Simple Arugula Salad
This may very well be the easiest salad you ever make. It’s my version of an arugula salad I was served at an Italian restaurant in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood a number of years back. It was so simple yet full of flavor and had such a nice citrusy tang. I honestly couldn’t believe…
Cinnamon Banana Muffins
Banana bread is one of the most popular kinds of quick bread – a bread that is leavened with a chemical leavening agent (baking powder/baking soda) rather than a biological one such as yeast. Bananas first appeared in the United States in the 1870s. They began to appear as ingredients in recipes a while later.…
LISTEN: The Unwearable Blackness of Being with MOsley WOtta 🎧
Jason McNeal Graham, also known as MOsley WOtta, joins Editor Nicole Vulcan on the Bend Don’t Break podcast. Graham’s professional career spans multiple decades in mediums including writing, painting and music. His curriculum vitae highlights Creative Laureate for the City of Bend, Oregon Fields Fellow, Oregon Humanities Conversation project leader + Bridging Oregon facilitator, Art…
Trails and Trials!
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt,” wrote Margaret Atwood in an early ’80s short story. Fair enough. But as a Canadian and one of our greatest living authors, you’d think she’d know better. HOW CAN WE SMELL LIKE DIRT WHEN THERE’S STILL SNOW ON THE GROUND?! Or…
Understanding Intimacy: Freaked Out
Dear Dr. Jane, I’m in my second marriage and our relationship is amazing. Our sex life is very healthy. Here’s the problem: in my previous marriage, we had a dead bedroom. We had sex only once or twice a year for many years. It was incredibly difficult for me because I’m someone who feels most…
Find Your Newest Piece of Gear at the Bend Bike Swap
With skiing season fading away and warm weather arriving, it’s about time for Central Oregonians to put their helmets on and hit the trails. The Bend Bike Swap on April 22 is happening at an ideal time for new and experienced riders to find a new bike or new gear for the riding season. The…
2023 Poetry Month with COCC
From April 17 to May 10, Central Oregon Community College celebrates National Poetry Month with free events open to the public. Award-winning Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani joins COCC to spread the love for poetry and host events at the COCC Bend campus. Kicking off the month-long celebration, COCC faculty and students will lead three…
Horoscope Week of April 13, 2023
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I hope that in the coming weeks, you will keep your mind bubbling with zesty mysteries. I hope you’ll exult in the thrill of riddles that are beyond your current power to solve. If you cultivate an appreciation of uncanny uncertainties, life will soon begin bringing you uncanny certainties. Do you…
Letters to the Editor 04/13/2023
Corrections: The original graphic for last week’s Opinion page, supporting the levies for Bend Fire & Rescue/Deschutes Rural Fire Protection District, read “May 23, 2023.” It’s since been changed to “May 2023” to indicate the month and year of the election. The date of the May election is May 16, 2023. In addition, the opinion…
El Super Burrito Opens Again on Bend’s East Side
Fans of the former gas-station burrito joint on Bend’s east side can emerge triumphant: El Super Burrito III is now open once again. El Super Burrito III, formerly located on Highway 20, has a new location on Windy Knolls Drive on the east side of Bend — just southwest of the intersection of Highway 20…
Volunteering as Climate Action
Many people see the desert as a dry and barren landscape, but Oregon’s high desert is defined by water. Wetlands and riparian areas, essential habitat that occurs along the edges of rivers and streams, make up only 2% of the high desert, yet nearly all of the wildlife in the region depends on these oases…
Bend PD Survey Shows Greater Trust
A higher rate of people trust the Bend Police Department than they did two years ago, according to a bi-annual survey conducted by Portland State University. Survey results showed the department is more favorably viewed, even as Bendites perceive greater risks in the community. The survey invited 10,000 households in Bend to participate and garnered about…
Hunnell Road Under New Camping Codes
In December the City of Bend declared the campsites sitting on Hunnell Road to be unsafe, planning to remove them in March to make way for construction crews doing road maintenance in the area. A few weeks before the road was scheduled to be cleared, the City approached Deschutes County to collaborate on a managed…
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Preserve the Will of the Majority. Vote Claridge, Hossick for Deschutes Library Board. ▶ [With Video]
Video interviews with the candidates appear below. Library board elections have not been a high priority for us in the past — but this time around, there’s a good reason for all of us to be paying closer attention. Our Editorial board remains disappointed in the process surrounding the demise of the Robal Road location…
Growing Pains
Sometimes it’s impossible to know anyone’s real motivations. No matter how well we think we know someone, people can and will always surprise us with the multitudes they contain. A single human being is capable of astonishing acts of cruelty or kindness, sometimes within the same moment. Cynics say that no one ever really changes,…
Cannabust
When Oregon legalized cannabis in 2014 it set off a gold rush among farmers, processors and retailers looking to capitalize on what’s now the sixth-biggest cash crop in the country. But like all commodities they go through boom and bust periods, when supply and demand play a dangerous game of tug of war that decrease…
Dank Au Poivre
The secret to a lot of gourmet French cuisine is using enough butter to starve a calf. Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who cut his teeth in French restaurants, once said if you eat at any good restaurant, “assume you’ve eaten a stick of butter.” Butter is also the base of edibles; just infuse some form…
Sisters Folk Festival Steps Out with the Big Ponderoo Arts and Music Festival
Presented by Sisters Folk Festival, the Big Ponderoo Arts and Music Festival will bring Americana and bluegrass music to two stages at Sisters Art Works and Three Creeks Brewing on June 24 and 25 in Sisters. During the week, June 18-21, a bluegrass jam camp called Camp Ponderoo (now in its second year), takes place…
Eat This Now!
The thing about being a food writer is that once people realize that’s what you do for a living, they immediately ask for recommendations on where and what to eat. I always feel self-conscious about that because what if I recommend a certain restaurant or a certain menu item and then the person goes there…
Encuesta del departamento de policía de Bend muestra una mayor confianza
Según la encuesta semestral conducida por la Universidad Estatal de Portland, un mayor número de personas confía en el Departamento de Policía de Bend (DPB) en comparación a lo que confiaban dos años atrás. Los resultados de la encuesta mostraron que el departamento es visto más favorablemente, hasta cuando los habitantes de Bend perciben mayores…
Oregon Beer Awards Feel Like Central Oregon Beer Awards
The Oregon Beer Awards, first of all, are a real thing. In the beer world, earning a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival is the equivalent of earning an Oscar, but medaling at the OBAs is a bit like winning an Independent Spirit Award: not the same level of prestige, a meaningful recognition…
Smart Sizing is the New Downsizing
Whether you’ve retired or about to enjoy retirement, it’s an exciting time! If you’re thinking about downsizing or upsizing, making an informed choice for your next residence can create a more carefree lifestyle and longer independence. It doesn’t have to fit a mold of what life should look like in your later years. You may…
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A Gravel Cycling Paradise. ▶ [With Video]](https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/feature1-1-ff122001ccea8632.webp?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
Spring Fling in Madras: A Gravel Cycling Paradise. ▶ [With Video]
When I first moved to Bend, I thought of Madras as one of the last towns to grab gasoline or coffee on my mad dash to the PDX airport. But now that I’ve logged more than a few miles on a gravel bike in the area, I can tell you Madras offers some of the…
