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Braised Cabbage Goes Great with Beef, Pork and Other Meats

Celebrate the Feast of Saint Patrick with a comforting cabbage dish
Avatar photo by Donna Britt

Corned Beef and Cabbage is a traditional American St. Patrick’s Day dish and it’s likely that culinary custom came from back in the day when Irish immigrants substituted beef for pork and cabbage for potatoes because of cost. Yep, it was less expensive to eat corned beef with cabbage than it was to prepare pork […]

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St. Patty’s Day Food at Ale Apothecary

The start of new food pairing options at the beloved wild-fermented beer spot
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Central Oregonians can find a roundup of live music happening on St. Patrick’s Day by heading to this week’s Culture section – but for those who are in it just for the beer and food, then The Ale Apothecary might be your jam. On St. Patrick’s Day, from 4 to 7pm, Robert Hipp and Austin […]

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What to Eat in Bend, Second Course

A Bend local shares some of her favorite dishes from restaurants around the region… part two
by Sara Freedman

If you’ve read my articles over the past 20 years, you know I love to tell anyone who will listen my great-grandparents moved to Powell Butte in 1917, my Irish cousins started the D and D bar in the 1930s, and I survived the halls of Crook County High School in the 1980s. People always […]

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St. Patty’s Treats in NWX

The “Climatarian” shake at Mountain Burger
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Mountain Burger has been serving up some creative eats since opening in Northwest Crossing in September – and while much of that creativity has come in the way of inventive “burgers of the week” dreamed up by members of the staff, this week, it’s also found in a sweet treat made in honor of St. […]

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Ginger Miso Pan Roasted Salmon

A simple marinade gives huge flavor to salmon filets
Avatar photo by Donna Britt

I used to be freaked out about cooking fish so for years I simply avoided doing it. If I ate fish, someone else prepared it. I finally faced my fear (that’s what we’re supposed to be doing, right?!). If I can do it, so can you. Don’t be intimidated to cook this salmon. It doesn’t take […]

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Chef Profile: 5 Fusion & Sushi Executive Chef Sascha Lyon

New chef and co-owner of 5 Fusion talks baseball, luck and omelets
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He’s worked in famous kitchens on both coasts, including Daniel Boulud’s namesake in Manhattan and Michel Richard’s Citrus in West Hollywood. He was the sous chef when the French brasserie Balthazar opened in SoHo in the Spring of 1997. But Sascha Lyon, the new executive chef/co-proprietor of 5 Fusion & Sushi Bar in downtown Bend […]

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Cuban Kitchen Reopens

Bend’s first Cuban restaurant is getting another run
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Cuban Kitchen, which opened in 2018 but closed down during the pandemic, has opened a new location along NE Third Street in Bend, in the former Szechuan Restaurant location. Like its past iteration that was located off of Century Drive, the new Cuban Kitchen offers hot Cuban-style pressed sandwiches made on a plancha, or flat […]

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Family Chicken Cacciatore

A hearty, satisfying one pot meal that feeds a crowd well
Avatar photo by Donna Britt

I call this recipe Family Chicken Cacciatore because it makes enough to feed the whole family plus extra and it’s one of those meals that can be made and served in the same pot. That means whoever’s doing kitchen clean-up gets a break too! It’s delicious on its own but is also very good served with […]

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A Place to Gather

Sierra Phillips takes Bo’s into the future
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There’s no one else like Sierra Phillips. After growing up in Bend, she went to Boston for law school, became a practicing attorney, decided no thank you and opened up Bo’s Falafel Bar just down the street from where she lived as a kid in Old Bend. Watching her move swiftly around Bo’s is fascinating […]

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