Get your island groove on at the two-year anniversary celebration at Washington Dining & Cocktails Summer Blowout Island Beach Party. Family festivities include Caribbean food from Chef John Gurnee and live music from Cinder Valley Magic. Adults can enjoy exotic libations from the tiki bar, including frozés and daiquiris in coconut shells. We heard there […]
Lisa Sipe
Food Writer | The Source Weekly
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Weekly Dinners at River Run Event Center
Savor dinner on Monday and Thursday evening overlooking the beautiful Deschutes River at the River Run Event Center at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond. On Monday nights, Bad Boys BBQ is serving up its signature barbecue with a selection of meats and a variety of salads. Each Thursday has a different global theme with two […]
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Humm Solves Alcohol Problem
Humm Kombucha has developed a proprietary fermentation process to make the first-ever verified non-alcoholic raw kombucha. Humm’s new patent-pending process will improve flavor consistency while maintaining a live, raw, non-alcoholic beverage that the company says is well below the government standard of 0.5 percent alcohol by volume. Humm Kombucha Taproom 1125 NE 2nd St., Bend […]
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Farm to Fork Sunset Dinner
The third annual Farm to Fork Dinner and Fundraiser, benefiting Heart of Oregon Corps, is a gourmet sunset dinner at Mt. Bachelor‘s Pine Marten Lodge, featuring ingredients from local farms by a local chef. Tickets are $85 and include a lift ticket, appetizers, beer, dinner with wine, dessert and live music. Farm to Fork Sunset […]
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Dig into these Dishes
Four ideas to avoid getting hangry over the lunch hour
Tired of the same old brown-bag lunch? Check out these nifty—and tasty—grub ideas. Beet Poke, $7.95 A great lunch for a busy day. Pick it up on your way to work in the grab and go case at the Humble Beet. Golden beets act like the Beyond Meat of poke. It tastes so much like […]
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Boxwood Kitchen Opens Brick and Mortar
Boxwood Kitchen, a chef-inspired food delivery service featuring global cuisine, will open a brick-and-mortar location in the Old Mill District this fall, with plans for an upscale yet casual lunch and a supper club-themed dinner (high class but affordable) with beer, wine and classic cocktails. Co-owners Eric Rud and Riane Welch said, “Bend’s rapid growth […]
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Brick and Mortar Seeks Food Cart
Adventures at The Pancake Wagon
“Did you notice The Pancake Wagon is closed?” Darlene Veenhuizen of the Tough Cookie podcast asked me, picking up a slice of grassy Cloud Cap cheese from Cascadia Creamery at a summer cheese party. “Yes,” I replied, “I thought they might be closed for a summer break.” Veenhuizen said, “I think they are trying to […]
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Rawmona Always Wants to Eat Cake
It’s hard not to fall in love with Rawmona. She says things like, “Eat your cake. And if anyone lectures you about your weight, eat them too.” Rawmona isn’t a real person; she’s a stick figure illustration with fruit for clothes, created out of Karla Diaz Cano’s love for food, nature and art. Rawmona has […]
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Dessert Bar Opens at Foxtail
Move over breakfast and lunch, Foxtail Bakeshop & Kitchen is open Friday and Saturday evenings for its dessert bar. The nighttime menu will include an interpretation of an ice cream sundae, cake and pie by the slice, two to three unique plated desserts and a few savory dishes. The bar includes coffee drinks, a selection […]
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“Run Fast. Cook Fast. Eat Slow” Book Signing and Run
Central Oregon athletes, we’ve found the book for you, “Run Fast. Cook Fast. Eat Slow: Quick-Fix Recipes for Hangry Athletes.” The cookbook will hit the shelves Aug. 14, but you can get your copy and join a one to three mile fun run and book signing with FootZone Bend. It’s an opportunity to run with […]
