
PNW Queer Chef Profile: Summer Bingaman of Portland
Name: Summer Bingaman Current restaurant: Peacock PDX What inspired you to go into the culinary industry? I have always loved

Name: Summer Bingaman Current restaurant: Peacock PDX What inspired you to go into the culinary industry? I have always loved

Name: Nik Sharma Current Position: Editor in Residence, America’s Test Kitchen, Cookbook Author, Photographer, Host of In the Test Kitchen

Name: Michelle DelaPena (AKA… Chef Bombshell), Private Chef Last restaurant worked; I was Prep Lead- Orso’s 2015 Location: Anchorage, AK

Name: Jerry Traunfeld Last Restaurants: Former Executive Chef and Founder at Poppy, and Lionhead, former Executive Chef at The Herbfarm

On Saturday, October 24, the legacy of Entre Hermanos, the voice of Washington’s LatinoLGBTQIA+ community, took center stage at Seattle’s

After more than 35 years of interviewing entertainers, I have learned that some of the best conversations happen when an
“I took Elizabeth’s 8 week course during a time when I was feeling very stressed and unhappy.
Elizabeth’s program of mindfulness and meditation was easy to understand and she was so kind and compassionate during the whole process. As the weeks progressed and I followed her teaching, I started feeling so much better. I felt lighter, less burdened and able to use the lessons she taught to be able to return to a place of peace within myself. I learned that, as she said, “There’s nothing to change, nothing to fix.” I can’t thank Elizabeth enough for helping me through a difficult time and giving me the tools to take care of myself.
– Christie Mullikin Jones