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    Home » Recipes » Life

    FEAST Portland // Part 1

    Published: Oct 19, 2015 · Modified: Feb 11, 2023 by Jessie · This post may contain affiliate links; if you buy something we'll earn a commission at no cost to you.

    Feast Portland, September 17-20 2015, Portland Oregon. this recipe

    Happy Monday, internet friends! How was your weekend? Good? I hope you're having some crisp-but-not-too-cold fall weather wherever you are - here in New York we've been in the prime pumpkin-roasting, tea-drinking, sweatpants-wearing temperature comfort zone for a few weeks now. Which is crazy to me, because my brain is still in summer mode.

    I can't believe it's already been a whole month since FEAST Portland. It seems like just yesterday I was eating my way through the West Coast and soaking up all the Oregon sunshine and taking thousands (literally. THOUSANDS) of pictures of all.of.the.things so I could be sure not to forget anything. (Fun fact: I have the memory of a goldfish. If a goldfish was really, really terrible at remembering things. Which they may or may not be. I have no idea. Where my scientists/goldfish experts/Google-ers at??)

    ANYWAY. I finallyyyy took the time to sort through my photos from FEAST, which means I finallyyyy get to share them with you! We had SUCH an awesome time, you guys - I'd definitely recommend this festival to anyone who feels like eating themselves silly for a good cause (profits support No Kid Hungry and Partners For A Hunger Free Oregon!).

    Portland, more than anywhere else I've lived, embraces the "community-not-competition" mantra and has built an incredible, collaborative, sustainability-focused, FREAKING DELICIOUS food scene. You can expect plenty more food stories from my West Coast (Best Coast!) adventures in the coming weeks - I had the opportunity to meet and photograph some truly incredible people doing amazing work for our food system - but for now, I wanted to share the first round of photos from FEAST!

    These are some of my favorite shots from the first few days of the festival - The Opening Party and the Sandwich Invitational. Pictures of the Grand Tasting days and other events are comin' atcha on Wednesday, so stay tuned!

    Ready? Begin!

    Feast Portland Opening Party.

    Highlights ❤️ Jacobsen Salt Co. // Pip's Original Doughnuts // Bee Local Honey // House Spirits Distillery // Widmer Brothers // Williams-Sonoma

    A wooden table filled with glasses of various beers.
    String lights and other decor at the Feast Opening Party.
    Looking across a large cheese and charcuterie display, with several people reaching in to fill their plates.
    Hands taking an appetizer slider off a white serving platter.
    Feast Portland.
    Using tongs to pick up a piece of cheese from a charcuterie platter.
    A white plate of mini donuts next to a platter of crostini on a blue and white checkered table.
    Pip's Donuts food truck.
    Chef Mei Lin preparing her ice cream dish.
    A scoop of ice cream topped with a chocolate bee and honeycomb piece.
    Bartender pouring cocktail into a small glass filled with ice, using a clear plastic ladle.
    Feast portland sandwich invitational.

    Highlights ❤️ Widmer Brothers  //  Chef Duff Goldman  //  Olympic Olympia Provisions  //  Chef Vitaly Paley  //  Chef Gregory Gourdet // Dave's Killer Bread

    Stack of sub sandwiches.
    Mini tostadas topped with cilantro and pickled veggies.
    Attendee taking a picture of a tostada with their iPhone.
    Duff Goldman holds a sandwich he made for Feast Portland.
    Mini lobster rolls in paper serving dishes.
    Sliders on a thick wooden cutting board.
    Pouring Widmer beer into glasses.
    Appetizer toasts topped with fried eggs and fresh greens.
    Chefs arranging sub sandwiches on a black table.
    Chef adding herb garnishes to a table full of small appetizers.
    Vitaly Paley chats with attendees as his team plates a table full of appetizers.
    Slider sandwiches on a wooden table.
    A black table filled with sandwiches on small brown plates.
    Pulled pork sliders in a line on a black table.
    Chef's hands slicing a giant sub sandwich into individual portions.
    Sub sandwiches stacked in a pyramid.
    A black table filled with sandwiches wrapped in white butcher paper.
    Volunteers handing out beer glasses at Feast Portland.
    Wooden serving tray filled with crostini appetizers topped with fried eggs and greens.

    Thanks to FEAST Portland for inviting me to attend their events this year! I had an amazing time and can't wait to come back again. All opinions, as always, are my own.

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    1. Jamie

      October 23, 2015 at 4:31 pm

      The pictures are wonderful! I love the little bee!

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      • Jessie

        November 05, 2015 at 8:53 am

        Thank you so much!

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