old Jennifer Pharr Davis, owner of the Blue Ridge Hiking Company, set out to walk the Appalachian Trail. She completed that iconic trail hike that runs 2,175 miles …
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Enjoying an Iberian-influenced Dinner with Ransom Wine Co. and Distillery
It’s a warm summer evening at the home of Ransom Wine Co. and Distillery’s Tad and Mary Seestedt and guests gather on the back porch to enjoy a cocktail and …
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Caprese Salad Recipe, with Bufala Mozzarella & Nut-Free Pesto
On a recent trip to Chicago, we found Tesori quite by accident. My teenaged nephew and I had enjoyed a great morning walking Grant Park and visiting the Shedd Aquarium. …
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Oregon Berry Festival: Celebrating Old Fashioned Fun, Modern Farming and Gourmet Food Products
Wandering a good festival is a highlight of long summer days, and attending the Oregon Berry Festival in Portland was a sweet treat. The family-friendly festival is good old-fashioned fun, …