On September 28, the U.S Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) confirmed two cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in neighboring non-commercial flocks in Tillamook County. These are…
Category: Food
KITCHEN MAVEN: ROSH HASHANAH AND A CLEAN SLATE – Recipe
By Judith Yamada, The Kitchen Maven Happy New Year to all of you this Rosh Hashanah for Hebrew year 5783. The holiday begins at sundown on Sunday, September 25, 2022, and ends…
KITCHEN MAVEN: THE STAFF OF LIFE
by Judi Yamada, www.kitchenmaven.org The first known use of the idiom “Staff Of Life” was in 1638; it meant “a staple of diet”, and the meaning hasn’t changed. Obtained from Western man’s…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Back to School! What to Know About School Meals in Tillamook County
By Crista Hawkins, Senior Director of Youth Wellness at Oregon Dairy & Nutrition Council Let’s be real, when we hear the term school meals, our thoughts might unintentionally drift to the Styrofoam trays…
ARDENT GOURMET: Nehalem, Oregon – North Coast Pinball, Buttercup Ice Creams & Chowders, Spirits of the West, North Coast Mudworks, and Wolfmoon Bakery
By The Ardent Gourmet, David & Susan Greenberg Nehalem is a rosy-cheeked town that — flowers in bloom and ghosted in river mist — Monet would have loved painting. Judging from the…
ARDENT GOURMET: Review of The Pelican Brewery Restaurant in Pacific City
By the Ardent Gourmet They came vertically stacked on a spindle much like a toddler’s stacking toy. But they were distinctly organic, glistening with oil, which was suggestive of life. You eyed…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: What is that veggie in my CSA box? (and what will I do with all that zucchini?!)
by Leigh Ann Hoffhines, Communications Manager at Rinehart Clinic (soon to be Nehalem Bay Health Center) After a long, snail-paced spring, we are finally in the season of bountiful garden harvests. For…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Ratatouille (Recipe – for all those veggies!)
Here is a recipe from Rinehart Clinic Art of Eating class (adapted from Alice Water’s The Art of Simple Food) for all those veggies … Ingredients: 1 medium eggplant 3 medium zucchini…
Review of The Salmonberry – Hyper Locally Sourced Food
by the Ardent Gourmet “Kidney of a horse, liver of a cat, filling up the sausages with this and that…” Most Americans are fed up with fast food. Literally, fed up. That…
KITCHEN MAVEN: TAPAS TALK
EDITOR’S NOTE: Warm days call for easy cooking, or meals with little or no cooking, and tapas are always a fun way to serve up a delicious meal. Be sure to order…