Meet your farmer at the Spring Farm & Food Faire presented by the Central Oregon Community College Sustainability Committee, in partnership with Central Oregon Locavore and the High Desert Food & Farm Alliance. The event is an opportunity to purchase early-season crops, eggs, meats and seed starts, or sign up for the community-supported agriculture program. Event […]
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EMW Fusion Tries GF Pandos
The EMW Fusion food truck is known for its pandos—Korean-style pancake sandwiches—and now they are testing a gluten-free option. For the month of March they have a small batch of gluten-free pandos available. Just ask for them. I went there with a gluten-free friend, Samantha Barsky, to try them. She said the pando was, “perfectly […]
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Spring Equinox Potluck at Boundless Farmstead
Evening concludes with a traditional bonfire
Spend an evening on the farm to celebrate spring and honor the earth. Boundless Farmstead’s first potluck is March 18. Owner Megan French says she and partner David Aleksander conceived the event “to bring awareness to things like spring and fertility, agriculture, the sunlight returning and how to care for the earth a little bit […]
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Expansion for Bethlyn’s Global Fusion
New space will have a full bar and 40 more seats
Chef Bethlyn Rider started Bethlyn’s Global Fusion as a food truck, and in the span of a few years, the restaurant has outgrown two brick and mortar locations. Rider is expanding the current westside location into the adjacent space previously occupied by High Desert Printers. Rider said, “We have outgrown our current space. It’s very […]
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Lark Wine Dinner at Suttle Lake Lodge
J.K. Carriere wine dinner on tap for March 17
The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse continues to host celebrated chefs, giving Central Oregonians the opportunity to enjoy one-night only, impressive dinners. March 17, John Sundstrom, James Beard Award-winning Best Chef Northwest from Seattle, will serve a family style winter menu with ingredients from in and around the Puget Sound. The four-course meal includes Willamette Valley […]
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More Food Carts for Central Oregon
Sunriver and Bend are getting pods of food carts this year
According to IBISWorld, each year since 2012 the food truck industry has grown by 7.3 percent, and the trend is definitely growing in Central Oregon. This year, two food cart pods are planned for Bend, with another planned in Sunriver. Bend’s Eastside On Tap is set to open this spring with six food trucks, outdoor […]
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Herbal Goddess teaches spring tonics
Holly Hutton, a clinical herbalist and owner of Herbal Goddess Medicinals, is teaching Spring Tonic Herbs through Central Oregon Locavore. Back in the day, at the hint of spring, people would eat bitters to clear out those winter cobwebs after a stationary season of eating rich foods. If you’ve been a bit of a couch […]
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Backpacker turns bad meal into a business
Several years ago, Julie Mosier went on a solo backpacking trip to the Three Sisters Wilderness, bringing along off-the-shelf backpacking food. As she was looking over Moraine Lake eating her meal, she thought, “This is not good.” That disappointment inspired her to make backpacking meals delicious. She started experimenting by cooking meals the way she […]
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Punk Noodle pops up at Sparrow
Punk Noodle pops up at Sparrow For one night, March 3, Sparrow Bakery Northwest is getting noodled. Punk Noodle, a pop-up by husband/wife team Ben and Britta Phillips, will serve creative Asian noodle dishes inspired by the couple’s recent trip to Japan and Thailand. A few dishes you can expect: spicy dandan noodles and rolled […]
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‘Sunday Supper’ with Ale Apothecary
Tasting room is filled with art, barrels and stories
The Ale Apothecary tasting room on Century Drive is filled with art, barrels and stories. If you’ve ever gone in for a tasting or a glass, you’ve enjoyed their unique, all Oregon beers, but also yearned for some food to compliment those complex brews. Your opportunity to enjoy both is on March 4 at Sunday […]
