About the Author

Samantha Bakall

Samantha Bakall is a freelance journalist and photographer specializing in diversity-based food issues. She currently calls Portland home. A Chinese-American native of Chicago, Bakall has been obsessively eating, writing and making people wait while she takes pictures of their food since she was a teenager. Her work has appeared in The Oregonian, where she was the food and dining writer for more than four years; The Takeout; The San Francisco Chronicle; and others.

Taste Oregon’s Most Iconic Ingredients

August 30, 2018

Home to evergreen forests, arid deserts, snowy peaks, grassy prairies, rocky coastlines and almost every ecosystem in between, this sprawling state is a wonderland of potential ingredients. Our bounty — from grass-fed beef in Eastern Oregon to sweet Dungeness crab harvested from beds of eelgrass off the Coast — feeds an ever-evolving and growing dining scene, permanently enshrining its place amongst the upper echelons of culinary destinations. More

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Portland Region , Portland , Eat & Drink ,

Cool Lakes for Summer Retreats

May 31, 2018

When the dog days of summer come, we head for the lakes. From painterly alpine lakes to quiet multi-fingered waters, here are seven lake retreats all across Oregon, where you can float, boat, hike, cast a line — or do nothing but chill. More

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Lakes & Reservoirs , Favorite Trips ,