Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, pdx.edu. Various times and locations Monday–Friday, May 12–16. Free.

In the shadow of towering pines, where the air smells of forest and pastry, Beckie’s Café in Prospect, Oregon has been performing small miracles with butter, flour, and seasonal fruit for generations.

The huckleberry pie, when in season, is particularly transcendent – a purple-blue symphony of wild flavor that can only be described as the essence of Oregon forest distilled into dessert form.

Huka Lodge was already considered the grande dame of New Zealand lodges. Now after a nearly year long renovation and ...