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Cathy Whims named JBFA Best Chef: Northwest 2011 Finalist

Nostrana is proud to announce that Chef Cathy Whims has been named a James Beard Foundation Award Finalist in the category of Best Chef: Northwest.

This is Cathy’s third consecutive nomination for the award, sweetened by the fact that the Beard Foundation chose The Oregon Culinary Institute in Portland as the location to announce this year’s finalists.

Nostrana wishes to congratulate all of today’s nominees, particularly fellow Portlanders Chris Israel, Andy Ricker and Gabriel Rucker. Award winners will be announced May 9 at Avery Fisher Hall in NYC.

See the Oregonian’s coverage here.

Clyde Common's JBFA Party →

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Clyde Common, the restaurant inside of Ace Hotel Portland, threw an afterparty this weekend in The Cleaners for the James Beard Foundation Awards Nominee Announcement dinner, held earlier in the evening in SW Portland. Singularly innovative and renowned chef and food writer James Beard was born in Portland, so some among us feel a kinship already — but his impeccable culinary masterpieces, almost too beautiful to eat, would have made us fast friends either way. An impressive list of Portland chefs made the list of nominees this year, and were in attendance at the party which featured a set by Beyondadoubt and housemade salumi sandwiches by Olympic Provisions, plus a delicate Negroni cocktail by Clyde’s Jeffrey Morgenthaler. We will admit to also concealing a few of the Peanut Butter Bon Bons from Clyde in a napkin for later — but only to revel in the memories of a good evening.

Winners will be announced on May 9 at the annual awards ceremony in NYC, and we wish them all enormous luck.

Photos by Allison Jones for Eater PDX

Portland Monthly’s Pizza Issue Says:

“But nothing trumps Nostrana’s margherita—well crafted, simple and austere, as the pizza gods meant it to be.” read the full article at www.portlandmonthlymag.com

Also, vote for Nostrana in Portland Monthly’s 2011 Pizza Smack Down!

Nostrana and Powell’s Books welcome Gabrielle Hamilton, Sunday March 13th

Nostrana and Powell’s Books are excited to host chef/author Gabrielle Hamilton of Prune restaurant in New York for a Sunday afternoon lamb roast. Join us Sunday March 13th at 1:00 pm for cocktails and antipasti, followed by roast lamb and a reading from Hamilton’s new book “Blood, Bones and Butter”. The cost is $60 per person exclusive of gratuity or $86 with a copy of the book. Space is limited, so please call for reservations; 503-234-2427.

Read the NY Times review of Gabrielle’s book here.

Nostrana Rocks the Carso!

Nostrana and E&R wine shop are teaming up for a very special event featuring three winemakers from the Carso, the rocky Italian-Slovenian plateau that rises from the Gulf of Trieste.

Joining us will be three producers that rarely travel and whose wines are rarely seen in Portland. The evening will be split into two parts: a casual osmissa-style tasting will take place in the wine shop followed by a traditional regional meal in the restaurant.

Dinner, including wines $48

Reservations: 503.234.2427

Charleston Wine & Food Festival coming up in March

Executive chef & owner Cathy Whims is honored to be cooking at the prestigious Charleston Wine & Food Festival. She will prepare a sformatino of nettles with fonduta and Agnolotti al plin with Oregon truffles at the esteemed Magnolias restaurant with chefs Donald Barickman and Don Drake. The festival runs March 3-6 www.charlestonwineandfood.com