If you’re outside the Pacific Northwest, you may never have tried the marionberry — a juicy, flavorful berry beloved in Oregon, a cross between two blackberry varietals. (The Olallie and Chehalem, for ...

Hawthorne Street Cafe, 3354 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 235-8286. Begin the day at the cheerily domestic Hawthorne Street Cafe, which serves stolidly thick and hearty wheat cakes—a bit dry, perhaps—with huge ...

Ice cream entrepreneur Victoria Lai recently unveiled MarionBerry, the latest summer flavor at her Yards Park shop Ice Cream Jubilee. The deep blue scoops have a distinct, tangy flavor from the Oregon ...

For medical reasons, most of you don't remember the ignominious year of 2009. But back in that cowardly and terrible year, a farmer named Larry Duyck singlehandedly cowed the pusillanimous legislators ...

The dough in this recipe works for both sweet and savory-style rugelach. Prepare the dough at least 2 hours in advance of using, or up to 2 days in advance. If you are gluten-free, you can swap ...

Blackberries grow so voraciously in the Pacific Northwest that it's not rare to stumble across rural barns or abandoned homes that have been completely consumed by the thorny vine. Let them grow too ...

Whisk the cream and egg yolks together in a small bowl. In a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar with a stand mixer (or hand mixer) until creamy. Add flour, cornstarch, sugar and salt and ...

It's marionberry season in Marion County and area fruit farms are filled with sweet-smelling, deep purple berries. Marionberries, or Marion blackberries as they are sometimes called, are a hybrid ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon, known for its state bird, nut, and beverage, may soon add a state steak its state symbols smorgasbord. State Senator Todd Nash is among the sponsors of a resolution to ...

A proposal to name the marionberry as the official berry of the US west coast state of Oregon has been scuppered by a grower of a rival berry type. The Oregonian newspaper said the resolution was ...