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Spork Pops Up at Kebaba

After closing for a month to get the remodel underway, Spork has temporarily moved across the street.
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The good news: Spork, the beloved Newport Avenue eatery in Bend, is remodeling in order to expand its kitchen, dining room, patio and takeout spaces. The better news: After closing for a month to get the remodel underway, Spork has temporarily moved across the street. Throughout its remodel, Spork will be located in the space […]

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Double Up Food Bucksat Locavore

Shoppers with SNAP earn a $1 to $1 match on fruits and vegetables they buy
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An incentive program shoppers have seen at outdoor farmers markets is now available at Central Oregon Locavore. The nonprofit indoor farmers market announced this week that it now accepts Double Up Food Bucks, a program available for those in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, usually known as SNAP. Shoppers with SNAP earn a $1 to […]

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Cookbooks Make Great Gifts

A list with a little something for everyone
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Maybe you cook, maybe you don’t. Maybe you get your recipes online and don’t see the point of owning a stack of cookbooks. Or maybe you have a bookshelf full of cookbooks and treasure every single one of them. Whichever side of the cookbook fence you’re on, there are most likely people in your gift-giving […]

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The Dinner Party Returns

With older kids eligible for vaccination and the holidays upon us, local chefs give their tips for great dinner parties
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Ah, the dinner party. Remember it? That thing you’d spend all week agonizing over, only to see plates passed and glasses clinked and people laughing, as if they had no idea that you’d nearly overbaked the chicken and the dessert didn’t come out quite the way you planned. … With the holidays upon us and […]

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Native Foodways, Native Stories

Tribal connections on Thanksgiving Day, or anytime
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Taking time out for giving thanks on just a single day is an odd thing to ponder for Spring Olson, a local farmer and the daughter of a chief in the Kingikmuit tribe. Native people give thanks every day for what the land—and the sea—provide, Olson told the Source in 2019. Back then, Olson was […]

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Bake a Pie, Win a Prize

Great Pumpkin Pie contest gives bakers bragging rights ahead of T-Day
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Most Americans will be gobbling down some pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving Day, but ahead of that, a Bend cactus-plant store is gearing up to give bakers some bragging rights. The Great Pumpkin Pie Contest, happening Sunday, Nov. 21 at Desert Rose Cactus Lounge, is a chance for local bakers to show off their prowess in […]

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Fireside Drinks at Dogwood’s New Canteen at Campfire Hotel

A small hotel version of one of Bend’s most popular places is opening to the public
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When you think hotel bars, the words campy, eclectic, and inviting may not come to mind. You also may not think of a hotel bar being the perfect place to hang out with your pals. But “The Times,” as Bob Dylan sings so well, “They Are a-Changin.” Take for example the new Canteen at Campfire […]

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Bend’s Best Maple Doughnuts

These year-round treats scream fall the most
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It’s a bit of culinary irony that maple syrup is synonymous with fall foods but is harvested during the spring thaw. That said, it’s precisely when colder temps set in that maple trees themselves begin to feed on their own sap as a way to provide the sustenance they need to make it through wintertime. […]

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Smoke Doesn’t Have to be a Bad Thing

Tickets for the Saturday event are available at bendticket.com
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The summer wildfire season is well behind us—and it’s fairly safe to say that most people are happy to see it go. Still, an upcoming event is bringing smoke into the equation again… but this time, it’s in the beer. Fans of “rauchbier,” otherwise known as smoked or smoke beer, will be in their element […]

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Squash Spaghetti

When the last piece of garden bounty is winter squash, here’s a new way to prepare it
by Ari Levaux

This grumpy farmer who lives in the foothills brings the most amazing produce to market. I call him Mr. Sunshine. His blustery attitude practically dares marketgoers to buy his vegetables each Saturday. But his regular customers chuckle at the vibes and focus on the produce, which is usually much more inviting than his attitude, and […]

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