Oct 6, 2023
Our conversation this week is with Sylvan Mishima Bracket, chef and owner of Rintaro in San Francisco's mission district. Sylvan went to college in Portland, attending Reed College, and then began working at Portland area restaurants, including Genoa with Cathy Whims.
In 2007, Sylvan first started a catering company...
Sep 29, 2023
Fall means doughnuts, at least for Cort.
Here's a look back to May 2023 and our conversation with Chris Schultz, CEO at Voodoo Doughnut.
Chris Schultz, CEO of Portland's iconic brand Voodoo Doughnut, joined the company in 2017 to bring his 30+ years experience in the restaurant industry to the company. Prior to taking...
Sep 22, 2023
Looking back at August 2022 and our conversation with Tyler Malek:
For the first time in 7 years, we bring the positive vibe of Tyler Malek to our guests through a fun conversation about what motivates Tyler at Salt & Straw, and how things have evolved as the company has grown from 2 employees to over 1000 in a...
Sep 15, 2023
Sep 8, 2023
Native Portlander Ricky Bella's culinary career started when he offered to fill in washing dishes for another high school dropout friend who sucked at the job. From there, he landed at a pop-up, wondering what the hell world that was; multi course meals with cooking methods and ingredients he had no idea existed....