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Food+Farm 2010

| Posted in Events

Space Gallery has published the schedule (about half way down the page) for this year’s Food+Farm program:

May 20 – a screening of Dirt:The Movie and discussion with author William Bryant Logan.

May 21 – a screening of Ingredients, a “seasonal exploration of the local food movement”.

May 22 – in collaboration with Cultivating Community is hosting the Waking up the Farm Party at the Boyd Street Urban Farm in Portland in the morning, and in the evening a showing of Colony, a documentary about Colony Collapse Disorder.

May 23 – a screening of the documentary End of the Line, “the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans, we see firsthand the effects of our global love affair with fish as food.”

Miyake's Noodle Bar Field Research

| Posted in Under Construction

Portland Food Coma has published a report on the Miyake team’s field research in NYC getting inspiration and ideas for the opening of Pai Mei Miyake in Longfellow Square.

To get us on the right track, Masa took the restaurant staff down to New York City for a full day of eating noodles and drinking recklessly. It was an experience that I will never forget, that I feel very fortunate to have been a part of. This is how it went…

Miyake’s Noodle Bar Field Research

| Posted in Under Construction

Portland Food Coma has published a report on the Miyake team’s field research in NYC getting inspiration and ideas for the opening of Pai Mei Miyake in Longfellow Square.

To get us on the right track, Masa took the restaurant staff down to New York City for a full day of eating noodles and drinking recklessly. It was an experience that I will never forget, that I feel very fortunate to have been a part of. This is how it went…

Anti-Trust, Competition, and Trader Joe’s

| Posted in Under Construction

The Christian Science Monitor has published an in-depth look at the process that’s led to Trader Joe’s buying the former Wild Oats as the result of Wild Oat’s merger with Whole Foods. (via About Town)

So if we’re treating competition as a zero-sum game, was it “lost” when Whole Foods acquired Wild Oats, when Whole Foods bought out The Whole Grocer, or maybe when Wild Oats decided to compete directly against The Whole Grocer? Remember, the stated goal of antitrust is to “restore” competition that might be lost.

Anti-Trust, Competition, and Trader Joe's

| Posted in Under Construction

The Christian Science Monitor has published an in-depth look at the process that’s led to Trader Joe’s buying the former Wild Oats as the result of Wild Oat’s merger with Whole Foods. (via About Town)

So if we’re treating competition as a zero-sum game, was it “lost” when Whole Foods acquired Wild Oats, when Whole Foods bought out The Whole Grocer, or maybe when Wild Oats decided to compete directly against The Whole Grocer? Remember, the stated goal of antitrust is to “restore” competition that might be lost.

Interview with Guy & Stella Hernandez

| Posted in General News

The Portland Daily Sun has published an interview with Guy and Stella Hernandez on their purchase of the Hilltop Coffee Shop.

Deciding whether to expand seating in the cozy shop and offer live music are things the new owners have yet to decide on. “We don’t really know potential of space yet, but we wouldn’t rule anything out,” said Stella. “We want to figure out who our customers are, and what they like about it.”

Interview with Guy & Stella Hernandez

| Posted in General News

The Portland Daily Sun has published an interview with Guy and Stella Hernandez on their purchase of the Hilltop Coffee Shop.

Deciding whether to expand seating in the cozy shop and offer live music are things the new owners have yet to decide on. “We don’t really know potential of space yet, but we wouldn’t rule anything out,” said Stella. “We want to figure out who our customers are, and what they like about it.”

America’s Best Farmers’ Markets

| Posted in Farming

The Portland Farmers’ Market made it onto the Travel + Leisure list of America’s Best Farmers’ Markets. Steve Corry is quoted in the intro to the article.

“When I plan my restaurant’s menu, it’s not just my choices going into the dishes, it’s the farmers’,” Corry says. “It’s their menu as much as mine.”

Today’s was opening day for the Wednesday market and Delicious Musings was there with camera in hand to capture the start of the season.

I did not realize how much I had been aching for the return of a weekly outdoor farmers’ market until I saw a post this morning on Facebook by the Portland Maine Farmers’ Market it would be returning to Monument Square today. Let the weather be as fickle as it likes, let the wind blow, the temps rise and fall, and rain away (I should add snow since flakes were reported over the weekend)…The farmers are in town with their goods, bees are buzzing about, black flies (ugh) have set up a welcome center at your nearby pond, and summer is imminent.

See additional reporting on the Farmers Market in the April 27 edition of the Portland Daily Sun.

America's Best Farmers' Markets

| Posted in Farming

The Portland Farmers’ Market made it onto the Travel + Leisure list of America’s Best Farmers’ Markets. Steve Corry is quoted in the intro to the article.

“When I plan my restaurant’s menu, it’s not just my choices going into the dishes, it’s the farmers’,” Corry says. “It’s their menu as much as mine.”

Today’s was opening day for the Wednesday market and Delicious Musings was there with camera in hand to capture the start of the season.

I did not realize how much I had been aching for the return of a weekly outdoor farmers’ market until I saw a post this morning on Facebook by the Portland Maine Farmers’ Market it would be returning to Monument Square today. Let the weather be as fickle as it likes, let the wind blow, the temps rise and fall, and rain away (I should add snow since flakes were reported over the weekend)…The farmers are in town with their goods, bees are buzzing about, black flies (ugh) have set up a welcome center at your nearby pond, and summer is imminent.

See additional reporting on the Farmers Market in the April 27 edition of the Portland Daily Sun.