the bunueloni

savory coeur a la cremes

la jota: where italy meets central europe

café arirang – best korean in eugene
Café Arirang on Franklin, the best kept dining secret in Eugene, now has a list of fall specials, including spicy soups and noodle dishes to warm your insides: Zzambong, a “very spicy” noodle soup with seafood (9.95); Zzajang Mjun, vegetables, pork, potatoes in a black bean sauce over noodles (8.95); and Beef Short Rib Soup with glass [...]

new farmers market on campus
Thursday marks the second of four weeks that local farms will be hawking their fall produce on the University of Oregon campus.  More information by clicking here. Check it out and make it worth their while! They’ll only be around until Thanksgiving. I am amazed and proud that U of O is making efforts to bring [...]

burgerville sweet potato fries
On our way home from Seattle, we realized we had failed to time our meals properly.  We weren’t hungry in Portland, so we missed the excellent dining opportunities there.  An hour later, though, we were feeling peckish, and deciding we couldn’t face Eugene restaurants, we decided to stop in Albany at the Oregon fast food [...]

third annual tasting buffet – nov 8
You are warmly invited to join us at the OSU Extension-Lane County Master Food Preservers Tasting Buffet and Auction Fundraiser next Sunday, November 8, from 4-7!  This year, we’ll be at the Elks Lodge on W. 11th, a much larger space than the one we rented at Midtown last year.  We’re hoping this will relieve [...]

dirty pumpkin seeds
Happy Halloween!  Retrogrouch and I carved our jack-o-lantern last night, and got our scaaaaary on.  I am bedecking our porch with body parts, and he’s been nailed through the head.  Luckily, the injury wasn’t bad enough to stop him from the carving. For me, the best part of pumpkin carving has always been roasting the pumpkin [...]