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Serve 'em Up: Irish Cole Cannon & Tunes

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11 Mar 2010 at 05:38 pm
By Foodlore Library


Vash Bench, percussion player in Circled by Hounds (a traditional Irish five-piece band from Portland, Oregon) talks about where to go to find authentic Irish cole cannon on St. Paddy's Day and a little Irish "Craic." Craic is the act of being in a pub; eating and drinking and having fun with your friends. Vash is the chef at Biddy McGraw's pub in Portland. Right before this interview, he served me up a dish of cole cannon: skinned baked potatoes, garlic and kale steamed with malt vinegar.

Sipping Soda while Irish Pub Hopping in Portland

Jenie's picture
2 Mar 2010 at 05:25 pm
By Jenie

I'm walking through the rainy streets of downtown Portland in search of an Irish pub.


First Stop


7 O'Clock At Biddy McGraws
6000 NE Glisan, Portland
www.biddymcgraws.com


Is it a pint of Guinness I’m after? Nope — I don't imbibe. As a food writer, I've sat at many tables with friends and other writers, tables that are bedecked with rich, heady liquors: drinks which I admit, are strangers to me. I never drink. I'm a devout Mormon, a member of a faith who encourages its people to abstain from alcohol. So, as always, I'm pub hopping stone cold sober.