Food Writer | The Source Weekly
Have you seen water kefir on store shelves close to the kombucha and thought, what the heck is that? Well, it’s in that spot for a reason; water kefir offers similar benefits to aid in your digestion. It’s made with water kefir grains, a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast, also known as a scoby. […]
Coffee culture continues to grow in Bend. Riff Cold Brew Coffee is building a full-scale production facility in the city to produce cold brew coffee in bottles and boxes for consumers and nitrogen kegs for restaurants and bars. Cold brew coffee, at its simplest, is coffee steeped in cold water overnight and strained. Riff wants […]
Fewer than 1 percent of distilleries in the U.S. are owned by women, but Freeland Spirits is aiming to change that ratio with a new craft distillery in Portland. What does that have to do with Bend? Distiller Molly Troupe used to be the lead distiller at Oregon Spirit Distillers. Now Troupe, with Jill Kuehler […]
It’s been said here before: sauerkraut is the new kimchi, and Local Culture is proof this trend is still hot. The company launched in June, selling out of sauerkraut at their very first farmers market. Pretty incredible results for Sarah Frost-McKee and Paul Trendler, both full-time school teachers. Frost-McKee and Trendler (doesn’t that sound like […]
Thai Thai is gone, but don’t worry—you can still order Thai food from that same location on Bend’s Mt. Washington Drive. Now in the space is Nam Tok Kitchen, focusing on Northern Thai and Lao cuisine. Expect Thai favorites such as pad thai, a sweet, sour and nutty rice noodle dish, and tom kha gai, […]
D o you love spending time in a warm kitchen cooking and baking during the holidays? Then this story might not be for you. Maybe you’re the person who’s tried to mash potatoes faster in a food processor, only to create a thick, inedible paste. Or maybe you’ve attempted to cook a whole turkey but […]
There’s a new restaurant open on Galveston. Dakine Cafe is a superfood cafe in a brand new building with an inviting bright white interior and warm wood ceilings. The menu is as fresh as the space, featuring smoothies, acai bowls, also known as smoothie bowls, toasts, granolas and coffee drinks. Try the avosmash toast, topped […]
You may have noticed that the Shred Town food cart is no longer next to Aspect Board shop on Galveston Avenue. in Bend. They’ve moved—not to another location in town, but to Hawaii. In the cart’s place is the Tennessee’s Grilled Cheese bright red food cart. Tennessee’s Grilled Cheese, previously by Atlas Cider, is now […]
I s pie popular at your holiday table? In lots of American households it’s part of a long tradition. Pie was brought to the U.S. by English settlers, familiar with meat pies, including the mashed potato-topped Shepherd’s pie. Early settlers were presented with new seasonal ingredients, such as berries and fruits, so sweet pies became […]
Humm Kombucha is expanding and bringing a 100,000-square-foot facility and approximately 50 jobs to the City of Roanoke, Va. Co-founders Michelle Mitchell and Jamie Danek said they chose Roanoke because it “is filled with genuinely good people. The residents love Roanoke, have so much pride in where they live and many simply wouldn’t live anywhere […]
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