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 […]
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 […]
Whether you’re hosting Thanksgiving for the first time or you’re a seasoned big meal pro, this short primer of suggestions is designed to help you plan, shop and serve your feast to friends and family. It’s not a definitive guide, but more of a basic roadmap to help prep and plan the meal and still […]
The operators of the Terrebonne Depot restaurant in Terrebonne are calling it quits. Chefs Jamie and Evan Schwender opened their operation in the former train depot building in 2019, after first running a food cart in Bend and working in other area restaurants. The two announced on the Terrebonne Depot website this week that they’d […]
Central Oregon Fill Your Pantry, the annual event that lets locals stock up on bulk quantities of local farm goods, is coming up this weekend. The eighth annual Central Oregon Fill Your Pantry event takes place at the Oregon State University Extension parking lot of the Deschutes County Fairgrounds from 11am to 3pm on Saturday. […]
Waffles are eaten the world over and have been around in some form or another since ancient times. There are many, many varieties of waffles, including Brussels, rolled, Liรจge, Belgian, Hong Kong grid cake, pandan, Korean croffles, Italian Gofri, galettes, stroopwafels, even Hawaiian hotdog waffles! Waffle parties, also known as wafel frolics, were quite popular […]
Downtown Bend has a new place for grab-and-go convenience items. Bodega, adjacent to the newly revamped Bar Rio along Wall Street, offers a host of items not readily available in the downtown area, including toiletries and sundries, as well as a complement of local beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages and snacks. Bodega also offers grab-and-go breakfast […]
I have interviewed hundreds of brewers, dozens of whom told me that they got their start when someone bought them a Mr. Beer homebrew kit. I’ve interviewed scores of doughnut bakers, yet Erick and Kate Capellino, the husband-and-wife team behind the new Bend Yay, are the first to tell me they got their start “when one […]
A local chai brand that began to make its debut at events this spring is now available for sale at two local businesses. Kavi’s Chai, created by Bend local Kavi Chokshi, held a kick-off event over the Oct. 29 weekend at both Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe and Turtle Island Coffee, both in downtown Bend. Chokshi started the […]
Yes, itโs still cauliflower season and yes, cauliflower can be an excellent replacement for rice in a variety of dishes. The versatile vegetable belongs to the mustard family (Brassicaceae) and is briming with vitamins. The word cauliflower comes from the Italian word cavolfiore which means cabbage flower. There are hundreds of varieties of cauliflower around […]
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