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Wednesday, August 5, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Oregon Artis
A R T I S T S , M A K E R S , B U I L D E R S , C R E AT O R S , C R
400 Acres of Hazelnuts...
OREGON GROWN
TREE-TO-TABLE
At Hazelnut Hill outside Eugene,
from raw to roasted to seasoned,
from brittles to buttery spreads and mixes,
our hazelnuts are harvested and packaged
for freshness. When hand-dipped in
high-quality chocolate, our hazelnuts
become luscious toff ee, brittle, and truffl e
treats for yourself or as a gift for
someone you love.
Eat your fi ll...we’ll grow more!
Order online at
www.hazelnuthill.com
541-510-4464
The art and craft
of hazelnuts
Rachel and Ryan Henderson are on a
mission to make Oregon hazelnuts readily
available for local folks —  as one of the
few tree-to-table hazelnut producers in
the U.S.
Their farm, Hazelnut Hill near Eugene, is
where the Hendersons craft truly artisanal
hazelnut specialty products from roasted
nuts to hazelnut-and-chocolate confec-
tions. Each order is roasted on demand,
and candy is handmade in a commercial-
grade kitchen. Rachel tests and develops
all recipes, and she’s recently created new
hot-and-spicy nut flavors and new flavors
of toffee. The tree-to-table approach pro-
vides Hazelnut Hill customers with high-
quality, delicious nut-based products with
a full chain of control that assures source
and sustainability.
“I think it’s important to know where
our food comes from, who’s growing it,
and how it grows,” Rachel said.
The hazelnut is Oregon’s state nut —
but, as Rachel points out, most of the
product available here is — strangely
enough — grown in Turkey. By enjoying
Hazelnut Hill’s products, you are support-
ing a family farm operation with whole-
some and sustainable practices.
Adding Caribbean
spice to life
Zoe Ditmore has built a business and a
way of life around bringing the flavors of
the Caribbean to Central Oregon.
“I grew up in Barbados,” she told The
Nugget. “So my childhood memories were
eating spicy food.”
Moving to Bend in 2003, “one of the
things that I noticed was that there was an
absence of Caribbean cuisine.”
Ditmore moved to fill that void with
The Jerk Kings — a food truck opera-
tion serving Central Oregon. The trucks
featured Jamaican-style jerk dishes on
a Caribbean-themed menu, which grew
to be popular. Their marinade and sauce
were key components of the flavor.
Now local folks can create such
Caribbean-themed dishes at home — be-
cause The Jerk Kings buttoned up their
food trucks and turned to producing
and bottling hand-crafted, artisanal Jerk
Marinade and Jerk Sauce.
“These recipes were honed over a five-
year period and they’re very unique to
The Jerk Kings,” Ditmore said. “The feed-
back has been tremendous.”
Jerk Marinade and Jerk Sauce will soon
be available in retail locations in Sisters.
Order online at www.thejerkkings.com.
Here’s to
Warm Nights &
Spicy Dishes!
Bring a little authentic Caribbean
jerk into your kitchen today!
For recipes, retail locations in
Bend & Redmond, or to purchase
online www.thejerkkings.com
541-771-5403
HIGH DESERT
STAINED GLASS
20 Years Designing & Installing
Custom Stained Glass & Beveled
Glass Masterpieces for
Your Home or Business
541-213-2346
Monday-Saturday By Appointment
— Brad Logan —
highdesertstainedglass@gmail.com
www.highdesertstainedglass.com
An ancient art
form thrives in
Central Oregon
Stained glass is an ancient and revered
art form in Western civilization. In the
Middle Ages, it added beauty, light, and
majesty to medieval cathedrals.
Artisans today bring that beauty into
peoples’ homes, with windows, door pan-
els, and imaginative installations.
Working with glass is a nearly lifelong
passion for Brad Logan, who started work-
ing in stained glass in the 1980s. Logan,
who has a day job as the operations man-
ager at Bend Broadband, has turned his
passion for this venerable art form into a
creative artisanal business, High Desert
Stained Glass.
Logan perfected his craft in a stained
glass studio in southern California
through the 1980s, before shifting into
a career in telecommunications. Moving
to Bend in 2012, he has created glass for
homes in Central Oregon and is working
to move back fully into the creative field.
“Stained glass is what I would like to
do for the remaining part of my career,”
Logan told Bend Magazine last year. “I
want to get back to what’s comfortable
and what I’m passionate about.”