Right at the Fork

Just in time for the holiday - we're looking back at our conversation with Janis Martin almost two years ago. 

Janis Martin joins us on the podcast for the second time to break the news that she's closing Tanuki for good.  We hear her reasons, some worst customer stories, and why she joined East Glisan Pizza and why you should go there. Plus she brought cannolis and bacon! 

 

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by: Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com RingSide Steak House: www.RingSideSteakHouse.com  Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

Carrie Jizmagian is our guest.  Host Chris Angelus met Carrie before they had anything to do with the food business in Portland.  In this podcast we hear about Carrie's journey from a manager at Best Buy to pursuing her passion with volunteer jobs at Feast and other food events.  Eventually that led to a job at Toro Bravo Inc, where she managed the La Ruta Festival with John and Renee Gorham.  Her career took her to The Nightwood Society, and now on to Carman Ranch, where the pandemic has caused her to develop new skill sets.

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by: Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com RingSide Steakhouse: www.RingSideSteakhouse.com

Chef Cory Schreiber joins us on the podcast to discuss the future of Portland's restaurant industry post-pandemic.  He shares his perspective from years of experience beginning with the chef/owner of one of Portland's legendary restaurants, Wildwood, to his present day position at Sysco, consulting with restaurants to help them maximize efficiency and promote excellence.  We talk real estate as it pertains to restaurants, packaging, food carts as a model, and more.   Cory shared this invitation with us:  I can be reached at [email protected] I am a culinary specialist and I am available for no extra fees to all food service operations for all categories for short and long term consultation.  My main focus is on Sysco customers but operators can become customers with no minimum order fees and signing up is easy through our on-line shopping platform, SHOP.   To hear Cory discuss his experiences BEFORE the pandemic, click to Episode #196.   This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by: Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com RingSide Steakhouse: www.RingSideSteakhouse.com

Want to know how you can help our restaurants and bars stay alive? This month, host Joy Church is joined by Katy Connors. Katy is a major food and beverage advocate for the industry through the Independent Restaurant Alliance of Oregon. She shares the latest updates on the pressing issues of economic stabilization and recovery that to-go cocktails would provide-once/if legalized-and lets listeners know how we can support this critical efforts.

The Joy of Drinking Podcast and Right at the Fork are supported by:

Zupan's Markets: www.zupans.com RingSide Steakhouse:  www.RingSideSteakhouse.com 

As we learn about the upcoming closing of Steve Jones' Cheese Bar in January, we take a look back at our conversation with Steve in February of 2015.

Original post:

Steve Jones, Portland's premier cheesemonger, looks into the crystal ball to share his vision for Chizu, opening this spring.

Mentioned in this episode:

http://ciderriot.com/ www.knucklesandwichpdx.com/ www.boxerramen.com/  www.lardosandwiches.com/  www.localocean.net/

Siobhan Speirits joins us on the podcast to talk about the home-based, delivering bakery,  Saint Frances PDX (@saintfrancespdx.com), she happened to fire up in the face of the pandemic that cast its spell upon our food world.  Siobhan grew up in Austin, Texas via Scotland.  She spent some time at the CIA and New York City to hone her kitchen skills before moving to Portland with her partner and landing at Coquine. In this conversation, she steadfastly praises Katy Millard in appreciation of her time in the Coquine kitchen.  Siobhan also shares some of the places she and her partner have appreciated in Portland, including Jo-Jo's food cart and the pop-up pizza spot at Dame, NoSaints.   Chris marvels at how Siobhan can turn her Scottish accent on and off at will, and how she uses accents to adapt to various situations.  In Paris, her strategy didn't work out so well.   This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by: Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com RingSide Steakhouse: www.RingSideSteakhouse.com    To support the restaurant industry:   https://indprestaurants.org/blog/takeaction

Thomas Boyce joins us on the podcast to talk about his love of his craft, and how that's evolved over time.  We talk about his time at Spago in LA, moving to Portland and getting a footing in 2008. Chef Thomas shares his thoughts on the  pandemic food world and the recent Pok Pok closing, where he was formerly Director of Culinary Operations. We discuss his tenure at Bakeshop, BlueHour and what brought him to his current project, @lasagnaprojectpdx, preparing lasagna and delivering it citywide.  Chef also shares the spots that have gained his attention in Portland since the pandemic changed the restaurant landscape.

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by: Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com RingSide Steakhouse: www.RingSideSteakhouse.com 

Following the announcement that Andy Ricker would be closing the last remaining Pok Pok restaurant, we felt it important to return to our conversation with him from January of 2019. 

In this episode, Andy tells us about his journey to create Pok Pok, it's expansion to LA and NYC... and why those restaurants aren't there any more.  We'll also talk about Andy's latest restaurant, recently opened in SW Portland.

This episode of Right at the Fork is sponsored by: Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com RingSide Steakhouse: www.RingSideSteakhouse.com

Kiara Hardy, Kitchen Killa returns to the podcast with Crystal Mathis of Press Release Marketing to talk about life in a pandemic, and how they've pivoted.

Be sure to check our Kiara and Crystal's first appearance on the podcast, episode #234.

Right at the Fork is supported by:

Zupan's Markets: www.zupans.com RingSide SteakHouse: www.RingSideSteakHouse.com

Support Local and Sustainable

The October Joy of Drinking Podcast features Emily Darchuk, the founder and owner of Wheyward Spirit. This is a Portland local, sustainable, woman-owned beverage company! In this episode, listeners get to hear from Emily about drinking her sustainable 80% proof spirit made from whey. Don't know what whey is? This is an easy listening "whey" to learn more. Listeners get to hear how to drink this fundamentally different spirit, what cocktails to make with it, where to purchase, and how to engage with the Wheyward Spirit "herd."

If you believe in excellent drinks and supporting sustainability, this podcast is for YOU!

The Joy of Drinking Podcast and Right at the Fork are supported by:

Zupan's Markets: www.zupans.com RingSide SteakHouse: www.RingSideSteakHouse.com