Fresh

Food

A handful of freshly dug truffles

In pursuit of Northwest Truffles

No longer just an underground treasure, native Northwest truffles—especially in Oregon—are emerging as a gourmet alternative to more expensive Italian fungi.

Cranberries on the vine

Washington’s Cranberry Coast

Prized for their ultra-tart flavor and ultra-healthy qualities, cranberries are a little-appreciated Northwest crop that

Lamb Butchery

Lamb Butchery

Nervous? No. Breakdown? Yes.

Travel

Biking and Beer Trail around Bend, Oregon

Ale Aboard

….wearing helmets and toting bottles of water, we steered our bikes down Bend’s brick-paved road in search of Beervana.

Apples

Salt Spring Island Apple Festival Travel Planner

As autumn sets in, harvest festivals abound throughout the Pacific Northwest. At the annual Salt Spring Island Apple Festival, the apple gets to shine.

Southern Oregon

The State of Jefferson

Spend any time in southern Oregon and you can’t escape references to the “State of Jefferson”—even on winery websites. In 1941 there was an abortive, but very real, secession movement (inspired by the lack of good roads in the rural area) that aimed to create what then would have been the 49th state—to be named “Jefferson”—from the counties forming southern Oregon from Douglas County, to northern California’s Mendocino County. A Proclamation of Independence was drafted, Yreka was designated the capital, a governor was elected, and the main road was blockaded. But timing was bad. The nascent rebellion came to an immediate stop on December 7, 1941, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor—participants swore allegiance to…

Fishing on the Yakima River

Blue Ribbon Fishing on the Yakima River

The Yakima River, a tributary of the Columbia River, is home to Washington’s only Blue Ribbon fishery, estimated to contain more than 1,000 wild—not stocked—fish per river mile.