Photography by Frank Barnett

Of course hunters and fishermen are used to getting up while it’s still pitch black outside, but those of us who can’t imagine getting out of bed before the sun is up can only
marvel at someone like Pascal Tisseur, who arrives at La Petite Provence in southeast
Portland, Oregon, each morning around 5 a.m. to start baking, among other things, the cheese brioche with which I start most mornings.

When my editor suggested that I contribute an article on Seattle’s Pike Place Market I thought to myself, “Hey, great subject.” Seattle’s only a quick train trip from my home-base in Portland; I can visit my son Anthony (who has a medical practice there), and I love taking Amtrak just about anywhere that the tracks will lead me.