EDITOR’S NOTE: Earth Day – every time I hear that term, I immediately think “well, every day is Earth Day.” And that has been a marketing slogan for Earth Day, so the…
Category: Food
Are You Ready for Charity Drive 2021? Here it comes, Tillamook! Events begin Friday April 16th through April 26th
OIOpublisher Looking back at 2020 – Charity Drive was one of the last big events for our community … and it will certainly look different this year, but there are exciting, new…
Tillamook County Creamery Association is the Official Cheese and Butter Brand for This Season of Bravo’s “Top Chef” in Portland
TILLAMOOK, ORE. (APRIL 1, 2021) – Today, Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA), the 112-year-old farmer-owned dairy co-operative and quintessential Oregon brand, announced it is the Official Cheese and Butter brand for this season of…
Celebrating spring time with beet pickled pink eggs
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet “Apart from being inexpensive, eggs are a superfood which contain large amounts of protein, amino acids, vitamins and minerals.” Nutritionist Amanda Ursell Spring time is egg…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Pharmacy or Farmacy – Food as Medicine
By Erica Johnson, Registered Dietitian at Tillamook County Community Health Center Pharmacy or Farmacy? Food has become much more complicated than it once was. Instead of simple ingredients going into homemade foods,…
New Owners at Big Wave Café in Manzanita: Opening Sunday March 21st – SAME Great Menu Featuring Fresh Ingredients from Local Farms, Fishers, and Yes, Carol’s Desserts
By Laura Swanson “Why mess with a good thing?” That’s exactly the philosophy of David and Jennifer Cleary, the new owners of the Big Wave Café in Manzanita. The local community is…
Exploring Local Food Options: Food Roots FarmTable, Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) Subscriptions, Farmers Markets & More
By Laura Swanson, editor, Tillamook County Pioneer March is Nutrition month and an easy way to focus on healthy eating is by choosing locally-sourced foods. Tillamook County residents have a variety of…
Astoria Food Hub Opportunity for Community to Invest in Food Security, Support Local Producers
From Jared Gardner, Nehalem River Ranch We have super exciting news to share! Nehalem River Ranch is partnering with a group of food system leaders to purchase a 27,000 square foot historic…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Building a Healthy Relationship with Food
by Katlyn Wolf, Oregon State Dietetic Intern, future Registered Dietitian What does pleasant hunger feel like to you? This can be a hard question to answer! Pleasure and hunger don’t always seem…
THE GOLIGHTLY GOURMET: The mighty little seed that captured the world
By Dana Zia There is a little, tiny, round seed that has the mightiest of history and prowess. This wee seed has had powerful conversations with Alexander the Great, Pope John XII,…