The Lava Road Gang of Three is made up of the three shop owners on Lava road. Amber Kerbow, owner of Village Interiors, Ivy Schnepp, owner of Sage Clean Beauty Boutique and myself, of course. Here is a brief introduction to each of these shop. Village Interiors: “The Bend Home Furnishing showroom is filled with an ever-changing selection of home furnishings, artwork, throws and treasures for your home or office.” Sage Clean Beauty Boutique: “offers […]

T his was not an easy decision. I grew up in a fishing family and, even now, nieces and nephews still make yearly migration to Alaska to spend the summer on fishing boats. I’ve seen the bumper stickers declaring that “friends don’t let friends eat farmed salmon.” So I told myself that if I was going to serve farmed salmon at my restaurant it would be only when the wild product was  not available and it […]

Since it is October and we are cooking my German Menu this month, I was looking for a new dessert. I have loved baked apples since I was a kid growing up on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. (We had an apple orchard just beyond the lawn.)  I was perusing Mimi Sheraton’s “The German Cookbook” (first published in 1965) and came across a recipe for “Überbackene Marzipanäpfel” – which translates roughly to “Baked Marzipan Apples.”

Last night at Bend’s Tin Pan Theater, I saw the film City of Gold. Jonathan Gold made his reputation at as the food critic for the LA Weekly, Gourmet Magazine and then at the Los Angeles Times. In 2007, he became the first food writer to win the Pulitzer Prize. I’ve been following him for quite a while as I find his writing to be almost painfully beautiful at times. Go catch this film if […]