Leather Storrs' Best/Worst Day; Biwa's 7th Anniversary

VIDEO INTERLUDE— As part of a project with the Portland Center Stage, Noble Rot/Nobleoni chef (and noted storyteller) Leather Storrs rehashes what the stage calls his "BestWorstDay," which just happened to have taken place while Storrs worked in the kitchen of Thomas Keller's lauded the French Laundry. Storrs recounts a particular stormy day that say the French Laundry kitchen flood in the middle of service; of Keller's managerial approach, Storrs jokingly calls it "fairly subtle but painful psychological warfare." Go, watch. [Vimeo]

CENTRAL EASTSIDE— Gabe Rosen and Kina Voelz's eastside restaurant Biwa celebrates its seventh birthday on Saturday, March 15, featuring its beloved burger available all night long. (Burgers and tonkatsu "burgers" will also be available in "slider" format.) More information here. [EaterWire]

FOREST GROVE— Forbes was on-hand during the 2014 Maialata Festival thrown by chefs Cathy Whims, Jason French, and others, reporting that the whole-hog breakdown took more than an hour. Click over for a photogallery of butchers Camas Davis and Rob Roy at work. [Forbes]