Couple serves up delicious treats at Bucket Bites The Karnas opened the food truck in 2018 BY KATHERINE LACAZE In each warm pasty and treat they serve, Christine and Chris Karna put not only fresh ingredients but decades of tradition and their love of serving and feeding people in the community. The Karna’s own the Astoria-based food cart Bucket Bites. “I like keeping the food traditions going,” said Christine Karna, who grew up in a small Pennsylvania town with deep Cornish and Welsh influences. When the couple opened their food cart in September 2018, a few years after relo- cating to Astoria, they knew they wanted to bring a version of traditional Cornish pasties to the Pacific Northwest. A pasty is a type of savory pastry, with a selection of meat and vegetables stuffed into a warm, buttery half-circle of crust that gets crimped shut. See Page 11 10 // COASTWEEKEND.COM Chris Karna, left, and Christine Karna stand outside their food truck, Bucket Bites.