Starter Bread News Today

We tested classics from Ken’s Artisan Bakery and Grand Central Bakery against newcomers like Cafe Olli. These are our favorite crusty, crumby loaves in Portland.

Some of Portland’s best loaves, currently only offered through a home-baked, under-the-radar delivery service, will expand with a bakery in St. Johns next to the new Gracie’s Apizza.

Every Monday I haul over to a sleepy street off West Burnside to yank open the world’s ugliest treasure chest, a plastic bin tucked behind a metal gate. Waiting inside: bread wrapped in brown paper and labeled by hand. It’s heavy enough to inspire a few Pumping Iron moves on the spot. But banish all preconceptions.  Starter Bread inspires the kind of deep thoughts usually reserved for Texas barbecue or retiring basketball players. I can’t wait to get it home. Texture is th...

For the holidays, give the gift of good tastes from Clark County Locally made items can add to celebrations this winter By Rachel Pinsky Share: Macarons by Brittnee Klinger. (Contributed photos) Photo Gallery After months of cooking, who couldn’t use something tasty to eat that they didn’t have to make themselves? Here’s a list of five exclusive, locally made items that you can still buy and get to everyone on your list in time for Christmas. Any of the these gif...