Kristin Belz

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Super Bowl of Chowders
Jan 30, 2012
Everyone knows that a proper celebration of Super Bowl Sunday can’t focus on football alone. An ample – maybe even outrageous – amount of food is imperative. Usually it’s a spread of American bar...
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Asian Fusion: Lapchi Feng Shui
Jan 29, 2012
As it is now, the new Atelier Lapchi – the showroom for the Southeast Portland-based rug company – is a lovely, airy space, strangely luxurious with its smooth concrete floors, warehouse-high...
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Upping the Appeal of Countertop Composting
Jan 29, 2012
We’re doing it: we’re adapting to tossing it all into the kitchen compost pail. “Include the food,” as the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability smartly puts it. Will do; we’re all for it. But...
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Quinoa, Queen of (Alt) Grains
Jan 24, 2012
Superfoods were a topic of this blog last week: the array of red/orange and green hued vegetables, unique good-for-you fats, and cultured and fermented foods. Did you notice that this concise...
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Smart Beds, Small Spaces
Jan 23, 2012
Small spaces and big beds. How can the two get along? Futons were the answer in the ’80s, and still have their place. But Murphy beds are a 100-year old solution that has come and gone – and is...
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Red Lanterns Light Up the New Year
Jan 22, 2012
Today marks the advent of the Chinese New Year. It’s now officially the year of the Dragon. But the celebration goes on at Portland’s Lan Su Chinese Garden through February 6. And we need as much...
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Snowflake Lights for Snowless Nights
Jan 21, 2012
Much to my chagrin, the snow falling in Portland recently has not quite graced what the meteorologists call the “valley floor.” No, sadly, the snow we’ve seen in lowlands backyards like mine has...
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Overachieving Superfoods
Jan 17, 2012
The beginning of the new year is a natural time to take stock of your life – including how you eat. Many of us have probably started a diet in 2012. Maybe we’ve even abandoned one by now. They...
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Tile One On
Jan 16, 2012
Tiles are basic, but they aren’t necessarily boring. And they certainly can be beautiful, though you wouldn’t know that by walking past the Portland Building. But probably even Michael Graves...
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Portland Tour of Remodeled Homes
Jan 15, 2012
Coming Saturday March 10 and Sunday March 11, 2012, it’ll be open house on 15 recently remodeled homes in the Portland area. The tour is sponsored by the Professional Remodelers Organization...
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