1st Place: The Sparrow Bakery 50 SE Scott St., Bend 541-330-6321 The Sparrow Cafe & Bakery 2748 NW Crossing Dr., Bend 541-647-2323 2nd Place: Foxtail Bakeshop & Kitchen 555 NW Arizona Ave., Bend 541-213-2275
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Order ‘Em Early, Pass ‘Em Off as Your Own?
Bad news: We’re talking holiday stuff already. Good news: It’s about pie
I s pie popular at your holiday table? In lots of American households it’s part of a long tradition. Pie was brought to the U.S. by English settlers, familiar with meat pies, including the mashed potato-topped Shepherd’s pie. Early settlers were presented with new seasonal ingredients, such as berries and fruits, so sweet pies became […]
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Best Way to Ruin Your Workout
Follow this guide to total gluttony, Central Oregon style
Imagine you just finished the best workout of your life. Maybe you broke a personal record; maybe it was your best friend’s record. Doesn’t matter. What matters is that you are past the point of caring about fitness goals and are ready to indulge in everything your personal trainer would shun you for wanting. Then […]
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The Nest Grows Larger
Sparrow Bakery adds a new location—and more!
Sparrow Bakery Northwest is so much more than just another place to purchase Bend’s favorite pastry, the Ocean Roll. Recently opened in Northwest Crossing, it’s a large, open space with ample natural lighting, high ceilings, plenty of tables and a fresh, urban decor that’s sophisticated yet inviting. It’s the kind of place where you could […]
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Light on Its Feet
Sparrow Bakery’s Whitney Keatman offers a crowd-pleasing dessert for picnics
“My picnics are more European-style,” explains Whitney Keatman, co-owner of the popular Sparrow Bakery, “a baguette, cheese, jam, maybe salami.” But what about dessert? We asked Keatman for a pie recipe, but she wisely provided us with something better—gluten-free, fruit-forward and, as she explained, “easier than struggling with pie dough.” She adds that summertime baking […]
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Pie in the Sky
Looking for a good slice
On Monday, the Source hosts its Pie-Off. We have been collecting pie recipes from friends and readers, and on Monday evening will present the three winning recipes—and our judges, food critic Lisa Glickman and a surprise local chef, will determine the GREATEST (HOMEMADE) PIE IN CENTRAL OREGON. (7 pm, Broken Top Bottle Shop, free.) In […]
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Best Bakery
Sparrow
Each day, Sparrow sends out dozens of its ambassadors around the city—the swirling “ocean rolls,” toasty buttery coils that hold an addictive sprinkling of cardamom. Because cardamom—a distinctive, bigger, bolder nutmeg-like flavor—is foolishly underused in dishes and baking, these ocean rolls are both exotic and memorable. (Really, though, comparing nutmeg to cardamom is like saying […]