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Oatmeal Raisin at Spielman Coffee Roasters

Posted by on Apr 12, 2013 in Oatmeal | 0 comments

Spielman Coffee Roasters
2128 SE Division St – Portland
$1.25

Spielman Coffee Roaster’s main gig, unsurprisingly, is coffee beans. But in the past year or so since they opened, they’ve also earned a reputation for baking some of the best bagels in town (Montreal style) –  with lines regularly spilling out of their tiny Division Street shop. And even though I’m not a bagel chaser in general, it’s nice to know it is possible to get our hands on something more chewy, earthy, delicious and

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Whole Grain Shortbread at Tabor Bread

Posted by on Jan 23, 2013 in Shortbread/Sugar Cookies, Whole grain | 0 comments

Tabor Bread
5051 SE Hawthorne Blvd – Portland
75¢

I might be on a shortbread jag. Like I said in my last post, I have not historically been a shortbread-chaser.

But… being that Tabor Bread mills all of their flours right there in the bakery – from several different kinds of whole grains (spelt, rye, whole wheat, kamut, and more) –  their shortbread, naturally, offers a unique and welcome twist on the traditional.

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