Robyn Eckhardt
@robyneckhardt.bsky.social
Former food journalist with past lives in Asia and Italy. Author, “Istanbul & Beyond”, about Turkey’s lesser known eastern cuisines. Dogs/cats/nature. The Pacific Northwest is best. 🌧️
Rains are finally kicking in and this is Portland’s (OR) best noodle (clear) soup hands down. @ Berlu Bakery Try a clove canele if you go.
October 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Rains are finally kicking in and this is Portland’s (OR) best noodle (clear) soup hands down. @ Berlu Bakery Try a clove canele if you go.
Portland’s Hawthorne Bridge around 230pm. There were also at least 15-20 city blocks’ worth of protesters marching in the city on streets leading to the bridge.
October 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Portland’s Hawthorne Bridge around 230pm. There were also at least 15-20 city blocks’ worth of protesters marching in the city on streets leading to the bridge.
It’s a two-fer.
September 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It’s a two-fer.
Sound way up for kitty snores.
September 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Sound way up for kitty snores.
Seem silly, actually handy.
September 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Seem silly, actually handy.
Just an absolutely perfect banh cuon in PDX. Delicate rice roll, light-as-should-be on the minced pork+sliced wood ear mushroom filling, nuoc cham w/good fish sauce on the side. Berlu Bakery, a little gem open Thu-Sun AM-3pm only.
September 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Just an absolutely perfect banh cuon in PDX. Delicate rice roll, light-as-should-be on the minced pork+sliced wood ear mushroom filling, nuoc cham w/good fish sauce on the side. Berlu Bakery, a little gem open Thu-Sun AM-3pm only.
Hellhole. Please send in the NG.
September 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hellhole. Please send in the NG.
Happening today in Portland.
August 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Happening today in Portland.
Summer garden therapy.
August 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Summer garden therapy.
It’s tomatoes-with-every-meal season. Also albacore is back in season in Oregon.
So there’s that.
So there’s that.
July 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It’s tomatoes-with-every-meal season. Also albacore is back in season in Oregon.
So there’s that.
So there’s that.
I’ll bite. Did you know that in some places cheese makers literally follow the milk? As spring turns to summer and pasture in Diyarbakir, SE Turkey (his home base) dries up this artisan moves N with his cheese making equipment, finishing for the year in Sept, in the eastern Black Sea mountains.
June 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I’ll bite. Did you know that in some places cheese makers literally follow the milk? As spring turns to summer and pasture in Diyarbakir, SE Turkey (his home base) dries up this artisan moves N with his cheese making equipment, finishing for the year in Sept, in the eastern Black Sea mountains.
It’s a miracle. We found the secret to soothing our nervous 12 yr-old pup who pants, drools, paces, and whimpers at even the hint of a storm: a Tropicalismo playlist.
Here he is snoozing through faint thunder, Jobim & Elis Regina on stereo.
Here he is snoozing through faint thunder, Jobim & Elis Regina on stereo.
June 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It’s a miracle. We found the secret to soothing our nervous 12 yr-old pup who pants, drools, paces, and whimpers at even the hint of a storm: a Tropicalismo playlist.
Here he is snoozing through faint thunder, Jobim & Elis Regina on stereo.
Here he is snoozing through faint thunder, Jobim & Elis Regina on stereo.
Why are we still doing this.
June 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Why are we still doing this.
Exactly, thank you. In the USA (unlike Europe, where I lived till last spring) I literally feel like I need to protect myself from our homegrown MAHA nut jobs. And now I’ll be denied that.
May 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Exactly, thank you. In the USA (unlike Europe, where I lived till last spring) I literally feel like I need to protect myself from our homegrown MAHA nut jobs. And now I’ll be denied that.
Bless her Calico-ness! Gives me hope for our calico, a former feral. After long carrier training for a move involving a flight, she now goes absolutely insane at just the sight of one. After a year we’re still working on getting her to the vet.
May 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Bless her Calico-ness! Gives me hope for our calico, a former feral. After long carrier training for a move involving a flight, she now goes absolutely insane at just the sight of one. After a year we’re still working on getting her to the vet.
Is anyone checking Signal chat groups for an explanation?
May 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Is anyone checking Signal chat groups for an explanation?
The state of our country sucks but spring in the PNW does not. What a spectacularly beautiful day in Portland.
May 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The state of our country sucks but spring in the PNW does not. What a spectacularly beautiful day in Portland.
George enjoys spring in the PNW.
April 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
George enjoys spring in the PNW.
Cherry sweet and sour. This cat turns on a dime.
April 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Cherry sweet and sour. This cat turns on a dime.
I zoomed in on the PNW on the “Increasing Timber Production” map and omg.
April 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I zoomed in on the PNW on the “Increasing Timber Production” map and omg.
1-2-3 Jello sky in southern Piemonte last night, courtesy of in-house photog D Hagerman.
March 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
1-2-3 Jello sky in southern Piemonte last night, courtesy of in-house photog D Hagerman.
Create a Problem in order to present the repulsive thing you planned to do all along as the Solution.
Who needs national forests and species diversity when you can ramp up timber production to “protect national security”?
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Who needs national forests and species diversity when you can ramp up timber production to “protect national security”?
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Create a Problem in order to present the repulsive thing you planned to do all along as the Solution.
Who needs national forests and species diversity when you can ramp up timber production to “protect national security”?
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Who needs national forests and species diversity when you can ramp up timber production to “protect national security”?
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...