It’s the gift-giving time of year and if you have someone on your list who enjoys food – eating it and/or cooking it, here are some foodie gift giving ideas for you to consider. Let’s start with a cookbook. I know, you can Google up any recipe you want online these days, but a true […]
Donna Britt
Food writer, food stylist, recipe tester, cookbook editor, podcast producer/host are a few of the creative hats Donna Britt wears. Donna loves to hike, paddle board and spend quality time with family and friends. Oh, and she also collects cookbooks and cast iron cooking vessels.
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Miso Coconut Veggie Soup
Flavorful, nourishing ingredients in an easy-to-make soup
What to eat for a few weeks post-Thanksgiving is always challenging for me. With thoughts of more holiday food on the horizon, I can never figure out what my body is really craving so I spend a lot of time looking at recipes and pondering what would be nourishing and flavorful. This week I’ve landed […]
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The Warm and Welcoming Wallow
At this Sunriver pub, get generous portions of comforting foods you want to eat
Wallow has several meanings. It can be the place where large animals, such as elk, roll about or lie relaxed in mud or water to keep cool and avoid biting insects or spread their scent. It can also mean to take unrestrained pleasure, to delight in something or to indulge oneself, such as wallowing in […]
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Turkey “Carnitas” Tacos
A twist on the classic pork tacos made with leftover Thanksgiving turkey meat
Cooking or even eating may be the last thing on your mind right now. The Thanksgiving holiday usually means a lot of time in the kitchen for some of us and quite a bit of eating for most of us as well. So this week’s recipe is quick, easy and a good way to use […]
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Smash Burgers in Bend
Where to find them and why they’re so dang good
Several years ago my family hosted an exchange student from Bend’s sister city, Belluno, Italy. Being the food family that we are, one of the first questions we asked her upon arrival was what American food was she looking forward to eating. “Hamburger,” was the immediate reply. Since it would take up this entire article […]
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What the Pros Are Pouring This Thanksgiving
Local wine experts weigh in on best pairings for turkey and pie
If you’re planning on serving wine with your Thanksgiving meal or want to take a bottle to your Friendsgiving feast, you’ve come to the right place. Just in time for the holiday meal planning, Chef Dave Bodi, sommelier and owner of FERM & fare wine shop and Kelsey Daniels, sommelier and owner of Flights Wine […]
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Crispy, Caramelized, Cheesy Edges Set This Pizza Apart
Abe Capanna’s serves up authentic Detroit-style pizza from its cart behind Crosscut taphouse
Pizza: an American tradition. Well, it is now, but once upon a time it was mostly eaten by homesick Italian immigrants who had left their impoverished homeland to start a new life in the United States. More than four million Italians came through Ellis Island between 1880 and the early 1920s. The first pizzeria in […]
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Forbidden Sweet Potato Bowl
A vegan, gluten-free vegetable bowl to get us ready for the holidays
We’re getting so close to that time of year when it’s easy to let our guard down and just go for it—meaning eating and drinking whatever we want whenever we want. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course, but for some of us, overindulging means we end up with unwanted extra weight and overall malaise. […]
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Buttermilk Honey Biscuits
Tender, flaky biscuits warm from the oven are good at any meal of the day
“The biscuits are for baking but the buns are just for show.” That was the cross stitch quote hanging in my granny’s kitchen my entire childhood. I grew up in the South and even though I’ve spent more years of my life now in the Pacific Northwest, those Southern roots run deep when it comes […]
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Impeccable Service, Elegant Atmosphere, Elevated Fine Dining
Becerra’s on 6th Bistro in Redmond transports you to another time
“Wine and dine as you step back in time.” I saw that statement at the top of the website for Becerra’s on 6th Bistro, but I wasn’t sure what it meant exactly—that is, until I actually stepped inside the beautiful bistro in downtown Redmond. Becerra’s is like a step back in time – to impeccable […]
