Every year, the growers will bring their frizzy-headed fennel bulbs to the farmers market. And then they’ve got some explaining to do. The customers wish to buy this attractive vegetable, but they have no idea what to do with it. Maybe they’ve brought one home before, only to be stumped, and are now twice shy. […]
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A Taste of the East Coast in Bend
Mimi’s Bagel Deli crafts with precision and care
Listen, I don’t know anything about the Central Oregon bagel game, but I like to imagine it’s like NYC during prohibition, with passwords whispered at locked doors in dark alleys and scientists in basements trying to actually fit EVERYTHING into a bagel. Like – the people from Big O, Sparrow, and Rockin’ Dave himself, all meet […]
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New Places on Redmond’s 7th Street Corridor
From a roastery to a tap house, there’s new food and drink to try just off downtown
How incredible is it that we live in an area that is quickly becoming populated with fun food, beverage, and venue options in a variety of neighborhoods throughout Central Oregon? Take for example, the 7th street corridor in Redmond. That area, a block off the main street through downtown, just keeps expanding its culinary repertoire. […]
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Potato Salad Perfection
A show-stealing recipe for summer meals
Potato salad isn’t supposed to be a main event. Its humble job is to support other dishes as a kind of chunky mayonnaise, a creamy and tangy mortar between the important dishes. But the other day while I was enjoying some BBQ, the potato salad next to my epic piece of brisket almost stole the […]
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The Pleasures of Parsley
Curly parsley’s role as a garnish at low-end chain
restaurants gave it an undeserved bad name
Curly parsley is widely scorned by the culinary elite. Aspiring chefs absorb this disdain from a young age and quickly understand that getting ahead in this game requires committing instead to the flat-leafed version, also called Italian parsley. But in my parsley potato salad recipe, curly parsley does the heavy lifting. Typecast as a garnish, […]
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A New Taphouse/Food Cart Lot for Sisters
Sisters will get another food cart lot and taphouse this week when High Camp taphouse opens along Highway 20. Launched by the same family that created the Himalayan Bites food cart in Bend, High Camp will serve samosas, Tibetan dumplings, curries and noodles, along with other Nepalese items. Also on the menu: a quarter-pound burger, […]
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Korean Restaurant Opens in Downtown Bend
Yoli Bend, the long-awaited Korean restaurant from award-winning chef Joe Kim, opened in downtown Bend on June 14. Located at 1133 NW Wall Street, next to Super Burrito, Yoli serves “elevated Korean cuisine with the flavors of Korea intertwined with his [Chef Kim’s] modern, unique style,” according to its website. Lunch is casual and dinner […]
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Adventures in Beer, Food and Wine
A local foodie group celebrates food and community
Moving to a new town might prompt one to troll the bars or to join a sports team to meet new people. In modern times, the online site meetup.com is another place for those looking for like-minded individuals—and that’s exactly where Tom Cappy went looking for connections when he moved to Central Oregon in March […]
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In Praise of the Fungal Phoenix
Through foraging or the farmers market, get some of the morels that are in abundance this year
Morels have no psychoactive properties but are definitely magical. The caps have a brainly look that might make you feel like you’re hallucinating, but these whacky, whimsical mushrooms are for real, and can cause real-life magic to happen. This is especially true if you are hunting them, but preparing morels can be an adventure, too. […]
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Hidden Gems of the Delicious Kind
For our Summer Guide, Jared heads to some
of the off-the-beaten-path spots
As the frigid high desert nights fade and Bend finally lives up to the reputation of having perfect weather for weeks on end, the amount of time tourists and locals alike will spend at the ever-increasing number of food carts and food cart pods will grow. I’m not complaining, as I never want the booming […]
