It can be really hard to find gifts for home cooks. Chances are they already make pillowy piles of parmesan cheese over their pasta with that microplane grater you think they’ll love. To surprise them you have to get creative—but I have an idea. We’ve all heard, “stop playing with your food!” We’re told not […]
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Let’s Taco ‘Bout Mi Cantina Grill
You can find a restaurant like this in nearly every town in the USA. Here’s what’s good at this one, new in Redmond
“Turn here,” I said as we approached Glacier Avenue in Redmond, progressing down a dark street with no signs of activity. “Are you sure this is right?” my partner asked. Google maps said we were where we should be. At the end of the street it looked like there were no open businesses, but around […]
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Make Incredible Gluten-Free Crepes Waffles and Pancakes!
That don’t taste like cardboard!
Gluten-intolerant people, rejoice! Josie’s Best Gluten Free Mixes offer three different products so you can make delicious breakfasts at home. This is great news because making gluten-free pancakes, crepes or waffles at home calls for ingredients you don’t always have in your pantry, such as xanthan gum. With Josie’s Best Gluten Free Mixes you mix […]
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Bad Wolf Bakery Expands with New Coffeehouse
If you are headed to OSU-Cascades or Mt. Bachelor, there’s a new spot to grab coffee and some tasty bites. Companion Coffee is tucked behind Cascade Lakes Brewing. The coffee shop is an expansion of Bad Wolf Bakery & Bistro, a family-run bakery downtown. The new space is white and bright with a beverage menu […]
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Is Beer Fatigue a Thing?
How to tell if you’re hopped out
I remember the first time I saw a group of people pedaling like crazy on a Cycle Pub tour, waving at us and sipping beer from the mobile bar. When I first arrived in Bend, every other weekend seemed to include some sort of brew festival. The most popular restaurants were brew pubs, and chef […]
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What the What? Water Kefir: Questions Answered
Our mini review of the Water Kefir People
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. […]
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Coffee Injection: Riff Cold Brew Coffee Launches
Heavyweights from Crux and Stumptown join forces with LinkedIn.
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 […]
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Little Bites: Bye Bye, Thai Thai; Greetings Nam Tok Kitchen
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, […]
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Little Bites: Women in Craft Distilling Increases with Freeland Spirits
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 […]
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Local Culture Rides Kraut Trend
School teachers by day, kraut delivery cyclists the rest of the time
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 […]
