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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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The restaurant formerly known as Angel Thai

Meet the new Thai place, Orchid Thai, pretty much the same as the old Thai place
Avatar photo Phil Busse

The name change for Orchid Thai along the outer reaches of downtown Bend does not seem to mean a décor change—it is still paper umbrellas, fake flowers, and delicate Asian artwork. Nor has the menu seemed to change much—which isn’t really good or bad; just something in-between. The menu seems to be essentially the same […]

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The Charge of the Bite Brigade

A Bite of Bend postmortem
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

What is wonderful about Bite of Bend, which came and went like a circus train this past weekend, is that it is a preview to an entire summer worth of eating. This is not some strange festival that pops up, teases you with an idea that life could be all about Ferris wheels and whirly-jigs, […]

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A Picnic Basket Full of Recipes

Eating our way through summertime
The Source Staff

Summer is a such a paradox: Oh sure, on one side, it is time to slim down from winter layers, and sport our favorite jean cut-off shorty-shorts, not to mention trim down for our Speedos and bikinis. But on the other hand, counterweighing that looking-good, feeling-good urge is the opportunity to pig out! Barbecue! Ice […]

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New Kid on the Block Party

Tips for backyard grilling from Broken Top BBQ
Avatar photo Brianna Brey

T.J. McNabb’s introduction to BBQ was a long slow process, one that was similar to the drawn-out cooking technique itself. “I’ve taken the more relaxed approach to learning it,” said McNabb, owner of the newly opened Broken Top BBQ food truck that has made its home outside Mountain Supply on Colorado Avenue. “I started it […]

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Cabin Fever

Dogwood Cocktail Cabin elevates downtown drinking
Avatar photoAvatar photo Brianna Brey and Erin Rook

Bend is a beer town through and through (see this week’s feature). The downtown drinking and dining scene is awash in tap handles and IBU scales. So when Dogwood Cocktail Cabin hit the scene last month with a distinct lack of beer selection and an emphasis on craft cocktail creation, we had a moment of […]

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Ear Snacks

The Source’s food and music pairings for 2014 Bite of Bend
Avatar photo Brianna Brey

There are two things that we love here at the Source Weekly more than just about anything (except for our moms, our dogs and beer): Music and food. So when the Bite of Bend starts sizzling in downtown this weekend, you can bet your hungry buns that we will be alternating munching from the long […]

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Bites for Rights Raises Funds for BRO in Bend

Avatar photo Erin Rook

If you haven’t taken your lunch/coffee/dinner break yet, let us make a few recommendations. Today is Bites for Rights, which means that participating restaurants are contributing a portion of their proceeds to Basic Rights Oregon the statewide LGBT rights org—when you eat there today. Despite the recent marriage equality victory, there’s still work to be done to secure full equality for lesbian, […]

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It’s Tasting Better Out East

Growing food options past Third Street
The Source Staff

No, the east side does not have fine dining. Not yet. There is no slick décor Zydeco and no 5 Fusion top-grade sushi. But that doesn’t mean the east side is a diners’ wasteland. Hardly. Baldy’s offers scrumptious barbecue, The Phoenix is a bustling steakhouse, and the popular Jackson’s Corner plans to open its second […]

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