Just the sheer variety of winter squashes is enough to make your head spin. And the names! Along with the familiar acorn, butternut and spaghetti, thereโs sweet dumpling, turban, honeynut, green kabocha, carnival, delicata and, well, the list goes on. These hardy fruits (squashes are considered fruits because they contain seeds and develop from the […]
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Sisters Bakery Expands with New Production Facility
A Sisters institution is expanding its operational space to account for a “rising” interest in its baked goods. Sisters Bakery, located along East Cascade Avenue in Sisters, announced this week the opening of its new offsite bread production facility. With more demand for its breads and other products, the business’ owners decided to obtain a second […]
Donuts, Japanese Crepes and Boba in Downtown Redmond
The windows of a new spot in Redmond boast a full complement of donuts โ but that’s not the only thing on offer. Morning Story opened this week in the former location of Halo Donuts & Deli, along SW 6th Street in Redmond. Look for the glazed, frosted and sprinkled donuts you might expect โ […]
Festive Drinks For Holiday Sipping
With all the hustle and bustle of the season, sometimes it feels refreshing to take a moment and savor a sip of something festive. Aside from the bevy of holiday cocktail parties you may be attending, I thought it might be nice to have a couple of drinks you can whip up easily at home. […]
From Cheese to Beer: Crux and Rogue Creamery Team Up
It’s like a marriage of two things locals love most: craft beer and award-winning cheese. Bend-based Crux Fermentation Project and Rogue Creamery of Central Point have teamed up to create a limited-edition, lambic-style ale, made using products from Rogue Creamery’s world-champion blue cheese, Rogue River Blue. “Two years ago, Crux Fermentation Project, a craft brewery […]
Q & A With One Loaf Founder/Baker Jessica Dunaway
It’s another story of one thing leading to another. Jessica Dunaway’s husband John challenged her to bake some sourdough bread. She did her research and started baking. Before you know it, she had baked enough bread to share with friends and family. Everyone was impressed, and One Loaf, a domestic micro-bakery, was born. As Jessica […]
Itโs High Time For Pie
There have been proclamations and the giving of thanks since the early days of our Republic. Historians tell us that in November of 1621, the pilgrims in the Plymouth Colony celebrated surviving their first year in the New World with a feast. While the Wampanoags who celebrated with them might have brought pumpkins along with […]
A Two-Hour Food Adventure: Cowboy Dinner Tree
It takes a bit of effort to get out to the Cowboy Dinner Tree. First, you had best make a reservation, the further ahead, the better. At that time, diners must make their menu choice, whether to attack the whole roasted chicken or take on the 26-30-ounce Cowboy Cut Top Sirloin. Then, there’s the drive, […]
Recipe: Thanksgiving Magma
A year has come and gone since I happened upon a flame-orange paste from roasted squash and red peppers. I call it Magma, because it’s red and earthy, but I could also call it autumn mayonnaise, because it improves everything it touches. Whatever we name it, I am still grasping the implications. It’s a dip, a […]
Cabbage Is The Star Of Comforting Haluski
Haluski or haluลกky, simply put, is a comforting pile of cabbage and noodles fried in butter. Itโs a humble dish with Eastern European origins carried to the U.S. by immigrants, many of whom settled in industrial cities to work in steel mills, factories and foundries. Pittsburgh is a great example of such a place, and […]

