North Bank Now » Devour http://northbankmag.com A blog about the best of the North Bank! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:06:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Deschutes tasting at Fireside Cafe http://northbankmag.com/2010/09/deschutes-tasting-at-fireside-cafe/ http://northbankmag.com/2010/09/deschutes-tasting-at-fireside-cafe/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:04:49 +0000 Jessica http://northbankmag.com/?p=789 The new Fireside Cafe has been keeping patrons busy with its weekly special events. Coming up this Wednesday, Sept. 8, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., is a brew tasting with a rep from Bend, Oregon’s, best known craft brewer, Deschutes Brewery.

Fireside Cafe is located at 6709 N.E. 63rd Ave. in Vancouver. Check out their menu online or follow them on Facebook.

J.

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Art, food, wine and music will be featured at the first annual Artists in the Vineyard art festival on Saturday July 24 from noon to 6 p.m. and Sunday July 25 from noon to 4 p.m. Come and meet the artists and enjoy a glass of wine while you stroll the bucolic setting at Confluence Vineyard and Winery. Artists will dedicate a portion of their proceeds to support the Oregon Food Bank and Neighbors Helping Neighbors. Representatives from glassybaby will be on hand selling their hand blown glass votives, and a portion of their sales will also go to OFB and Neighbors Helping Neighbors.

The winery is located at 19111 NW 67th St. in Ridgefield. For more information contact Kathy Winters 360-887-2160.

Also, go to Paper Tiger Coffee Roasters today for the Ethiopian pour-over. It’s open LATE tonight and it’s making me very happy this afternoon.

J

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J.

]]> http://northbankmag.com/2010/06/finally/feed/ 0 Salmon Creek Farmers Market is looking for you! http://northbankmag.com/2010/05/salmon-creek-farmers-market-is-looking-for-you/ http://northbankmag.com/2010/05/salmon-creek-farmers-market-is-looking-for-you/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 23:52:38 +0000 Jessica http://northbankmag.com/?p=721 05.16.2010  The newly formed Salmon Creek Farmers Market will locate behind the Three Creeks Library next to the Fred Meyer on 139th St. The market plans to open July 15 and run through Sept. 30 every Thursday from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Currently the group is looking for farmers, producers, artisans and entertainers. There is also an immediate need for volunteers for planning and sponsorship.

For more information on becoming a vendor, visit www.managemymarket.com. For information on volunteering, send an email to info@salmoncreekfarmersmarket.com  or call Ann Foster at 360-574-5093.

More awesome veggie opps — woo!

J.

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Check it-
 
J.
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To enter the lottery, submit contact information to Sunrise O’Mahoney at 360-397-2370 or sunrise.omahoney@clark.wa.gov between Feb. 20 and March 5 at 5 p.m. The drawing will be held March 8. Winners will be notified by March 11.

People whose names are drawn will be given a 20-foot by 20-foot plot. Cost is $40, although some scholarships are available. No pesticides or herbicides may be used. The garden plots will be available from April to October. One plot per person or household. ADA-accessible plots are available.

For more information, go to www.clark.wa.gov/78wsu and click on “Projects and Workshops” on the left.

Grow there today-

J.

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The meals will cost you about what you’d pay in a restaurant — but quantity deals are available.

Also, Muffin is rocking Valentine’s Day for $35 a person. One of the lover’s eve dinners, for example, is mustard crusted rack of lamb with Kalamata olive risotto and seasonal vegetables. All entrees are served with artisan bread, sweet butter, chocolate mousse and cookies.

J.

PS- I’ve had Muffin’s food, and it is delish. So email her at lesouschef@msn.com for full details on menus, prices and availability.

]]> http://northbankmag.com/2010/01/muffins-meals/feed/ 0 Discuss food garden options at county/city parks http://northbankmag.com/2010/01/new-food-garden-options-at-countycity-parks/ http://northbankmag.com/2010/01/new-food-garden-options-at-countycity-parks/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:51:26 +0000 Jessica http://northbankmag.com/?p=677
The public is invited to a community forum to hear about the changes in the Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation Department Community Garden Program, and discuss local food garden options.
The forum is scheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 12, at Luepke Center Community Room, 1009 E. McLoughlin Blvd. Parks and Rec reps will present some upcoming changes to the community garden program as well as discuss a new option: food gardens in neighborhood parks.
When the department participated in a multi-agency public forum in April 2009, along with Clark County Health Department, some critical needs were identified around creating more food garden options, including more garden space and better access to education about gardening. To discuss these issues, the forum’s speakers include staff from the new Clark County Public Health Growing Groceries Mentor Program as well as the citizens who started the Rose Village Community Garden.

More information about the Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation Department community and food garden program is available online. Click on Community Gardens under Facilities & Locations.

Sounds delicious-

J.

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The Co-op will be unveiling its new logo, designed by Vancouver’s Tribe2 Graphic Design and Creative Services, the same folks responsible for the Turtle Place mural, and talking about store opening plans. Bluegrass band The Grey Sky Boys will play.

The event is FREE, so don’t miss it. My only regret is posting this so late!

J.

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Solstice Wood Fire Café

story + photo By Charity Thompson

Leave it to Aaron Baumhackl to make a sausage-cherry pizza a best-seller.
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As chef and co-owner of Solstice Wood Fire Café in Bingen, Aaron specializes in wood-fired pizzas with unique local toppings, such as the cafe favorite with cherries, chorizo sausage, goat cheese and rosemary.

Aaron got his start in restaurants at age 15 in California, first at a Spanish tapas restaurant and later riding the first wave of the California-style pizza trend.

“It drew me in because I like to eat and I like to create,” he said of the industry. “I like to see results fast.”

Along with that background, Solstice’s creative pizzas come from a playful approach among kitchen staff.

Solstice Wood Fire Cafe
415 W. Steuben St. (Highway 14), Bingen
www.solsticewoodfirecafe.com
509-493-4006

“In the kitchen, everybody has a voice,” he said. “We’ll come up with a dish, plate it and see what other color combinations can go in there to make it (reflect) the season.”

Aaron’s menus change with the seasons. This fall’s menu includes a pizza with local butternut squash, leeks, bacon and blue cheese. He’ll also dish up Siragusa pear salad and pizza, huckleberry crisp and huckleberry pizza with prosciutto, mascarpone and arugula.

He keeps an eye on the local farm scene with his wife and co-owner, Suzanne Wright Baumhackl.

“Literally, we’re surrounded by farms,” Aaron said. “We see a tractor go by with eggplant and say, ‘Eggplant’s in season – what should we do?’”

Solstice has two plots at Bingen’s community garden – one for its kitchen and one for the local food bank.

Its menu also includes foods less common in rural areas, such as sautéed kale and quinoa chowder.

“We’re trying to keep it simple,” he said, “and let the food speak for itself in flavor and nutrients.”

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