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Last Week for the German Menu
This is the last full weekend for our October German Menu. Once the current menu items are gone, they will be gone until next year. Many thanks to those that have commented so warmly about this...
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Wednesday, 11/12: Elk Cove Wine Dinner
We are happy to announce the first of this fall and winter series of wine dinners. I was a fan of Elk Cove Winery‘s wines for many years before they won the Wine and Spirits Magazines’s 2013 Winery...
View ArticleChehalem Winemaker’s Dinner Wednesday, December 10
People who know Oregon Pinot Noir know Chehalem wines. Chehalem traces its history back to vineyard operations started by Harry Peterson-Nedry in 1980 at Ridgecrest Vineyards, the pioneering wine...
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Chef Tim Back From Spain
Thursday, the twenty second of January, started in Madrid. Eliotte, my nineteen year old daughter and I had arrived just before midnight on the Altaria train from Granada. Dog-tired and out of bed...
View ArticleMarch Events at the Jackalope
Tuesday, March 17: St. Patrick’s Day: For those without even a wee bit of Irish blood, St. Patrick’s Day, here at the Jackalope, is a time for good food as well as revelry. We’ll be serving our...
View ArticleVeal at the Jackalope Grill
A big thanks to those to came to our veal dinner last night. At one point I was asked about our Le Québécois veal and why we only use that one product. The short answer is because it is the future of...
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May 6: Explore the Wines of Chile
An evening of exotic, rare wines paired with great food await you on May 6. Exactly one year ago Wine Spectator magazine featured the wines of Chile on its cover. If you live in the Northwest image...
View ArticleRecipe from Kitchen Kaleidoscope
Saturday, June 27, we were in Pronghorn Resort grilling shrimp at Ken and Maggie Chmeil’s home participating in the Kitchen Kaleidoscope to benefit the Assistance League of Bend. I had so many requests...
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Sunday, July 26, Live Music in the Courtyard
The Quons will be live in our courtyard this Sunday, July 26. They’ll be playing from from 6:30 until 9. The Courtyard seating is “first come, first served” so for a good seat, you’ll want to dine...
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A Man and his Duck are Reunited
My brothers and sisters were in Bend last month for our first family reunion in over a decade. I received a special surprise. Yes, that’s me in the photo on the left. Notice the duck I’ve clutched...
View ArticleHoliday Hours
From all of us at the jackalope Grill, we wish you and your family the very best during this holiday season. Our restaurant is entirely booked out for New Year’s Eve Dinner but we are currently adding...
View ArticleJanuary 27– Seventh Annual All Oyster Dinner
For the seventh year in a row, I am presenting my All Oyster Dinner on Wednesday, January 27. I’ve moved the date for this year’s dinner up a month with an eye to higher fat levels in the oysters just...
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2016 All Oyster Dinner is Now in the Books
One would think that after doing this event for the last seven years in a row that I wouldn’t get so nervous. At the Jackalope Grill, the entire kitchen looks at these special event dinners as a...
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Found Photos of What “Dad Brought Home for Dinner”
When I wrote the introduction to our website, I said that I didn’t recognize that eating wild fish and game as so special, I meant to say that it seemed simply, well, ordinary. Hunting, cooking, and...
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2016 Easter Dinner
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2016 Wild Game Dinner
The Jackalope Grill hosted a wild game dinner for a group of local hunters on Thursday March 31. We had a great time and here are some photos of the dinner. var lightbox_transition = 'elastic'; var...
View ArticleCity of Gold and 32 Yolks
Last night at Bend’s Tin Pan Theater, I saw the film City of Gold. Jonathan Gold made his reputation at as the food critic for the LA Weekly, Gourmet Magazine and then at the Los Angeles Times. In...
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2016 Mother’s Day
I was looking at some old family photos and I wanted to share a couple of them with you. Handwritten on the back of the photo on the left is the date “1952.” I’m the one in the checkered shirt on the...
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October 2016 Making Baked Marzipan Apples
Since it is October and I am cooking my German Menu this month, I was looking for a new dessert. I have loved baked apples since I was a kid growing up on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula having an apple...
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