Smoked Sausage Soup with Lentils and Vegetables has a deep smokey and savory flavor, it is completely soul-soothing and the perfect soup for a cold and rainy afternoon. A Tried & True Soup Recipe To Feed A Crowd A couple of weeks ago our team at Ember and Vine catered the largest event we’ve cooked…
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Big News & Introducing Ember and Vine
So this happened. We are featured in this month’s Oregon Wine Press!!!!! If you’ve been following along here you know that this summer Sean and I have been cooking at various events (from barbecue competitions, private catering, large events like this, and even pop-up food truck style events). It’s now official, and we’d like to…
Friday Favorites — BBQ, breakfast, and stellar sunsets
A weekly roundup of my favorite things from the week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and occasionally lifestyle. Since we took last Friday off, this covers the last two weeks of July. LIFESTYLE Favorite Moment — Cooking for Counter Culture! I’m still pinching myself that we even got invited to cook at such…
Our First BBQ Competition – McKinley Springs BBQ Showdown & Benefit
… The good, the bad, the ugly, and the emotional I don’t function at my best when I am severely sleep deprived. Really, who does? But I feel like I function less well than others and I easily turn into a moody demon at a simple trigger. Being able to function (and stay positive) while…
Friday Favorites – It’s BBQ competition time… almost
A weekly roundup of my favorite things from the week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and occasionally lifestyle. FOOD BBQ Competition Prep This is it. We’re down to the last week before our first major barbecue competition — The 8th Annual McKinley Springs BBQ Showdown & Benefit — next weekend and we couldn’t…
Ember and Vine and My Street Grocery coming this Saturday!
We’re back! My Street Grocery, the Whole Foods Market mobile trolley (aka “Molly the Trolley”), is coming back to our hood…. all summer long, starting this Saturday. My Street Grocery is a mobile grocery store focusing on healthy and fresh food, finding its way into Portland neighborhoods that may not have easy access to markets like…
