Crater Lake Spirits embraced berry season by taking blackberries, blueberries, strawberries and raspberries from local Oregon farms and soaking them in vodka for a month. They bottled that sweet berry infusion to create Northwest Berry Vodka, their latest seasonal release. New this year was the addition of strawberries, so if you tasted it last year […]
Lisa Sipe
Food Writer | The Source Weekly
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Little Bites: 73rd Annual Buckaroo Breakfast
Since 1944, Central Oregonians have enjoyed a scrumptious fire-cooked meal at the Buckaroo Breakfast on the Sunday morning of the Deschutes County Fair. Breakfast is served up with live music and includes pancakes, sausage, bacon, eggs, fresh made hash browns and pan bread. The experience is just as warm and friendly as it was in […]
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Dogs Dish About Their Favorite Restaurants
Best places to eat with your dog in Bend
In Dog Town, USA, summer is an ideal time to dine out with your best furry friend. To find out where the best dog-friendly dining happens in Bend, we asked a few local pooches—and one visiting pup. Hotwire Retired Greyhound, Age 7 Favorite Snack: Organic carrots Hotwire is retired from racing, but still works a […]
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Little Bites: The Best Doggie Bakery
Locally made baked goods aren’t just for humans. The Best Doggie Bakery in Redmond bakes delicious, preservative-free, wholesome treats for your furry friend(s). They make cookies in flavors including apple coconut honey oat, bacon cheddar and pineapple coconut with goat milk yogurt. If those sound yummy enough for humans, you’re right—they’re human-tested but made with […]
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Saving the Grain
Just when you think beer can’t get any better, it does
After selling Pacific Superfoods Snacks, a flavored kale chip company, to Made In Nature, local entrepreneur Sarah Pool got a call from New York quite out of the blue. It was from ZX Ventures, a global disruptive growth group, incubator and venture capital team backed by one of the largest multinational companies in the world, […]
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Little Bites: Pure Joy Kitchen Opens Plant-Based Cafe
Gluten-free, dairy-free, raw food enthusiasts: start your happy dance. Pure Joy Kitchen, a plant-based organic cafe, is now open on Colorado Avenue, in the previous location of Sarah’s Raw & Vegan cafe. The new spot serves up smoothies, desserts, medicinal elixirs, coffee, bowls and wraps for breakfast and lunch. Elaina Love, a culinary school owner […]
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Steakhouse Chef Cooks Seafood to Win Top Chef Bend
Chef George Morris wins Bite of Bend culinary title
Over two sweltering-hot days at the Bite of Bend, eight local chefs tackled six secret ingredients in six rounds of competition to determine whose cuisine reigns supreme. This year the title of “Top Chef” went to a Bend newcomer: Chef George Morris from the new fine dining steakhouse, Bos Taurus. To claim his win, Morris […]
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Mantra Indian Kitchen is Hot, Salty, Tart and Sweet
Discovered: A Drinkable Mango Ocean Roll
With the opening of Mantra Indian Kitchen & Tap Room on Bond and Franklin, downtown Bend now boasts two Indian restaurants. Mantra is the brick and mortar embodiment of the Curry Shack food cart owned by Runi Srikantaiah. Mantra has the bones of a restaurant that has had multiple lives. In fact, not much has […]
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Little Bites: Poke Stops
Multiple spots to satisfy craving for that beloved Hawaiian fish salad
Multiple spots to satisfy craving for that beloved Hawaiian fish salad Earlier this year we told you bowls—particularly poke bowls—were a hot trend in food. Pat on the back, because we were right on. Poke, which means chunk in Hawaiian, is a raw fish salad with sesame oil, green onions and soy sauce. This cool […]
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The Gastronomer’s Guide to Bite Week
Nine classes and events to increase your culinary happiness
Food lovers rejoice: Bite Week is almost here! This is your opportunity to enjoy exclusive culinary experiences including chef dinners, vineyard tours and educational classes from the region’s best chefs and purveyors. Here is your guide to some of our picks for Bite Week: Culinary Adventures & Chef Dinners Party Bus Dinner with Bowtie Catering […]
