Once upon a Time, Portland was not a “cool” place. Styles did not emanate from this region. This region is where things came after they were chewed up and spit out everywhere else. This is best exemplified by Portland’s troubled relationship with The Burrito. Dawn Taylor is a burrito historian, and a bit of a scholar when it comes to Bagel Infiltration of the Pacific Northwest, as well as the practice of Spatchcocking Chickens, which isn’t as gross as you think, unless you think performing fatalities on chicken carcasses is super-gross, in which case, it’s as gross as you think. How the show gets from there to discussing single life, and the confused journey of self-discovery that whole mess is? It’s kinda convoluted. Let’s just say it’s Louis CK’s fault somehow. Maybe Walter White’s, too.
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A fantastic Mexican food recommendation for y’all: Mi Mero Mole. http://mmmtacospdx.com/
It’s at 50th and Division. A cut above, truly. The curve-busting place for the all the joints that pass as good or great in town. Also for you Dawn in SW, Verde Cocina.
http://verdecocinamarket.com/
I guess they serve dinner but their specialty seems to be lunch/brunch. The fare is on the healthier end but no less tasty.
Oh! How could I forget the joint in my hood? La Superior on Lombard around Greeley. Great big tacos, beer and booze! Eat there on the way to or from Trek In The Park!
http://www.lasuperioronline.com/
TSW, gracias for the recommendations.
This has been one of my favorite Ham Fisted Radio episodes, because of the food discussion. When I started exploring the world of Portland podcasts, I wasn’t sure what I was looking for but I found myself at PDX.fm. I’m not sure if my awareness of Dawn Taylor came from one of the Evening Submission episodes or the Savor PDX podcast. or maybe it was Portland Sucks. All I know is that it was a food related thing, and then I discovered “Ham Fisted Radio”. Here I am.
I was not aware of PDX’s previous lack-of-burrito awareness. Like many Americans, I grew up with my parents occasionally taking us to the Bell. In elementary school, the cook in the cafeteria was named Mrs. Ferreira and she would make some of the best food. She would make some small but quality burritos. That sparked my initial interest in food as more than just something to eat, which lead to a career education class that lead us to a community college and its food class. For a brief moment I had ambitions to become a chef, and maybe it came from my mom saying “one day you’ll be out of the house and on your own, and you’re going to have to make more than soup.” My interests in food was limited to consuming it, a bit more than I should, but I would say in the last 10 years, various foodie movements sparked my interests again, or at least to look at food differently than I had before. It was more “food abuse” than anything, but I’ve been changing that.
Anyway, I enjoyed the discussion that developed.