Get a taste of The Suttle Lodge without leaving Bend. Chef Jacob Rodriguez is collaborating with Jackson’s Corner Executive Chef Parker Vaughn for one night in April. Expect classics from each restaurant as well as a few unexpected treats and specialty cocktails from the Suttle Lodge’s Skip Bar. To entertain you while you eat, The […]
Lisa Sipe
Food Writer | The Source Weekly
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FREE ICE CREAM!
You read that right. Since 1979, Ben & Jerry’s has given away free ice cream cones for their birthday, and this year is no different. So, what will your scoop be? Cherry Garcia? Chunky Monkey? Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough? Ben & Jerry’s Tues., April 10, noon to 8pm 680 SW Powerhouse Dr., Bend benjerry.com541-312-8115
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What Are Adaptogens?
One potential path to feeling blissed out
Plants don’t have the ability to move. If their environment or conditions are bad, they either adapt or die. The European Medicines Agency says, “adaptogenic substances are stated to have the capacity to normalize body functions and strengthen systems compromised by stress. They are reported to have a protective effect on health against a wide […]
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Learn to Cook South Indian Cuisine
With so few Indian restaurants in town, it’s worth it to learn to cook your own. Balarama Chandra and Emma Kate Veader from Bend Ayurveda are offering a plant-based South Indian cooking class that, they say, “will awaken your inner chef and leave your senses wanting more.” A few things you will learn to make: […]
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Bronx Born Pizza Opens
Since June, we’ve seen a sign in the window of the building on Galveston Avenue and Columbia Street that read “Bronx Born Pizza Coming Soon.” The doors are finally open, and that means you can now satisfy your craving for New York style pizza. You know the kind of pizza: crust thin enough to fold […]
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Outdoor Enthusiast Chef Caters to Bend
When Susan Harrell relocated to Bend, she opened Susan’s Table, a new version of the successful catering business she ran in North Carolina. Harrell is a classically trained chef and Level 1 Sommelier who draws inspiration from the culinary hubs where she’s lived, including Memphis and Spain. She says, “I had the opportunity to test […]
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Stock Your Pantry
Sweet and savory Central Oregon-made foods
In honor of the Made in Central Oregon issue, we round up some of our favorite foods that are made right here in the C.O. Bontร Natural Artisan Gelato Jeff and Juli Labhart trained under two different Italian gelato masters before developing their own ice cream recipes and starting Bontร Natural Artisan Gelato. Their gelato […]
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Plant-based Color for Your Easter Eggs
This Easter, color your eggs with natural dyes made from herbs and plants. Bend-based company, ColorKitchen, has an Easter egg coloring kit made with vibrant, natural dyes so you can hue up those eggs in a rainbow of colors without any artificial dyes. Founder Ashley Phelps started ColorKitchen because she has a sensitivity to chemical […]
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Browse, Taste & Talk Local Food at Spring Farm Faire
Meet your farmer at the Spring Farm & Food Faire presented by the Central Oregon Community College Sustainability Committee, in partnership with Central Oregon Locavore and the High Desert Food & Farm Alliance. The event is an opportunity to purchase early-season crops, eggs, meats and seed starts, or sign up for the community-supported agriculture program. Event […]
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Nacho Average Tacos
Elevated, award-winning tacos in Redmond
A reader, Jay Whitney, wrote in to tell us about eating at the Westside Taco Co., saying they were the “best tacos I have literally ever had.” With that encouragement, I drove to Redmond to see if Whitney was right. The Westside Taco Co. is parked at Kobold Brewing on 6th Street, across from the Sears. In the […]
