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Cooking Matters

Local nonprofit teaches fresh and healthy eating to SNAP recipients
Delano Lavigne

Fifteen students huddle around a table as Cascade Culinary Institute Chef Julian Darwin demonstrates how to prepare, cook and enjoy an affordable and deliciously healthy meal with the self-possession of a 30-year kitchen veteran. As part of a six-week cooking program, called Cooking Matters, Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP) eligible Deschutes County residents are part […]

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An Ode to the Bend Brewing Company

Bend’s second-oldest brewery celebrates 20 sweet, surprisingly sour years
Kevin Gifford

Bend Brewing Company, that humble brewpub in the oddly-shaped building on Brooks Street which has a knack for collecting beer-fest medals, is turning 20 this Friday. It’s a tough milestone for any restaurant to reach, but considering how consistently avant-garde and tasty the BBC’s releases have proven to be over the years, they have every […]

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Oregon’s Statewide Brewery Open House

Zwickelmania offers must-see beer events across Central Oregon this weekend
Kevin Gifford

Not to alarm you, but Valentine’s Day is Saturday. Made any plans with your significant other yet? If not, here’s a suggestion: Dump the roses and candlelight dinners. That stuff isn’t “Bendian” enough. Instead, show your true love how much you really care by taking him/her out on an event-packed whirlwind tour of breweries around […]

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Valentine’s Desserts

Choices for everyone
Hayley Jo Murphy

Valentine’s Day is as different for people as chocolate cake is from carrots. People just celebrate romance differently. But one common denominator is that Valentine’s Day requires—like a federal mandate—dessert. Traditional: For the traditionalist why not indulge full-heartedly in the day by giving your significant other an assortment of chocolates? Pegasus Gourmet Chocolates (1900 Northeast […]

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Bistro 28 Carries Forward Zydeco’s Style

In an athletic club, but nothing like a sports bar
Delano Lavigne

Plush couches adorn a beautifully restored Bruce Wayne-sized fireplace. Thoughtfully hung bike rims pay friendly tribute to the town’s outdoor culture. And high-top bar tables made of three and a half-inch-thick maple invite both personal and business communions alike to Athletic Club of Bend’s newly opened culinary treat, Bistro 28. Replacing the once popular Scanlon’s, […]

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Craft Beer: Officially Mainstream

Even in the far corners of Nebraska, local beer is never far away
Kevin Gifford

Living in Central Oregon, where we are one step away from having the water company just pipe IPA directly to our kitchen taps, it’s easy to think the beer scene here is incomparable to anything else in America. And that’s pretty true, actually, though Asheville, North Carolina, undeniably comes close. But as my beer-themed road […]

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Bridge 99 is on the Road Forward

A new tasting room is a big step in the right direction
Delano Lavigne

Tucked away in a commercial section of Bend’s east side, natural-colored juniper siding frames an otherwise bland commercial building, and hints at a keen craftsmanship that spills (yes, pun intended) over into the beer and characters of Bridge 99 Brewery. A little more than a year ago, co-owners Trever Hawman and Rob Kramer, who work […]

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Surly But Happy in the Twin Cities

How an ex-abrasives salesman revolutionized beer in Minnesota
Kevin Gifford

Less than a decade ago, if you wanted a decent locally-produced beer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, your only choices were Summit—a ubiquitous standby, founded in 1986—and maybe a couple things from Surly on tap, if you were lucky. A few years, some key changes in Minnesota alcohol laws, have changed everything. Surly is […]

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Quick Bites

Changing plates in Central Oregon
The Source Staff

The restaurant business is notoriously fickle, with venues opening and closing in a New York minute. However, Central Oregon seems to have another “problem.” That is, restaurants are growing, changing and expanding. We grabbed our fork and spoon, and chased down some of the recent—and upcoming—changes in the area’s food scene. Groovy Grindz After the […]

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Heady Topper and Beyond

The story of Vermont beer goes far past its most famous IPA
Kevin Gifford

“It’s kind of weird sometimes,” said Travis, one barside regular at the Prohibition Pig brewpub in Waterbury, Vermont. “People come in from Massachusetts, from New York, and it’s like all they can think about is how many cases of Heady they can get before they return. I want to tell them, like, there’s 30 other […]

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