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Right at the Fork

Think Portland, Oregon is all VooDoo Doughnuts and "put an egg on it?" One of Portland"s most prominent "food sherpas" and Portland Food Adventures" founder Chris Angelus along with co-host Cort Johnson invite the region"s most prominent and up-and-coming tastemakers to pull up a chair and talk about the craft of food & beverage in their own words. This is "Right at the Fork."

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01:26:35

#411 Tony Bixler - Local Ocean Seafoods

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2025/03/14

Tony Bixler, president of Local Ocean Seafoods, joins us to discuss the history of Local Ocean, as well as his journey in Oregon in restaurants and life to get where he is today. We will talk about what makes Local Ocean very special and the extra challenges it takes to serve fresh seafood to so many every day. We also discuss a special event at Local Ocean on March 30, 2025 where 4th generation Tuscan butcher Andrea Falaschi joins Chef Enrique Sanchez-Rodriguez at Local Ocean for a special Land

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01:36:14

RATF Classic: #370 Peter Kost - Ken's Artisan Pizza...

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2025/03/07

Now that Ken's Artisan Pizza has officially opened in downtown Bend, we return to our conversation wtih Peter Kost from November of 2023. ORIGINAL POST: 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 in grocery management to landing his first restaurant, Lucy's Table on NW 21st in Portland. It was there when

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01:21:59

#410 Elisa Acciai - Tuscany Tour Guide

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2025/02/28

Right at the Fork is supported by: Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com RingSide Steakhouse: www.RingSideSteakhouse.com Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com Taking a trip to Tuscany? You'll want to listen to this episode with Elisa Acciai, who's been a tour guide in Florence for years. We talk about her journey from being a Concierge at a 5-Star hotel in Florence to becoming a guide in one of the world's most popular destinations, including the requirements to be licensed to

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01:14:47

#409 Jose Lalo Camarena - República

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2025/02/21

This is a must-listen. Chef Jose Camarena, Executive Chef at Portland's highly regarded República, may just be the youngest guest of over 400 on our podcast. But you wouldn't know it if we hadn't drawn attention to that fact. At just 24, he's in a position few others are at his age, and it's easy to see how he got as far as he's gotten at such a young age. We talk about his family Sunday dinners, how he became interested in the food industry and how his family lineage of hard work in horse

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01:24:12

#408 Meg Cotner - Bridgetown Bites

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2025/02/14

Meg Cotner is a freelance writer and editor based in Portland, Oregon via various other places including California to New York.. Meg publishes Bridgetown Bites, which covers restaurants, bars, cafes, food trucks, events, and includes opinion pieces, all centering on the Portland food world.. The site focuses on openings and closings news, while dabbling in reviews and other editorial content. We talk about what it requires in time and effort to keep up the site, as well as Meg's personal and

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01:13:48

RATF Classic: #391 Alexa Numkena-Anderson -...

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2025/02/07

We look back to our conversation with Alexa Numkena-Anderson from July of 2024: Alexa Numkena-Anderson @cheflex_pdx is enrolled Hopi and is Yakama, Skokomish, Cree and Mexican descent. She was born in Yakima, Washington and grew up in the greater Washington area (Toppenish, Tri-Cites and Fairchild Air Force Base). After high school Alexa moved to Portland, Oregon to pursue a culinary career and attended Le Cordon Bleu Culinary school while also working as a line cook. She has worked in many

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01:39:06

#407 Frank Squillo - Wanda's Cafe & Bakery

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2025/01/31

Frank Squillo has had quite a storied career, but as he points out in this episode, there are definite parallels between his career as a radio host and now, as co-owner of the storied Wanda's Cafe and Bakery, a mainstay of the North Oregon Coast that he purchased with his husband in 2019 and has operated since. We talk about what it takes to run a successful restaurant on the Oregon Coast - the key ingredients in the business and in the recipes. We'll even go into the things he's learned and how

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01:23:35

#406 Jon Galdos - Basque Tours

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2025/01/24

Jon Galdos operates a premiere tour company in San Sebastian. The convergence of his love of travel and thirst for holiday time led him to find this passion almost 20 years ago, during a successful career in engineering. Jon explains in this interview how he approaches designing experiences for people in one of the most culinary-rich areas of the world, and how he came to love what he does. Jon has curated some wonderful experiences for host Chris Angelus' Portland Food Adventures groups with

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01:27:16

#405 Tyler Malek - Salt & Straw's Growth

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2025/01/17

Tyler Malek is the Chef and co-owner of one of Portland's now most iconic brands and restaurants, Salt & Straw. Now with locations cornering the continental US, Tyler and his cousin Kim have made some serious noise in the ice cream world. In this episode, Tyler talks about the longshot pitch to Disneyland to be their official ice cream vendor, and how quickly the folks at Disney decided they wanted Portland's Salt & Straw vibe over some of the big, more well-known ice cream brands, like Ben &

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01:02:51

RATF Classic: #322 Aundre Barnes - Urdaneta

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2025/01/10

We're going back to August of 2022 and our conversation with Aundre Barnes of Urdaneta. ORIGINAL POST: We spend an hour with Aundre Barnes, who has been serving diners at Portland's Urdaneta for the past 7 years. Aundre is a native Portlander and has seen many changes over his years here. He's worked in banking and in voice-over work along the way. He shares with us some of the reasons for his passion and his love of the industry, which run from the soulful experience of gaining first-hand knowledge

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01:33:17

#404 Bill Oakley - Steamed Ham Society, Food Celebrity

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2025/01/03

To kick off 2025 and Right at the Fork's 12th year, we are pleased to feature a conversation with Bill Oakley, known to many on Instagram as @ThatBillOakley. Bill is a celebrated food celebrity who is a regular on The Food that Built America and other TV shows. He discusses some of the food and places featured in his annual Steamie Awards as part of his Steamed Ham Society, both nationally, and special awards for his home base of Portland, Oregon. Bill talks about how he goes about doing the

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01:17:19

#403 Gary Okazaki's 2024 in Review

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2024/12/27

We complete our 11th year with one of our favorite guests, Gary the Foodie. Gary discusses some of his his favorite Portland food experiences of 2024, as well as some others outside the area, well, because it's Gary! Right at the Fork is supported by: Zupan's Markets: www.Zupans.com RingSide Steakhouse: www.RingSideSteakhouse.com Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

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01:27:00

Classic RATF: #374 Don Bourassa - International...

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2024/12/20

We look back at our converation with Don Bourassa in January 2024... Don Bourassa was Right at the Fork's first guest ever in 2014. Back then, he was the Community Director for Yelp. Now, he's moved to Porto, Portugal with his wife and among his many endeavors, he writes on substack: International Adulting. We talk to Don about what's transpired in the ten years since his first visit with us, including the process of deciding to move and the ins and outs of moving to another country. Also,

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01:26:38

#402 Andrea Falaschi - 4th Generation Tuscan Butcher...

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2024/12/13

Joining us this week is Andrea Falaschi, fourth generation butcher from Macelleria Falaschi in San Miniato in the heart of Tuscany. Andrea's family business is celebrating its 100th year in 2025. Andrea takes us through his family history with some anecdotes about how the business started back in 1925 with his great Grandfather Guido emigrating from Argentina with no reading and writing skills to open San Miniato's first butcher shop. Moving through Fascism in Italy we hear about the discord

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01:22:40

#401 Carlo LaMagna - Magna Kusina & Magna Kaina (Denver)

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2024/11/29

We catch up with Carlo LaMagna of Magna Kusina and Magna Kaina in Denver. Right at the Fork is supported by: Zupan's Markets: www.zupans.com RingSide SteakHouse: www.RingsideSteakHouse.com Portland Food Adventures: www.PortlandFoodAdventures.com

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01:16:29

RATF Classic: #386 Sam Smith - Yaowarat

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2024/11/22

Chef Sam Smith has been a notable figure in the Portland culinary scene since he arrived in the city from the Bay Area. He is currently the chef at Yaowarat, Portland Monthly's 2023 Restaurant of the Year. Sam talks about the experiences of traveling through Thailand with his team doing extensive research to develop the recipes for the restaurant, as well as why the team of Sam, Akkapong Earl Ninsom, Kyle Webster and Eric Nelson is such a powerhouse. Smith has honed his skills through

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01:12:37

#400 Jim Angelus - Cole Valley Tavern and Bacon Bacon

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2024/11/15

Join host Chris Angelus for a lively conversation with his cousin Jimmy Angelus, proprietor of San Francisco's Cole Valley Tavern and Bacon Bacon. Jim's history, which he talks about here, includes accolades from Julia Child and Jacques Pepin, criticism from Martha Stewart, mentions on Saturday Night Live, a Chopped! appearance and a host of fun stories about the fun people in his family and circle of friends, some of whom with whom you may be familiar. The most fun anecdote just may be his

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01:20:24

#399 Sandra Tavares - Portugal's Travel Designer

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2024/11/08

Sandra Tavares knows the people, places and things that make up a wonderful culinary and wine journey throughout Portugal. Sandra started her career as a journalist and found herself covering a burgeoning food scene, to the point where she realized she would enjoy developing tours and experiences for people, and taking them to the best Portugal has to offer, rather than just writing about them. Eventually she met her husband Vitor, and as things happened, eventually they landed in a

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01:32:04

#398 Mary Cressler & Sean Martin - Vindulge

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2024/11/01

We are delighted to have Mary Cressler and Sean Martin on the podcast to talk about their venture, Vindulge. We talk about how it came about and evolved, especially through the pandemic, when their business model had to change. Vindulge is a wife and husband team who create delicious ways to enjoy cooking and entertaining outside with family and friends. Combined, they have two decades of experience in recipe development, entertaining, education, writing, and professional cooking.

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01:43:09

Chris and Cort talk Travel & 2024 Election + Classic...

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2024/10/25

After experiencing the new Portland airport (PDX), we revisit our recent interview with Kurt Huffman of ChefStable who talks about the ins and outs of having multiple restaurants at PDX, from Grassa to Loyal Legion. Chris and Cort express how this first impression visitors will have of Oregon and Portland is key to the area's growth. And... For the first time in the Right at the Fork's 10+ year history, Chris and Cort decide it's time to talk politics on the podcast, but from the perspective of

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