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
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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
Character Sketches
Songs from an imaginary font of lost love and loneliness
Julien Ehrlich says that when he started writing as a duo with guitarist Max Kakacek, the musicians “wanted the songs to sound like they were … Continue reading
Spotlight on Kenji Bunch
Q&A with the Snow Queen Composer
We recently caught up with Portland composer Kenji Bunch, who wrote the music for Eugene Ballet Company’s new production of The Snow Queen opening at … Continue reading
Eat Me
Disgusting and pretentious, Raw tells the story of a teenaged vegan driven to cannibalism
The premise is just so damn tasty: A teenaged vegan, Justine (Garance Marillier), enters the veterinary school where her sister, Alexia (Ella Rumpf), is already … Continue reading
American Voices
Spring brings vocal music by 20th- and 21st-century American composers
Although America seems like a scary place at the moment, we can draw strength and solace from the music of American composers of our own … 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
Lincoln Street Sessions
Live Music, Local Musicians, Recorded in our Shitty Office
Lincoln Street Sessions is a series of video studio sessions filmed live in the Eugene Weekly office at 1251 Lincoln in Eugene Oregon.