Portland Home Cooking

The Seasonal Gourmet Kitchen

Introductory winter hourly rates until, the first day of spring, March 21, 2010.

Welcome to Portland Home Cooking.

Portland Home Cooking specializes in international soul food and nostalgia recipes made new again, and sustainable, through the use of seasonal and local ingredients.

How about Blueberry Batter Pudding, Crumble Apple Walnut Pie, Cajun Shrimp Casserole, Chicken Breasts Neptune, Hominy Medley, Ding Dong Layer Cake, Marinated Lentil Salad, Fig Galette, Brown Soda Bread, African Split Pea Soup, Brown Sugar Baked Pears, Crab Salad with two dressings, Yam Biscuits, Chirashi Zushi or Pots de Creme au Chocolate? That's a lot of soul food.

Let Portland Home cooking help you become a seasonal home gourmet, when you have Personal Kitchen Assistance in your own home. Learn to:

• Shop seasonally & locally.

• Use fresh ingredients.

• Organize your kitchen, your cooking and your recipes.

• Discover time saving small kitchen gadgets.

•  Become a more relaxed and competent cook and food shopper.

• Prepare delightful recipes with less effort. 

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We offer:

Has your interest been piqued? 

 Learn more about the team building, classes, parties and in home cooking services Portland Home Cooking has to offer.

For a free consultation contact

Judith@portlandhomecooking.com

or phone 503-239-1989 from 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM everyday.

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Have you been to Bob's Red Mill or heard about Bob's? They have loads of specialty baking ingredients available at their huge mill store, in grocery stores all over, or by mail.

Do you know about the Sustainable Table? Just going to this great web site is an education. You can find their links on our news and recipe page.

seasonal sushi Oregon style

lemon almond sole  ~  vegetable pilaf     

 seasonal greens  &  Oregon strawberry viniagrette. 

sustainablly caught ~ locally grown 

Member of:

 Chefs Collaborative

The leading nonprofit network of chefs that fosters a sustainable food system through advocacy, education, and collaboration with the broader food community. The Collaborative advocates for sustainability in the greater food community, provides chefs with the tools necessary to make sustainable purchasing decisions, connects chefs and sustainable food producers.

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American Farmland Trust  

The mission of American Farmland Trust is to help farmers and ranchers protect their land, produce a healthier environment and build successful communities. The Trust is recognized as the nation's leader for saving America's farm and ranch land promoting healthy farming practices and supporting farms and farmers. It was founded in 1980.  

I'm Judith Yamada, and this is the website for Portland Home Cooking.

 Portland Home Cooking is all about eating well and cooking simply, while doing what's best for ourselves, our families and our communities. If you'd like to  nourish your culinary appetite while sustaining your community, you've come to the right place.

As a true kitchen scientist and lover of good food, I've learned through trial and error over time, to lighten, simplify and modify recipes without detracting from the finer qualities of the finished product. 

My recipes add modern culinary touches and exotic flair to comfort food of days gone by and places long remembered.  I'd like to share what I've learned with you, while focusing on seasonal and locally farmed foods and homegrown products.  We'll keep it simply delicious and focus on the food that nourishes our very souls. And there are so many.

Judith Yamada

Each week over 300 farmers leave the land (Farm Aid).  Small family farms are becoming extinct along with the family farmer's committment to healthy stewardship of the land.  Every year, America loses 1.2 million acres of farmland, much of it our best and most productive farmland near where most Americans live. Over 11,800 acres of agricultural land per year are converted to development in Oregon. (American Farmland Trust) 

Shopping locally for foods that are farmed, ranched prepared and processed near where we live will not only put more sustainable meals on your tables.

• Shopping seasonally provides food that's at peak freshness when we buy it. So it tastes better.

Farmers in your area spend most of their money locally for their needed food, supplies, tools, home needs, etc. This, in turn, supports other local businesses and your community - bringing jobs to where you live.

• Shopping locally gives consumers the opportunity to visit food suppliers and learn for ourselves about their production practices.

When you shop near home, you're able to visit local farms and businesses, building relationships and trust.

• Save money buying in season. 

It goes without saying that food in season is readily available; it's the law of supply and demand. If there's a lot of something, it's probably less expensive, especially when it doesn't have to span the globe to reach you.

Next time you go to the market, and pick up that tempting orange from Australia or bunch of asparagus from Argentina, think about how long ago that long distance produce was picked, and the carbon footprint that's part of its long distance scenario.  Just as importantly, remember that sustaining our small local farms (which are quickly disappearing due to huge farming corporations) sustains our communities. Discover all we can do with what we have at hand.

If you have a committment to revitalizing your community let your wallets speak for you.

Eat well and buy local,

Judi

Owner &  Chef

Portland Home Cooking

 olive cheese pastry bites

cranberry hazelnut upside-down cake 

   yam, apple & walnut scallop