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Michael Russell Restaurant Critic for the Oregonian \\u2013 Episode 3 Great Food Great Stories Podcast Episode 3 of the Great Food Great Stories Podcast is here! In this episode we visit with Michael Russell and you will learn what brought him to Portland, and about his first job at the Oregonian. Michael talks with about his journey as a restaurant critic and what led him to recently shed his anonymity - http://www.oregonlive.com/editors/index.ssf/2016/06/restaurant_critic_michael_russ_1.html. Michael also gives us the 411 on the Oregonian\\u2019s annual restaurant guide, and tells what he looks for in a restaurant when he is doing a review. The week that this interview took place Michael had just released his list of Portland\\u2019s 10 best new Food Carts for 2016 and Portland\\u2019s 15 Best Food Foods (see links below) and during this podcast we have a delightful extended chat about the Portland food cart scene. Some the Food Carts mentioned in this podcast include Burmasphere, Burger Stevens, Matt\\u2019s BBQ, Tiffin Asha (Note - Tiffin Asha is in the process opening up a brick and mortar restaurant), Viking Soul Food, The Wild Hunt, Straits Kitchen, Bari PDX, the Egg Carton, The Pod Bar, and the Carts on Foster Food Cart Pod. Portland\\u2019s best new Food Carts of 2016- http://www.oregonlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2016/07/portlands_best_new_food_carts_4.html Portland\\u2019s 15 Best Food Cart --http://www.oregonlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2016/07/portlands_15_best_food_carts.html#0 The Great Food Great Stories Podcast is brought to you by Portland Culinary Radio, and is recorded at Culmination Brewing Company. Steven Shomler is your host. Many thanks to Ken Wilson the Media Maestro for his amazing engineering and editing!