Off The Menu, March 20

Food Carts and Beer
The OLCC has approved the state’s first annual liquor license for a food cart. Cartlandia, a food cart pod on 82nd Avenue in Portland, will soon be serving up beer and wine along with its other tasty treats. That is, until Portland city officials find a way to shut it down.
More on the story [from the Portland Mercury]

And the Nominees are…
The finalists for this year’s James Beard Awards were announced yesterday in Las Vegas. Not that we’re counting, but….San Francisco and Chicago both garnered 12 nominations, Seattle and Portland each have three, Austin has one nominee and New York has 23 nominations. We’ll have to wait until May 7th to find out who wins but as they always say, just being nominated is an honor.
Full List of Nominees [courtesy of CNN]

Not Dead Yet…
Looking for new menu ideas with a little star flavor? A new cookbook collects the favorite recipes of dead celebrities. Appropriately titled, “The Dead Celebrity Cookbook”, the book features recipes from such luminaries as Liz Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Rock Hudson and Katharine Hepburn, who apparently made a mean batch of brownies.
Read more here
Get your own copy [at Amazon.com]

Bowling in the Bay (Area)
The new Mission Bowling Club opened this past Monday in San Francisco, and Tablehopper has an inside look at this cool new place.
Details and Pictures [courtesy of TableHopper.com]