Food People are the Best People – Details, episodes & analysis

Chef/Owner Garrett Benedict has created two of Portland's most aesthetically pleasing dining experiences with his produce-focused restaurant, G-Love, and cocktail bar, Love Shack. Looks aside, the food and drinks are as delicious and thoughtfully prepared as they are photo-worthy.

Alanna Keifer knows a lot about about seaweed and kelp. When she's not leading intertidal tours and workshops on the Oregon coast with Shifting Tides, or celebrating local seafood and sea veggies with Winter Waters, she's growing and touting the benefits of dulse seaweed -- one of the most sustainable foods in the world.

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In the competitive world of hot sauces, Sarah Marshall's small batch, handcrafted, made with local ingredients, hot sauces stand out from the pack. Marshall's Haute Sauce brings the heat but also celebrates the farmers and community of Portland and beyond.

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Sambal chili sauce just might be the thing you never knew you were missing until you try it. Use it as a condiment or as a ingredient in all sort of unexpected dishes. You don't have to be from Singapore to appreciate the versatility and flavor pow of sambal.

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Long before a global pandemic fueled a baking frenzy, Ken Forkish has been making some of the finest breads, pizzas, and pastries in this country. He is the author of “Flour Water Salt Yeast” and “The Elements of Pizza” and owner of Ken’s Artisan Bakery and Ken’s Artisan Pizza in Portland, Oregon.

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Not since Lewis & Clark has anyone harvested salt in the Pacific Northwest with any real success. That was until Ben Jacobsen came along. After falling in love with fine sea salts while living abroad, Ben took it upon himself to learn the craft, eventually founding Jacobsen Salt Co. and becoming America’s top salt maker.

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In her book "School Lunch: Unpacking Our Shared Stories," author and photographer Lucy Schaeffer transports readers back to a time when lunch was so much more than the school cafeteria or brown bag. With 70 interviews from a range of voices spanning the U.S. and 25 countries, each interview and portrait celebrates our diversity and our shared childhood experience.

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Like her favorite team the Chicago Cubs, Melissa McMillan is building a mini sandwich empire in Oregon with the same borrowed motto, "Do Simple Better." We talk about what it takes to makes a great sandwich, her childhood growing up in Texas and her formative sandwich years in Chicago, and all the fun stuff in between.

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We eat with our eyes first and nobody creates more crave-worthy photos than Kari Young. Besides being one of the most recognized food photographers in the country, she's also passionate about restaurant culture, being a single mom, and always growing and learning in her craft.

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If you've ever experienced the magic of Feast Portland, one of the country's premier food festivals, you have Mike Thelin to thank in some part for those happy food memories. But long before Feast, Mike has been a food person in every sense of the term from his love of multicultural cuisines as a young kid to accomplished career as a food journalist.

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