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Easy to Make Cookies for Canines

Peanut butter and canned pumpkin are the main ingredients in these economical dog treats

Since the Source Weeklyโ€™s Central Oregon Pets Issue comes out this week, it only made sense to feature a recipe for our furry friends. This one is specifically for our four-legged canine friends (sorry cats, rabbits, ponies, etc.). Dogs do make up the majority of pet ownership in the U.S. with 69 million households having […]

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Papi Chulo’s is Great Bang for Your Buck

Jalisco-style taqueria offers tacos, birria and margaritas in Bend’s Box Factory

My last meal would likely be a taco, some guacamole and chips and a margarita to wash it down. I rarely eat any Mexican food that I don’t absolutely love, so I am biased, no doubt. However, I’m doing my best to be neutral and honest about my recent Papi Chulo’s experience. Papi Chulo’s Jalisco […]

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A New Cafe on Bend’s West Side

A Taste of Bend features all locally made baked goods, coffees & teas

A Taste of Bend is now open on Galveston Avenue right next door to Brother Jon’s Public House. Calling themselves Bend’s one stop taste shop, the quaint cafรฉ offers locally baked confections, tea and coffee. Cookies, doughnuts, cupcakes, pies, scones, bagels and more baked goodies are all made locally by small and home-based entrepreneurs in […]

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Little Slice of Heaven Now at The Podski

Get cheesecake by the slice in a variety of flavors

The best cheesecake this side of heaven” is the slogan for Little Slice of Heaven Cheesecakes; which now has a food cart inside The Podski on NW Arizona Avenue in Bend. The Sunriver-based company, founded by Julie Higgins a number of years ago, is still proud to handcraft each and every cheesecake. Little Slice of […]

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Lemony Hummus

A handful of ingredients make for an easy, tasty, nutritious spread

Hummus is the Arabic word for chickpeas, also known by the Spanish-derived name of garbanzo beans. Chickpeas are the main ingredient in the Middle Eastern dip or spread called hummus, which is made from cooked, mashed chickpeas typically blended with lemon juice, garlic and tahini (a sesame seed paste). In Egypt, the popular dip is […]

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Playing Chicken

Jared goes for a hot-mouth winter and learns the hard way that spacing out spicy food is the way to go

I really thought I could hang. I was mistaken. When I heard that Portland buffalo wings favorite, Fire on the Mountain, was coming to Bend (next to the Campfire Hotel), I knew I had to try a heat challenge of my own before they opened. Their El Jefe wing sauce is cripplingly hot and I […]

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A New Wine Bar for Redmond

Testimony opens on NW 6th Street

Redmond has a new wine bar as of Feb. 13. Testimony Wine Bar opened its doors this week, featuring bottles and glasses from smaller winemakers from Oregon and Washington. The wine bar, opened by Kari and Mike Nelson, is located at 307 NW 6th Street, between Baldy’s BBQ and Redmond Burger Company. The wine bar’s […]

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New Location for Broken Angel Cart

A move for Spoken Moto prompts moves for its food carts

Bend’s longstanding vegan food cart, A Broken Angel, has moved again. The closure of Spoken Moto’s current location due to development in the area around The Box Factory (see this week’s Sound story for more on Spoken Moto’s move and final party) prompted a move for A Broken Angel, which can now be found on […]

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Justy’s Becomes Lifty’s

A trademark dispute is causing west side bar and grill to change its name

The spot formerly known as Justy’s Bar Grill and Sandbox โ€“ where Bendites can go to play sand volleyball and more โ€“ is now known as Lifty’s, in a nod to the local ski culture. Chris Justema, a “local veteran in the restaurant, bar and beer scene in Central Oregon,” originally opened the spot in […]

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Heavenly Hash Cake and Marshmallow Brownies

Two chocolate desserts perfect for the Big Game, or Valentine’s

This week I couldn’t decide whether to share a football party recipe or a Valentine’s Day recipe, but after reading that brownies were a Top 10 Super Bowl party snack on several lists, I landed on a compromise: Heavenly Hash Cake and Marshmallow Brownies. Whether you’re making snacks for the Big Game this coming weekend […]

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