As you can see from the orangey-red spot right down there near the tip, this is not a “white” pizza, this is supposed to be a normal slice of cheese pie cut in half. I’m finding that not only do small towns tend to like their pizza to be triangles of cheesebread, but so does Portland.
SO IF you are in Portland and like sauce on your pizza, I’ve found that the best I’ve had (so far) is: Escape From New York Pizza on NW 23rd and Hoyt. It is indistinguishable from Stromboli or St Mark’s style New York slice.
Depends on how many peeps and how tricky how much money you can spend etc. Slow cooked pork shoulder is easy and can go on crackers or be served with a friggin souffle.
Call K&L wines and get a load of ’96 Lanessan. It’s affordable and amazing. Our Dandy NYE champagne is Schoenheitz NV Cremant d’Alsace. Should be 13 bucks a bottle and is awesome.
Last night I went to see this one-man show about James Beard. I went to dinner at Blue Hour then walked around the corner to see the play. That was a perfect evening. I highly recommend it and if you don’t live in Portland I can tell you it would be worth flying in for, in my book.
The dude playing James Beard is totally amazing. Charming and brazen, wordly and world-weary. I wanted so badly to take him out to dinner or have him over to the Oddy for a nice 7 course wine pairing but then I realized, “DOH! That’s not James Beard, that’s an actor. DAMN. This guy is good.”
P.S. At Blue Hour I had Oregon Coast Kumamotos with a glass of Veuve (by the glass. Rad) and then the black cod with a risotto cake. Brought my own Croatian wine. Awesome. All was right and true in the world of food.
