Top of the mornin’ calls for an amuse bouche and an El Cuatro cocktail at the St. Patrick’s Day Beer Brunch with Ale Apothecary and Sunny Yoga Kitchen. The four-course brunch includes exciting dishes prepared by Chef Amy Wright that pair with selected vintages of Ale Apothecary beers. One person will catch the luck of […]
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Woman to Woman
Paying it forward with the Source’s Woman of the Year
As we outlined in the Opinion piece on page 4 of this issue, the Source’s Woman of the Year in 2019 is Erika McCalpine, a business instructor at OSU-Cascades, who moved to this community in early 2018 from Alabama. Not long after, McCalpine experienced at least one racial incident that left her feeling vulnerable—an incident […]
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Chow with a Hit of CBD
CBD drinks are trending, with the promise of healthful side effects
As predicted by the Specialty Food Association‘s Trendspotter Panel, cannabis cuisine has been a hot trend in 2018. Even the big guys such as Molson Coors are teaming up with cannabis producers to create entire ventures dedicated to cannabis beverages. You may have already spotted this trend around Central Oregon, since places including The Bite […]
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Chefs and their Pets
Do chefs’ dogs have the refined palates of their humans? We set out to find out
Do chefs dogs have a culinary advantage? Do they dine beyond the kibble and get special chef-made meals? Do they get leftovers at their humans’ restaurants? In honor of the Dog Days issue, we did some investigating to find out. Big Ski’s Pierogi Rich Winiarski and Finn Finn is a 7-year-old Lab Pointer mix whose […]
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Downward Dog Not Required
Sunny Yoga Kitchen serves flavorful lunches in a hidden destination on the west side
In the restaurant industry, you don’t often find women at the top. But Sunny Yoga Kitchen stands out with two female owners, Amy and Courtney Wright. The couple has found a way to create a business around both of their passions: cooking and yoga. Amy runs the kitchen and Courtney runs the front of the […]
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Art Watch 8/19-8/26
From StoryCorps to “The Moth” on NPR, to the Night Light events at Tin Pan Theater, the past decade has had a particular crush on storytelling. And, this concept—that everyone has a story to share, and that these stories are profoundly personal and at the same time universal—is the inspiration behind the Tiny Hey project. […]
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Nah, I’m Gonna Stay
Sunny Yoga Kitchen gives a reason to loiter for lunch
Open for little more than a year, Sunny Yoga Kitchen is pretty much what its name promises: A restaurant that doubles as a yoga studio—or vice versa, inverse pose, yin yang. Surprisingly, though, the front room—a small and tidy space with several tables—does not have much natural light, as the name might indicate. But, walking […]