Summer Find: The Best Hummus

By Jennie

This summer I did quite a bit of traveling (mostly for work) but I did get to unexpectedly travel to Portland to visit Cherie, a writer for Food Lush and the designer behind both this site and Style Lush. She's a longtime friend and fellow food (and booze!) lover, so while visiting we did a lot of really good eating.

One night we stopped in The Farm, a restaurant Ted Allen recommended on The Best Thing I Ever Ate. He was specifically recommending the veggie burger, which we didn't try, but we did try something so fabulous, I've thought about it far more often than I care to admit: the hummus plate.

Admittedly, before that, I hadn't been a big hummus eater. Nothing against the stuff, just not something I tended to crave on a regular basis. But now? I eat hummus at least once a night as my main dinner dish. I'll order it out at restaurants more than I ever did before.

And while there's not a single serving of hummus I've tried since that lives up to The Farm's, it was a great way to introduce me to a dish I rarely thought about before.

All that's to say, if you're in the Portland area, hightail it over to The Farm. Sit on the patio and dig in.

Comments

[Cherie]

Don't forget about the baked brie! And it appears they took the gnocchi off the menu, I was dying to go back and try that. My favorite thing that night is still our custom made cocktails at the Jupiter. I tried to get that same level of service from a waitress on a packed Saturday night but she was not as charm-able.

[rebecca]

I LURVE hummus. I don't even care that it makes my breath stink. my favorite things to dip: cherry tomatoes, pita chips, cheese, and my fingers.