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Yum! Expansion Brings More Holm Made Toffee

Local toffee company expands to new facility
Lisa Sipe

There’s great news for those with a sweet tooth. Local artisan toffee maker, Holm Made Toffee, is moving into a new commercial kitchen space, formerly a bakery, and doubling its production facility. Co-owner Randi Holm said, “Increased production and room for larger equipment will allow us to offer more seasonal flavors and a more diverse […]

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Dutch Oven How-To & Tasting

Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe hosts unique cooking night
Lisa Sipe

Learn how to use a heavy cast iron Dutch oven at Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe’s Dutch Oven Night Cooking Clinic. Like a campfire slow cooker, the Dutch oven has been used for over 300 years. Whip up delicious dishes such as pineapple upside-down cake, apple pie, eggplant parmesan and bacon-loaded cornbread. Those are also […]

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Building Community, One Meal at a Time

The secret to making friends in Bend: Food. Lots of food.
Lisa Sipe

When Jesica and Rich Carleton moved to Bend from Alaska three years ago, they only knew one person in town. Carleton was on Facebook one day, where she found an article about a couple who started an open-invitation, casual dinner every week to connect with friends and family. They called it Friday Night Meatballs. Jesica […]

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Farmer Dinner Series: Beer and Beef Pair

Get to know your farmer begins with all things beef
The Source Staff

Deschutes Brewery and Barley Beef, a group of small family-run farms in Central Oregon, have paired up to deliver a four-course beef and beer inspired dinner. The menu includes classics you’d expect with beef like braised short ribs, steak tartare and dry-aged prime rib. Don’t let the raw meat course scare you; it’s a time-honored […]

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It’s Appe-thai-zing at Nam Tok Kitchen

New owners bring authentic, home-cooked and all gluten-free Lao menu to Bend
Lisa Sipe

When Pahlee (Lee) Bretoi and her ex-husband Daniel bought Thai Thai on the westside near Summit High School they tried to keep everything the same. But Bretoi, who was in charge of the food, discovered a lot of the recipes weren’t made from scratch. She said, “I wanted to make the food me and my […]

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Trash Food

Ahead of the new year, here’s one way to plan, meticulously, the perfect pre-diet binge
Lisa Sipe

Sorry to break the news to you, readers: with the holiday parties, happy hours and family gatherings, most of us have been gradually packing on extra pounds since October. It’s hard to resist the festive sweet treats: those pillowy, Italian cream-filled macarons, the crunchy, buttery toffee, the soft yellow sponge and chocolate buttercream of the […]

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Do It For Your Mother

Lutefisk, gelatin fish, and other stuff our families make us eat over the holidays
The Source Staff

Picture in your mind a Norman Rockwell painting. If you’ve ever pondered the #MAGA movement and wondered when, exactly, America was so “great,” this could be an approximation. (True only in artistic form, but approximate nonetheless.) Don’t ponder our slave-owning past. Push away thoughts of imperialism or Manifest Destiny. Just picture, if you will, the […]

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Silver Moon Returns

Like the all-mighty luna, the brewery has re-emerged after renovations
Anyssa Bonahan

E arlier this year, Silver Moon decided to step up their already well-known local favorite service, beginning a major revamp in May of this year. What began as a planned month-long closure became an extensive overhaul after Silver Moon discovered larger updates than expected were necessary—updates that included, among other things, improving gas and electrical […]

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