Crawl your way through the best bakeries of Portland and beyond!

Bakery Bingo

Crawl your way through the best bakeries of Portland and beyond!

Great Amateur Cooking Classes: Le Cordon Bleu MasterChef

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Whitney Miller, the winner of the first season of MasterChef

I’ve been asked a couple times lately about where to take cooking classes in Portland. Yes, I’ve gone to my fair share of cooking classes so I am excited to give suggestions! 

As Portland is quickly becoming a true foodie city, there are quite a few options.  I think where you end up going really depends on what you are looking for. 

Are you looking for a night out where you can get a demonstration on cooking, have a glass of wine, and chat with your significant other/friends you are with?    Continue Reading...

Adventures in a Limo: Bakery Bingo Crawl 2011

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For my birthday this past Saturday, I rented a limo, purchased some bottles of wine, and took 6 of my closest girlfriends out on the town for the first ever Bakery Bingo bakery crawl!  It was definitely one of the best days I’ve had yet and we had so many great treats!

One of our super fun Bakery Bingo boards in action

Our crawl stops included 4 great places on the eastside of Portland then ended with one of my favorites from the westside of the river:

  1. Alma Chocolate
  2. Sweet Pea’s Brulee food cart
  3. Fifty Licks Ice Cream and the Euro Trash food cart (this was the last minute substitute for The Sugar Cube which was unexpectedly closed for a private event)
  4. Suzette’s Creperie
  5. Saint Cupcake

By the time we arrived at Suzette’s, we were all incredibly full but somehow kept eating, even if they were small, somewhat strained bites.  It was like Thanksgiving when your stomach is aching it is so stuffed but the food is so delicious you keep eating. Continue Reading...