“Cha-ching!” Leela Morimoto’s phone exclaimed, pretending to be a cash register. “What did you sell?” I asked when I saw the smile appear on her face, knowing the sound was a notification from Etsy telling her someone just made a purchase from her shop, Leemo Designs. “A magnetic fridge white board,” said Morimoto. “That’s the […]
Lisa Sipe
Food Writer | The Source Weekly
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Foxtail Reimagined to Survive Pandemic
Owner says, “We are still baking our little hearts out”
In early January, the line wrapped around the Box Factory buildings and customers filed like soldiers 6 feet apart in the cold, waiting at least an hour to order pastries and treats on the last day Foxtail Bakeshop & Kitchen was open to the public.
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The Christmas Tree That Almost Killed Us
A local couple reflects on what went wrong after getting a ride out of the wilderness by
Deschutes County Search and Rescue
I poured steaming hot chocolate into a thermos and grabbed a few metal camping mugs. My sister Lori had just moved in with us after leaving Los Angeles, and we were taking her out to cut down her first Christmas tree. Lori, her eight-month-old golden retriever, Mochi, my husband Jim and I were headed into the […]
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No Morels? Mushroom Hunt.
Tips to finding delicious fungi this morel season
Eight morels found last year. It was lackluster; I worried my hunting spots were drying up. As an amateur mushroom hunter, morels are the one mushroom I’m confident finding. With their distinct black, brown or white honeycombed cap it’s difficult to screw up identification. A dangerously poisonous false morel is possible to pick—but they’re so […]
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COVID-19 Will Forever Change the Food Industry
Can we help our food community?
Earlier this month I was wondering why we don’t have any cheese makers in Central Oregon and bummed that our young local baker, Reggie Strom, didn’t win “Kids Baking Championship” on the Food Network. I thought for sure he was going to get the title; he won three episodes, plus his skills were on point. […]
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The Key to Virtual Happy Hour: Simplicity
Easy cocktails, hand sanitizer… and liquor—which can now be delivered to your door
It’s a strange world we’re living in. We have a real-life pandemic calling for social distancing, and now all the bars are closed and our nation has called upon distilleries to make hand sanitizer. Locally, Oregon Spirit Distillers is producing a sanitizing hand rub it’s donating to the Oregon Department of Human Services, fire and […]
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Foraging the Forest
In search of a delicious cocktail, courtesy of Mother Nature
Maybe it happens after a u-pick berry outing or a mushroom hunting trip in which you finally discover a stash of morels. However it comes on, foraging can be addictive. If you’ve ever surfed or skimboarded, you know what it’s like to watch the waves curling toward you, deciding whether they’re worth catching. When you […]
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Future Gardening: Dining Room to Table
Tech hits the dirt with less space, more veggies
A wheel filled with lettuce and herbs rotates and glows in my dining room. It’s there because my partner backed the Kickstarter for OGarden, a technology-driven indoor gardening system from Quebec that got funded in six minutes. “I thought it would be fun to grow stuff in the house,” he explained. “It seemed to be a […]
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Collectively Built Spirits
Through connection, The Walter Collective finds art in distilling
I remember The Walter Collective vodka. That’s notable, because I can’t say I’ve sampled another vodka that left an impression. In a category that prides itself on being flavorless, The Walter Collective’s vodka isn’t afraid to taste like something. “I wanted something that had some character,” explained The Walter Collective Founder Matt Melaik. Instead of coming […]
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Nosh This Unconventional Charcuterie
Way more than meat on board
Before it gets a little weird, let’s get something straight about charcuterie. It’s a branch of cooking devoted to cooked meats including ham, sausage, terrines, bacon, galantines (not the holiday celebrating the love you have for your girlfriends, but a dish of white meat or fish bones, cooked, pressed in aspic and served cold), confit […]