Neat TRICK OR TREAT! Gourmet Halloween candy’s a hoot
October 27, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF, Neat TREAT
By Samantha Lockwood, NEAT contributor
We love the holidays and the neat treats that accompany them! Halloween’s just behind the dungeon door, and while we know costumes are fun and parties are a spooky blast, we’re most excited that Halloween marks the beginning (and the best!) of seasonal treats. A whole day — or really a [...]
Gourmet doughnuts are raising Portland’s dessert bar
March 11, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
D’oh! Nuts, someone should have introduced gourmet doughnut desserts to Portland years ago!
Hot and fresh and timed to put a twist on the designer doughnut trend sweeping the nation, a few inventive local chefs have now decided it’s time to make the doughnuts – but to make them fancy, [...]
TRAVEL: Savor Cannon Beach food + wine festival
February 26, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF, Neat TRAVEL
By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
You know, spring break is not just for rowdy teens with a penchant for beer bongs and promiscuity. Grownups deserve a shake-off-the-winter-blues vacation as well. Those in search of more sophisticated fun (as in sip, not chug) would be well advised to check out the Savor Cannon Beach Wine and Culinary [...]
Neat EVENT
House Spirits Holiday Food + Booze Bazaar
December 11, 2009 by karenvitt
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If there’s one reason to venture into the cold this weekend, it’s to get your chilly hands on some nice, warm whiskey. Which means you should slip and slide on over to the House Spirits Distillery Holiday Food + Booze Bazaar to shop for fun foodie gifts from local vendors and help celebrate the launch of House [...]
Neat TREAT
Handcrafted vegan chocolates on a mission
December 1, 2009 by karenvitt
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Nevermind these chocolates are vegan. The point is they are amazing! (This might be a good place to remind readers The Neat Sheet is a sponsor-free and utterly objective Portland style news source.)
Missionary Chocolates began in the kitchen of chocolatier Melissa Berry a few years back, inspired by the desire to please a gluten- [...]
Neat TREND! Bring home the Bacon while it’s sizzling hot
November 27, 2009 by karenvitt
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By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Whatever negative things we may be hearing about swine, there’s still plenty to love about ever-popular pork. Namely, bacon – the latest sizzling hot trend to captivate Portlanders who can’t get enough salty, fatty, crispy deliciousness.
This meaty trend has been building bit by bacon bit over the past [...]
