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RATF Classic: #370 Peter Kost - Ken's Artisan Pizza and Carina Lounge

Apr 26, 2024

This episode of Right at the Fork comes from December of 2023.

Original notes:

Peter Kost grew up in Seattle, where his love for food was established as the son of farmers who sold their goods at the Seattle Public Market. Peter's journey has taken him from restaurant work to wine sales to a long stint at Zupans...

#384 Sandi Wilkens - Quaintrelle and Abbey Road Farm

Apr 19, 2024

Sandi Wilkens is the proprietor of both the Portland restaurant Quaintrelle, and also the Willamette Valley's Abbey Road Farm. We talk about the virtues of both and what helped them to drive through the pandemic to be beacons in their respective worlds today.

Sandi talks about her recent trip to Japan and what she...

#383 Rob Sample - Mother's Bistro

Apr 5, 2024

Rob Sample joins us on the podcast. He's the Chief Schmoozing Officer at Mother’s Bistro, where his wife Lisa has been well known as the chef and restaurateur since 2002. Lisa just won the area's "Most Remarkable Woman" award on KOIN and we thought there was no one better to talk about why that's an apt designation...

RATF Classic: #357 Joel Stocks - L'Orange

Mar 29, 2024

From July 2023:

Joel Stocks has found a new home at his new restaurant/wine bar L'Orange with business partner Jeff Vejr, also of Las Caves. We discuss what L'Orange is all about, including the visions both he and Jeff had when opening their wine bar/restaurant in the former Willow space.

Joel has worked at some of...

#382 Kyo Koo - Warsugai

Mar 22, 2024

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Kyo Koo joins us again on the podcast to talk about Warsugai, his new restaurant that opened in February of this year. Kyo is a Portland...