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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.
A tapa is an appetizer or snack in Spanish cuisine. Tapas can be hot or cold and are often combined to make a full meal. The word itself is derived from the Spanish verb tapar which means “to cover” and historians have concluded that the original tapas were thin slices of meat or bread used to […]
The definition of piccata in cooking is thin slices of meat, typically veal or chicken, that are dredged in flour, sauteed and served in a lemon butter sauce. A piccata is typically associated with Italian cooking although it’s quite possible it actually originated in the U.S. in the 1930s in Italian-American kitchens. The immigrants who […]
Opening another bar is like deciding to have another child. All you remember is how much fun you had with the first one and how cute it was (at least in the beginning), forgetting all about the long, sleepless nights and dirty diapers. That’s how Brian Trottier explains how he and his wife Ashley came […]
Growing up in the South we always had a big garden in the summer: corn, potatoes, peas, onions, tomatoes, peppers and lots of green beans! One of my daily chores once the green beans came on was to pick the beans. This required stooping over or squatting down to pull the beans off the low […]
It was November 1934 that Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. opened a small bar and restaurant in Oakland, California which became Trader Vic’s, which eventually became a famous worldwide chain of Polynesian-themed establishments. Bergeron himself was one of two people who claimed to have invented the Mai Tai cocktail. The other was Donn Beach of the […]
Way back at the very beginning of the pandemic shutdown in the spring of 2020, I was hosting a local television segment on food and dining out. I would go around to area restaurants and farms, interviewing chefs and growers, all the while sampling their fresh harvests and delicious dishes. When restaurants were forced to […]
With Labor Day weekend coming up we’re reminded that summer will eventually fade and make way for another abundant season full of culinary delights. September is a shoulder month of sorts with summery eats such as corn and watermelon still in season while apples, turnips and rutabagas are coming on strong. You might have noticed […]
While Labor Day signals a change of seasons with long, hot days giving way to longer, cooler nights, dining on the patio is a wonderful way to ease into autumn. That’s why one of Bend’s favorite downtown restaurants has renovated and revamped its outdoor patio seating this year so their guests, locals and visitors alike, […]
Once daily routines fall back into place after summer activities, moving dinnertime back indoors, away from picnics and barbeques, can feel overwhelming. Here are some ideas to make suppertime simpler, more easygoing and of course, family-oriented. 1. Meal plan ahead of time. Write down at least a week’s worth of menu ideas in advance. Get […]
About this time last year we were telling you about a new neighborhood place on Galveston in Bend created in the image of a traditional Italian osteria. BOSA Food & Drink was on a mission to be an inviting place where family and friends gather to eat often. Mission accomplished! BOSA has been voted Best […]
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