Chef Aaron Arko of the Marriott City Center in Downtown Portland shares his Achiote Braised Short Rib Recipe The City of Portland is both a time capsule for and a mirror image of, the City of Berkeley California. The “Saturday Market” at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park is rife with .

Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza The Barrio Cafe, Phoenix Arizona  I’ve made the Scottsdale/Phoenix area one of my regular mini-vacation spots in the past few years. Spring Training baseball for my beloved Giants and A’s. An off the hook Bike Week in the eclectic town of Cave Creek, and, of course, another .