Pasta Primavera with Fennel Crema
If you’re like me, you hate wasting anything that you spent your hard earned money on. (Don’t act like you’ve never stuck your hand in an almost empty peanut butter jar to get the last nutty taste!) It [...]
Frost and the Cellar
As these clear October nights dip into the teens, the team at Rainshadow Organics hustles to put food up for winter. They have pickled, sauced, jammed, and fermented since mid-July. Their farm store shelves are full from floor [...]
A ‘Beeting’ Heart
As I have been on this literally-eat-the-whole-animal crusade, I thought it fitting to feel my way through a heart dish. The last of the winter beets were sweet and ready to be eaten as we are on the [...]
Not-So-Green Eggs and Ham
There are many days in a person's life where everything is different after a single moment. However, we don't often know a moment was so poignant until after the fact. For me, today is one of those days, and I [...]
Beef Tail Osso Buco with Roasted Winter Vegetables and Balsamic Grits
Nose to tail eating is sometimes precisely that. I often see people around me infatuated with the buzz words of our time: "organic" "sustainable" "farm to table" "nose to tail" "eco-friendly" "gmo-free"... The list of perceived consciousness could go on [...]
Fresh from the Farm: Cooking Class & Dinner with Rainshadow Organics and Farmbelly
Cooking Class & Dinner with Rainshadow Organics and Farmbelly Central Oregon Farmer's Markets are open! Get creative with cooking the first of this season’s produce in this hands-on workshop and dinner on Saturday, June 9th at 5pm. Rainshadow is partnering [...]
Italian Bolognese on Korean Yam Noodles
I really enjoy this interesting little phase here in Central Oregon where we haven't quite transitioned out of the frosty bite of winter, but we start having bursts of warmth promising growth and new life.The farmers at Rainshadow are [...]
June 11th Longtable collaboration with Spork
Next Longtable coming up! We are excited to collaborate with chef Jeff Hunt from Spork in Bend. He came straight from Hanoi on a recon mission to the farm this weekend. I got all his feels going with pork should [...]
Before You Feel Hunger
By: Megan French, Farmer and Co-Owner Boundless Farmstead Before you feel hunger, a farmer gazes over her fragile forest of vegetable starts, each the size of the thread flaring from her tattered jeans. Each delicate tendril a testament of patience [...]
Crispy Bacon and Asparagus Breakfast Sammies
Perfection for a perfectionist is never obtained. Try as we might, there's always something more just out of reach. Sometimes I look back on a recipe I created and am frustrated that it wasn't perfect first time out of the [...]
