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Meet your Farmer Dinner

5th Annual Meet Your Farmer dinner, hosted by Central Oregon Locavore

Central Oregonians have another chance to connect with the farmers who produce their food through the 5th Annual Meet Your Farmer dinner, hosted by Central Oregon Locavore. The evening features products from Barley Beef, a group of small, family-run local farms producing hormone-free beef. The event takes place at the Deschutes Brewery Mountain Room, at […]

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Cabin 22 Expanding

“Cabin South” is set to open in Brookswood Meadow Plaza

Cabin 22, the popular bar and fire-pit spot on Bend’s west side, is planning an expansion into a location on the south side. “Cabin South” is set to open in Brookswood Meadow Plaza, in the former Local Slice location on Amber Meadow Drive, off Brookswood Ave. Cabin South will offer a bar, grill and lottery, […]

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Cutting Waste in Deschutes County

Learn what we can do to reduce waste in our community.

Know Future: The Future of Waste in Deschutes County Learn what we can do to reduce waste in our community. As more people move to Deschutes County, more and more trash is being created for drop-off at the nearly full Knott Landfill. Ani Kasch, the Rethink Waste program manager at the Environmental Center, will share […]

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Passion is Key Ingredient in Culinary Careers

Local female chefs, loving what they do

The most recent Data USA report shows 77.6% of chefs and head cooks are menโ€”but it appears this traditionally male-dominated field is evolving. More than half the students at the Culinary Institute of America are now women. Central Oregon Community College’s Cascade Culinary Institute reports in the school year 2017-18, the program’s females made up […]

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C.O. Breweries Win Big at Oregon Beer Awards

Immersion takes Best Small Brewery; Boss Rambler earns Best New Brewery

Central Oregon brewers took home a host of awards at last week’s Oregon Beer Awards. Best New Brewery went to Boss Rambler Beer Club of Bend, while Sunriver Brewing got a nod for its Excellence in Brewing Operations, representing Oregon’s Central region. Small Brewery of the Year went to Bend’s Immersion Brewing. And 23 Central […]

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Future Gardening: Dining Room to Table

Tech hits the dirt with less space, more veggies

A wheel filled with lettuce and herbs rotates and glows in my dining room. It’s there because my partner backed the Kickstarter for OGarden, a technology-driven indoor gardening system from Quebec that got funded in six minutes. “I thought it would be fun to grow stuff in the house,” he explained. “It seemed to be a […]

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New Restaurant, Same Head Chef

Bad Wolf’s old head chef is hired on by new plant-based restaurant

When Bad Wolf Bakery and Bistro shut its doors in September, head chef Spencer Montoya found himself displaced. He moved on to a pizza parlor, but continued looking for an innovative restaurant that would allow him the opportunity to express himself. Fortunately for Montoya, he soon caught wind of a new restaurant openingโ€”in the very […]

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Chow on the Cheap

Four Bend lunches, $7 or less

For a city of fewer than 100,000 people, Bend has a plethora of food options. But finding lunch options that don’t require dinner-price payouts? A bit harder to come by. Since we count ourselves among the hard-working, budget conscious downtown workforce that doesn’t always want to resort to cold sammies compiled in a community kitchen, […]

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Zwickelmania 2020

Where to sample the brewtastic goods

Judging by the number of people at area breweries nearly any night of the week, Central Oregonians don’t need a special event to entice them to celebrate Oregon’s craft beer scene. BUT, we’re also guessing that a special event isn’t a reason not to celebrate, either. Sat., Feb. 22 is Zwickelmania, a statewide event heralding […]

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Love the Wine You’re With

Local oenophiles share their knowledge on chocolate and wine pairings, just in time for V-Day (or “me day”)

After spending several days with Central Oregon winemakers and wine shop owners, I fully understand the difference between an enthusiast and an oenophile. Sarah Worley, owner of Good Drop Wine Shoppe, doesn’t just love wine; she lives, breathes and drinks it. Cindy Grossman, who co-owns Faith, Hope & Charity Vineyards with her husband, Roger, proudly […]

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