“Right now, the food industry creates patients for the health-care industry,” Michael Pollan told Jon Stewart last night on The Daily Show. Pollan was ostensibly there to plug his new book, Food Rules, but also got into a discussion about how health-care reform could change the food industry. If everyone must have access to health care, the insurance industry could take a bigger interest in how we care for ourselves and, namely, what we eat. Watch the interview to hear Pollan say “the worst sentence” Jon Stewart has ever heard.
EVENT DATES:
Monday, February 2, 6:00 pm
Monday, March 2, 6:00 pm
Jackalope Grill Cooking Classes: February = Great Grains, March = Soups, Stews, Braising
(Bend, OR) Join The Jackalope Grill’s Chef Timothy Garling for upcoming cooking classes, this Monday, February 2 and Monday, March 2. These evenings are filled with great food, wine and cooking tips and secrets. The February class covers “Great Grains,” including risotto, barley risotto, quinoa, farro and amaranth. In March, “Soups, Stews & Braising” is the topic. Cooking classes include wine and hors d’oeuvres, demonstration and hands-on preparation in the kitchen, handouts with recipes and techniques and sampling of menu dishes paired with wine and/or beer.
The Source Weekly writes: “Speaking of branching out, Chef Timothy Garling has been doing a bit of that lately with his popular cooking classes at Jackalope Grill. Because of the strong interest in the classes, which feature cooking tutorials capped off by wine and food, Garling has been adding additional slots.”
Class starts at 6:00 pm at The Jackalope Grill and space is limited (these classes sell out quickly). Cost is $50. For reservations, call The Jackalope Grill at 541-318-8435. For location and info, go to the Jackalope Grill website.
Recently posted on the site “Portland Food and Drink,” this article is a well written exploration of today’s scene in Stumptown. Much of this applies also to the restaurant business climate here in the Bend area.
Here in Bend, particularly interesting is the rumor that some those formerly employed by Jody Denton will be taking over the old Merenda space. They hope to reopen by mid-March. There is also a rumor that McCormick & Schmick’s will open in the old that space. I hope that downtown will not become dominated by the chains. The first McCormick & Schmick’s started in Portland in 1979 and now have over 80 locations nationwide.