On the previous episode of “Kids Baking Championship” young bakers were challenged to turn a regular dessert into a Neapolitan dessert by including chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. Due to overly sweet Neapolitan sandwich cookies, Sahana was sent home. More spoilers coming: you’ve been warned. Episode three begins with Celebrity Pastry Chef Duff Goldman in front […]
Lisa Sipe
Food Writer | The Source Weekly
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Emerging Cocktail & Spirit Trends
Keep An Eye on Five Fads
Scanning the sea of glass bottles shelved in the liquor section of Newport Market, I looked for new local spirits. Not having luck, I posed the question to the attendant. He told me he couldn’t think of anything new but said the gin section keeps expanding. Gin keeps having a moment Growth of gin in […]
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Tween Baker Represents Bend
French macaron class leads local kid to Food Network show
It may have blossomed when he was a baby sitting on the counter, watching his parents make his baby food—but whatever it is, Reggie Strom definitely has a passion for baking. By the time Strom was a toddler he was in the kitchen with his grandma. “I would help her bake pies, Christmas cookies,” said […]
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Cereal-ously Adult Cocktails
Milk punch for your inner child
Are cereal milk cocktails a thing? Christina Tosi, the pastry chef of the Milk Bar chain, brought cereal milk from the bottom of the bowl into ice cream, panna cotta and bottles in the early aughts, but I wondered if it had reached a high ball. It turns out as soon as Tosi’s idea hit […]
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A Cup Bridges Civilians and Veterans
Elephant-friendly global tea blends, from a Sunriver native
Sharing tea with Iraqis and Afghans was the highlight of Michael Montgomery’s 10-year military career. “Afghan time goes slower,” Montgomery explains. “If you met an elder it would start with tea and take hours. You would talk about a lot of stuff before you got to business.” This process was about finding common ground, and […]
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Absinthe: Mysterious & Misunderstood
From the green fairy to opium, there's more to absinthe than the rumors and fake news
Absinthe is illegal. It’s made with opium. You’ll see the “green fairy,” because it makes you hallucinate. All of the above statements are false—but those misconceptions permeate our culture. Absinthe never had opium in it. It’s a high-proof spirit made with the flowers and leaves of Artemisia absinthium (wormwood), anise, fennel and other herbs. The […]
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Hojicha! Matcha Gets Toasted
Brown green tea trend coming… we hope…
Ho-gee-cha. Did I say it right? My Japanese friends politely nod yes, but I’m pretty sure I hung on the gee a little too long. My first taste of hojicha, or toasted green tea, was in a latte and a brownie at Behind the Museum Café in Portland. Every form of the toasted tea was […]
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Casting Vermouth in the Lead Role
It’s time to think about vermouth differently. A local sommelier offers his picks
At a recent tasting at Ardent, a celebrated restaurant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, I asked for a boozy beverage to complement the sweet selection of the dessert course. The sommelier placed a delicate, stemmed shot glass in front of me and poured Dolin Blanc Vermouth de Chambér. I was surprised; I had expected a port, sherry […]
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Food Pairing Bible Every Cook Must Have
A treasure trove of flavorful ideas helps in creating the perfect flavor pairings
Are you a recipe follower? I was and it made me envious of people who could just peruse their pantry and whip up something from nothing. My partner does this with success most of the time. Although his recent chipotle sauerkraut, arugula, blue cheese and refried bean burrito was an epic fail, too many competing […]
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The Taste of Progress
Mezcal goes mainstream
Have you ever enjoyed a cocktail and tried to order it again, but couldn’t remember what was in it? A few years ago I was at a swanky cocktail bar in the Southwest when my partner fell in love with a cocktail that was so aggressively smoky and tobacco-infused it had to be made by […]