I recently spent an evening with the lovely folks from Plate and Pitchfork (you might remember them from last season). The dinner was held at Sauvie Island Organics and was one of those summer evenings that makes you love Oregon…a warm and breezy summer evening followed by a rich sunset and a full moon rising over the trees…food and wine all grown from within a hour’s drive.

Each summer, Plate and Pitchfork holds a series of outdoor dinners around the Portland area focused on utilizing the bounty of the area and farm fresh ingredients. Each event features a rotating list of well known local chefs and winemakers that volunteer their time to create and prepare the evening’s menu. In addition to being fun, the evening is also educational - things kick off with a tour of the farm that you are visiting where you see the ingredients that will be used to prepare your dinner and throughout the evening the chefs and winemakers discuss the courses they’ve prepared and the wines that have been chosen to accompany them.

Plate and Pitchfork is a great organization, and if you get a chance try to scoop up tickets to one of the dinners (they tend to sell out within a few hours). You can learn more by checking out the following links:
Plate and Pitchfork
Sauvie Island Organics

A few quick favorites:

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