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NW producers use new on line marketplace

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:59:57 -0700

NW producers use new on line marketplace

2nd Annual Palio di Portland—This Sunday at Nostrana

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:38:00 -0700

SUNDAY AUG 15TH, 1PM – 3PM

Executive Chef/Owner Cathy Whims—2009 and 2010 James Beard Foundation Best Northwest Chef finalist—will serve a Siena inspired buffet on the patio. The Ferragosto feast will be paired with Italian Rosés and Prosecco. The lunch is served with two glasses of wine for $25 or unlimited Prosecco for $35, and $7 for kids twelve and under.

The races will begin at 1:30 p.m., with an awards ceremony to follow at 2:45 p.m. with gifts awarded. Feel free to bring your own ‘steeds’ (hobby horses, rollerskates, and tricycles)!

Reservations for the event are recommended.

Please call Nostrana at 503.234.2427 to secure a spot in the races and a seat at the “Palio di Portland” party!

The New York Times blogs our happy hour!

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:28:00 -0700

http://nyti.ms/aWZwRi

From T Magazine:

Add this to the growing list of reasons to visit (or relocate to) Portland, Ore.: the city’s food-focused happy hour tradition. While other towns — notably Seattle, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Charleston, S.C. — also serve cheap eats in the late afternoon, Portland has been doing it since the last recession. If you ask restaurant owners, they’ll tell you the back story: a state liquor law forbids businesses from promoting discounted alcohol, so it made sense to lure in diners with at-cost food. (Though this law has recently changed, $5 plates are more ubiquitous than ever.) And this being Portland, you’re more likely to find charcuterie plates or pig heart with quince jam on the menu than sliders and fries.

And continues…

Nostrana (9 p.m. to close) The “late-night” happy hour makes an ideal summer’s repast. Splurge on a glass of John Paul Cameron’s rosé (though the $5 house wine is always good), then order the charcuterie plate ($5), a few of Cathy Whim’s famed pizzas (margherita or marinara, a mere $5) and the addictive insalata Nostrana (radicchio with Parmesan, rosemary-sage croutons and a Caesar-style dressing). You will leave happy — guaranteed.

Join us: happy hour from 9 nightly. See the full menu here.

Burger Night with Michael Falchini: Pork burgers, Bistecca & more!

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:13:50 -0700

Join us in the restaurant on Wednesday, 4 August for a very special night with Tuscan winemaker Michael Falchini. We’re grilling a couple of favorites on the patio: pork & porcini burgers and Bistecca alla Fiorentina!

Reservations are recommended: (503) 234-2427.

Roger Porter on the food of IPNC

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:00:00 -0700

Roger Porter on the food of IPNC

Looking for a menu?

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:00:00 -0700

Looking for a current Nostrana menu? They’re always available and up-to-date in the upper-right hand corner of nostrana.com. For the sake of thoroughness, a few links:

to the (weekday) lunch menu

to the (nightly) dinner menu

and the current wine list

also: here’s our happy hour menu, served nightly from 9–close

We hope to see you soon!

Nostrana featured in The O's Diner

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:01:00 -0700

Featured in this year’s Diner ‘Only in Portland feature’ in The Oregonian:

Not to miss: Pastas are outstanding — as is a succulent and smoky rotisserie chicken slathered with walnut aioli. If Whims does a Roman dish, order it. I recently had a marvelous stewed lamb with an artichoke that fell apart in the sauce and could be blissfully consumed in its entirety.

Read the full story here.

Slow Food Portland presents a discussion on Food, Labor & Immigration

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:46:00 -0700

When: Monday, June 28, 2010, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Where: Buchan Reception Hall, Eliot Center at the First Unitarian Church The entrance is on SW Salmon, between 12 & 13th—1226 SW Salmon St

Cost: $5 Slow Food members/$6 non-members, order tickets through www.hulahub.com (some tickets may be available at the door)

What do everyday eaters and food-industrial workers have at stake in each other’s challenges and goals? Join a diverse panel of speakers to take a look at our food system and the workers that help put food on our tables. What conditions do many of these workers face? What alternatives do they have, and how do their struggles affect us? How can we help make the food we eat as fair as possible for everyone involved?

This insightful evening provides an opportunity to learn, listen and speak out about our food system, and the immigration and labor issues that relate to how our nation is fed. Help shape the discussion with your questions and comments.

A Sicilian Sunday Afternoon Supper & Wine

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:00:00 -0700

Sunday, June 27th

1-4pm

The first in this series of regional Italian suppers begins with a
summer afternoon on the island of Sicily. Chef Whims will prepare and
serve four courses inspired by the rich and unique cuisine of Sicily
alongside Sicilian wines chosen to showcase the region’s briny,
mineral whites and Sicily’s native varietal, Nero d’Avola.

Line caught swordfish stuffed with pecorino, bread crumbs, lemon &
oregano with salmoriglio sauce
Gulfi Caricanti 2007

Fava bean shoot salad with baby turnips and pecorino stagionato
Benanti ‘Pietramarina’ Etna Bianco 2005

Bucatini with Keith’s ricotta, wild greens & new garlic
Gulfi Rossojbleo Nero d’Avola 2008

Rabbit in sweet & sour sauce with tomato, cinnamon, green olives &
capers
Gulfi Neromaccarj Nero d’Avola 2005

Sicilian gelato bomb

$75 for food & wine

$55 without wine

Gratuity is not included

Father's Day Big Fish Dinner

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:12:00 -0700

Sunday, June 20th

5-10pm

Nostrana and Trout Unlimited will host renowned author/filmmaker Bill
Carter for an exclusive book signing and Father’s Day dinner event to
honor the re-release of his memoir “Red Summer,” which chronicles the
grueling summers he spent as a commercial fisherman in Bristol Bay,
Alaska. ”Red Summer” artfully captures the environmental and social
landscape of one of the world’s most sustainable and pristine salmon
fisheries, which is currently at risk from a proposed open-pit copper
mine project called Pebble. Carter will be available for table-side
discussions from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. for those purchasing the evening’s
3-course wild salmon dinner.

Fettuccine with house smoked salmon, cream and salmon roe

Wild Chinook salmon with orange, pine nut & raisin saor, chive potato
cakes, red pepper pickle

Strawberry gelato with aged balsamico, chocolate shortbread cookies
and chocolate ganache

$50 for dinner and an autographed copy of ‘Red Summer’

Gratuity & beverages are not included

The Vancouver Sun on PDX Restaurants

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:11:08 -0700

The Vancouver Sun on PDX Restaurants

Ex-Genoa chefs wax poetic, via Eater

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:00:00 -0700

Ex-Genoa chefs wax poetic, via Eater:

Winemaker dinner with Nicola Agramante of Corsini Winery

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:28:46 -0700

Monday, June 14th

6:30pm

We are honored to welcome one of our favorite winemakers, Nicola
Agramante of Corsini Winery in Piemonte to Portland.

Cathy Whims and Nicola will serve four special courses with wines from
Corsini, at Garrison’s Fine Wines.

Aperitif of irresistible crostini & prosecco at Nostrana’s Rooster
Bar, to open the meal

Parmigiano flan with fresh porcini mushrooms
Corsini Barbera d’Alba 2008

Piemontese salad of chicken ‘tuna style’ with Belgian endive,
radicchio
and aged balsamico
Corsini Nebbiolo 2007

Agnolotti with butter and sage - tiny egg yolk-rich ravioli filled
with roast pork, chicken and escarole
Armujan Barbera d’Alba 2004

Brasato al Barolo - braised beef brisket in Barolo
Corsini Barolo 2005

Panna cotta with strawberry sauce

Brutti e Buoni - ugly but good hazelnut meringue cookies

$85

Gratuity is not included

Portland Bologna Sister City Association hosts Cathy Whims at Elephant's Delicatessen

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:51:20 -0700

Portland Bologna Sister City Association hosts Cathy Whims at Elephant's Delicatessen:

A discussion about the food of Emilia Romagna at Elephant’s Delicatessen
6-7:30, Tuesday, June 8th
115 NW 22nd Avenue

Check out Whims' paella in Portland Monthly

Wed, 26 May 2010 12:34:16 -0700

Check out Whims' paella in Portland Monthly

FOURTH ANNUAL TOM DOUGLAS CULINARY SUMMER CAMP

Sat, 22 May 2010 13:13:00 -0700

FOURTH ANNUAL TOM DOUGLAS CULINARY SUMMER CAMP

Got Asparagus? Try Shaving It

Wed, 12 May 2010 22:06:07 -0700

Got Asparagus? Try Shaving It

Whims' and Pomeroy's Beard dinner coverage

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:32:00 -0700

Whims' and Pomeroy's Beard dinner coverage

Cathy Whims a James Beard Award Finalist for Best Chef Northwest

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:06:00 -0700

Nostrana proudly announces that Chef Cathy Whims has once again earned recognition from the James Beard Foundation, as a finalist for Best Chef Northwest.

Read what the Oregonian has to say.

Check out Eater’s coverage too!

Panic likes our gnocchi

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:18:10 -0700

Panic likes our gnocchi