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A podcast with the people who make Portland, OR a great place to eat and drink. Listen now on iTune This is “Right at the Fork.”

Think Portland, OR is all VooDoo Doughnuts and "put an egg on it?" One of Portland's most prominent "food sherpas," Chris Angelus, invites the region’s most prominent and up-and-coming tastemakers to pull up a chair and talk about the craft of food & beverage in their own words. From chefs, to restaurateurs, to wineries, distilleries, brewers and food artisans - we have the interviews you want to hear.

15/07/2025

🎧 NEW EPISODE: Ep. 420 – Lisa Schroeder of Mother’s Bistro 🍽️

📍 25 years strong in Portland! Lisa Schroeder, chef and owner of , joins us to talk all things restaurant industry — from evolving service standards to introducing her New York Deli menu 🥪

🧆 Real Jewish deli food is making a comeback: homemade rye, artisan latkes, fresh rugelach, and pastrami done right.

💬 Plus: Lisa dives into the state of service in restaurants today — is it broken? Do diners even care?

Always real, always inspiring — don’t miss this episode with one of Portland’s most iconic voices in food.

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🔗 Link in bio

29/05/2025

New Episode Alert! 🔪

This week, we’re chatting with John Dyss, Executive Chef at RingSide Steakhouse! 👨‍🍳

We dive into his Northern California roots, his journey into the culinary world — and how he just might have changed pizza forever. 🍕✨

Plus, don’t miss details on his upcoming knife demo with Steelport Knife Co. happening this Saturday, May 31st! Get details and listen to the podcast link in bio.

04/04/2025

New episode alert! 🚨🚨

Gary Okazaki aka joins us for the umpteenth time to share information on his favorite pop-up restaurants in Portland, including where to find them on Insta, and where they take place. Also, he’ll go over some of his most anticipated openings in 2025.

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06/03/2025

Taking a trip to Tuscany?

You’ll want to listen to Episode 410 with Elisa Acciai (), who’s been a tour guide in Florence for years.

We talk about her journey from being a Concierge at a 5-Star hotel in Florence to becoming a guide in one of the world’s most popular destinations, including the requirements to be licensed to do so in Italy. The balance of family/work life as well.

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21/02/2025

Episode #409 is a must-listen!

Chef Jose Camarena (), Executive Chef at Portland’s highly regarded República (), may just be the youngest guest on the podcast.

We talk about his family Sunday dinners, how he became interested in the food industry and how his family lineage of hard work in horse grooming instilled in him the grit to work hard to reach success in a tough industry.

Chef Lalo will be appearing at Steelport Knife Company () this Saturday (2/22) in the first of a series of knife skills classes Steelport is putting on at their Sandy Blvd factory, where you can meet him and learn some helpful knife skills.

Stay tuned to Right at the Fork for interviews with more Steelport chefs.

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16/02/2025

Episode #408 is here, featuring Meg Cotner () of Bridgetown Bites ().

Meg is a freelance writer and editor based in Portland - and with Bridgetown Bites, covers restaurants, bars, cafes, food trucks, events, and includes opinion pieces, all centering on the Portland food world.

We talk about what it requires in time and effort to keep up the site, as well as Meg’s personal and business objectives and her writing and eating background that led her to Portland and starting her website.

Meg also provides a great list of her favorite places to eat and sip, some off the radar, some on.

It’s worth a listen just go be clued into what someone who’s out there enjoying and thinking about the food world thinks are places you should go!

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13/02/2025

Catch up on Right at the Fork and a look back at episode 391 featuring Alexa Numkena-Anderson ( ) of .pdx .

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05/02/2025

Episode #407 is live!

Frank Squillo has had quite a storied career, but as he points out in this episode, there are definite parallels between his career as a radio host and now, as co-owner of the storied Wanda’s Cafe and Bakery, a mainstay of the North Oregon Coast that he purchased with his husband in 2019 and has operated since.

We talk about what it takes to run a successful restaurant on the Oregon Coast - the key ingredients in the business and in the recipes. We’ll even go into the things he’s learned and how he deals with challenging situations and challenging people.

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29/01/2025

We’re traveling this week, with Episode 406 featuring Jon Galdos, owner/operator of a premiere tour company in San Sebastián Spain -

The convergence of his love of travel and thirst for holiday time led him to find this passion almost 20 years ago, during a successful career in engineering.

Jon explains in this interview how he approaches designing experiences for people in one of the most culinary-rich areas of the world, and how he came to love what he does.

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18/01/2025

Episode #405 is live - featuring , the Chef and co-owner of one of Portland’s now most iconic brands and restaurants, .

Now with locations cornering the continental US, Tyler and his cousin Kim have made some serious noise in the ice cream world.

In this episode, Tyler talks about the longshot pitch to Disneyland to be their official ice cream vendor, and how quickly the folks at Disney decided they wanted Portland’s Salt & Straw vibe over some of the big, more well-known ice cream brands, like Ben & Jerry’s. Tyler talks about the process of building the store and all that was involved with that with the input from Disney.

Also, Tyler talks about the business of building and using the Salt & Straw brand to its advantage, and what that has meant for growth.

We cover sampling, flavors, staffing, as well as some of the places Tyler loves to go in Portland right now. Listen now, link in bio.

13/12/2024

Catch up with Right at the Fork with Episode 401!

We catch up with Carlo Lamagna (), chef and owner of his Magna restaurants in both Portland and Denver. Carlo is creating communities and success in promoting Filipino cuisine, so much so that he’s garnered recognition from the James Beard Foundation and diners around the globe since his humble start in the business from Detroit to Chicago to Portland. He’s had his eye on Denver since before he landed in Portland years ago, and so now he’s reaching his dream of opening a place there.

Carlo talks about the difference between his two restaurants, and how appreciative he is that his hard work has paid off.

07/11/2024

Episode 398 is here! Link in profile.

We are delighted to have Mary Cressler and Sean Martin on the podcast to talk about their venture, Vindulge. We talk about how it came about and evolved, especially through the pandemic, when their business model had to change.

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