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COLUMBIA BAR
Join us for the 19th annual
Providence Festival of Trees
TREASURE ALLEY
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Try making this whiskey, brandy, cranberry cider — or head to Pickled Fish and raise a glass
while helping out a good cause.
By RYAN HUME
This November, the
month of giving thanks,
there are plenty of unique
ways to give back to your
community, including
volunteering your time
and energy at the North
Coast Food Web, the Harbor
or many other goodwill
organizations working to
improve our region. There
will be plenty of can drives
arriving during the holiday
season, and one simple
everyday contribution you
can make is to bring your
own reusable bag to the
Astoria Co-op, get a bean at
the checkout counter and
donate a nickel to a rotat-
ing number of causes.
Of course, for my money,
one of the most delicious
and delightful ways to give
back to the community is
to partake in Pickled Fish’s
Cocktails for a Cause pro-
gram.
Every month the bar
staff offers up an off-menu
cocktail and pairs it with a
worthwhile organization,
which receives 50 percent
of every $10 purchase.
Leave it up to one of the
most innovative restaurants
and bars on the Long Beach
Peninsula to decide that
you can still do some good
even when you are getting
your drink on.
This month’s drink, a
warm cranberry punch they
are calling Treasure Alley,
is soothing, seasonally
appropriate and may best
be served turkey adjacent.
I mean, why eat cranber-
ry sauce at Thanksgiving
when you can get cran-
berry sauced? The name
is a combination of one of
the Long Beach Peninsula’s
cranberry farms, Starvation
Alley, which is providing
the cranberry components
of the beverage, and this
month’s recipient of sales,
the Treasure Our Teens
Stocking Project, part of the
Families Helping Families
ministry run through Pacific
Bible Church in Ilwaco,
Washington.
The program is orga-
nized by Shari Allen Kokesh
and her husband, Matt
Kokesh, a cook at the Pick-
led Fish, when Allen Kokesh
noticed, according to the
Chinook Observer, that
there were many area hol-
iday drives that benefited
families and young children
in need, but none that sup-
ported teenagers. Treasure
Our Teens Stocking Project
aims to supply underserved
teens in Ilwaco with nec-
essary items, like personal
hygiene products, hats and
scarves, all delivered in a
festive holiday stocking.
Certainly a worthwhile
cause and something worth
raising a glass to!
Ingredients
1.5 ounces Old Overholt
or another rye whiskey
1/2 ounce Calvados
apple brandy
1/2 ounce Starvation
Alley Cranberry Juice
R.W. Knudsen Apple Cider
A few whole cranberries
Directions
Pour the rye, Calvados
and cranberry juice into a
glass cocktail mug while
you heat the apple cider
on the stovetop or in the
microwave. Once the cider
is steaming hot, top off the
mug with the warm cider
and garnish with a few
whole cranberries.
—Recipe courtesy of Matt
Lessnau, bar manager at
Pickled Fish. Pour courtesy of
Jody Blea, bartender at Pick-
led Fish, Adrift Hotel, Long
Beach, Washington.
Providence Seaside Hospital Foundation invites you
to ring in the holiday season!
Saturday Dec. 3
Community open house featuring Santa Claus
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Free admission
Beautiful trees and Candy Cane Lane
festivities for kids!
Gala Dinner and Auction
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Tickets: $100 per guest; $1,000 for table of 10
Proceeds benefi t programs and
services supported by
Seaside
Hospital Foundation
Seaside Civic and Convention Center
415 First Ave., Seaside, OR 97138
For reservations or more information,
please call 503-717-7601 or visit
www.ProvidenceFestivalOfTrees.org/Seaside