Big Plates Small Dreams
Spice ’n’ Steam and dim sum
John Li, founder of Spice ’n’ Steam, Eugene’s brand new dim sum-style restaurant, visits his native Guangdong (Canton) every few years. He says the southern … Continue reading
Chow: Page 18
Longing for Lebanon
Willie’s International dishes up home style Lebanese cooking
He came to the U.S. with $300 in his pocket and a partial scholarship to the University of Oregon. Now, after 48 years in Eugene … Continue reading
Food Ambassador
Chef Ibrahim Hamide recalls nearly 50 years in Eugene
Eugene, Oregon, and Chef Ibrahim “Ib” Hamide, founder of Café Soriah on 13th Avenue, have been through a lot together: the tumultuous ’60s, the booming … Continue reading
Pho Real
A city tour through bowls of soup
It survived colonial occupation, war, immigration and migration. Refugees helped spread it around the world. Today, Vietnamese beef noodle soup — called pho — is … Continue reading
Brewed With Love
Equiano Coffee Co. brews something special
The Equiano tasting room is tiny, calm and slow. I enter and am embraced with the redolence of expertly roasted coffee. Two older gentlemen sit … Continue reading
Divine Simplicity
Keeping it easy and authentic at Springfield's Hayden Bridge Tap House
The Hayden Bridge Tap House is full of happy customers on a Friday evening. Multiple screens flicker with basketball games, and classic rock is urging … Continue reading
The 100-Mile Diet
Adventures in Locavore Living
“If we had a cow,” my daughter said, hope resonant in her voice, “we wouldn’t have to go to the store at all.” We are … Continue reading
North-westward Expansion
Rain Northwest brings finer dining to west Eugene
For years the building at 1190 City View Street housed a dowdy local Mexican favorite named Nacho’s Restaurant, and for years the building blended right … Continue reading
The Oregon Trail
Explore food frontiers at Lewis + Clark Restaurant
Step into Lewis + Clark Restaurant, a catering service turned full-time brick ‘n’ mortar restaurant on Martin Luther King Boulevard Jr. Boulevard in Eugene you’re … Continue reading
Growing Concern
Yep Yep Farm fights to stay organic
Jason Waligoske and his wife, Louisa Waligoske, are farmers. They have a dilapidated collection of outbuildings and greenhouses on the 4.6-acre former plant nursery site … Continue reading