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Category Archives: How to Holiday

How can you go from simply hot to haute?

Haute Chocolate

With French chocolate, of course! Warm cocoa, move over. Use our Callebaut chocolate and local Eberhard’s organic milk and heavy cream for a fabulous drink to share beside a fire with friends and family. Add some schnapps and let the warm memory-making begin! Check out our easy, gift-ready haute chocolate candy recipe, and how to […]

Spread thin for gift ideas for a neighbor, teacher, co-worker, dog groomer, or hostess?

Compound Butter and Bread

Whip up an easy compound honey cranberry or pecan maple butter! Use our butter, specially made by local Eberhard’s, present it in one of our charming, functional, reusable, clip-top glass jars, and you’ve churned up instant extraordinary. Everyone will melt, especially when they spread this local lusciousness over our warm rolls, scones, or Croissant French […]

Table decor got you stumped?

Centerpieces

Our miniature rosemary trees, in little silver buckets, are fragrant, edible, and keep it all down to earth. Mix in more — sage, tarragon, thyme — also perfect garnishes for holiday dishes. Use colorful cranberries, juniper berries, and assorted nuts in their shells, and decorating the table will be almost as much fun as dancing […]

It’s called fondue — not fon-don’t.

Fondue and Bread

Do have fun with friends, dipping crusty, artisan bread in luscious melted Gruyère cheese, followed by a dessert of dark, rich, smooth chocolate fondue. Wondering how to throw an instant, easy party? This is it! Cheese Fondue Ingredients: 1 garlic clove, halved 1 cup dry white wine 1 tsp lemon juice 2 cups (8 oz) […]

Love the one you’re with — locally.

Bend Maps and Puzzles

It seems everyone who visits Bend wants to move here. If those on your gift list wish they could be here for the holidays, or they already moved here, they’ll love Newport’s own Bend-themed puzzles, tea towels, wooden cutting boards, local artisan breads, flasks and barware with the Bend logo,  — virtually anything sold in […]

Start a new Christmas Eve tradition: cioppino!

Cioppino

After a day in the snow, gather around this seafood mélange in a rich broth of garlic, herbs, and tomato. The West Coast Christmas Eve dish has long been called the “Feast of the Seven Fishes.” Our market’s seafood experts source the freshest, most sustainable and delicious kinds of fish just right for this dish, […]

Our favorite thanksgiving traditions! (Recipes included)!

Turkey Stock Photo

Here at Newport Ave. Market, we all have our own Thanksgiving traditions, from the standard to the just downright wacky. But one thing is for sure, it’s all about family! So, from ours to yours, here are a few of our traditions, recipes, and stories.   Thanksgiving at the Yochums isn’t the average, but it […]

Holiday Party Hors d’Oeuvre Tips: We’ll Help Make Your Holiday Party Stress-free!

plates of appetizers

How to Holiday with Newport Avenue Market So, you want to throw a fab holiday party, but you still want time to relax and play — after all, the trails and the slopes are waiting, and you just don’t want to stress about party planning. Chill. We’re here for you. We’re the only employee-owned market […]

Holiday Party Décor Tips: Keep It Real, Keep It Easy, and Keep It Fabulous!

Green Centerpieces

How to Holiday with Newport Avenue Market Here in Bend, we love the outdoors, each other, and great food. During the holidays, that spirit is brimming over right into our aisles. Any day of week, you’ll see lots of holiday greetings, smiles, and hugs happening around the store. For decades, our market has been at the […]

Cioppino for Christmas Eve!

Cioppino

The Feast of the Seven Peaks: Central Oregon Cioppino Winter holidays are all about tradition — the ones that we loved as children now warm our adult souls, but it doesn’t have to stop there. Here in Bend, we know that creating new traditions can be freeing, fun, and deeply satisfying, too. Nothing strengthens our […]

Tiny Bubbles for All–A Guide to Sparkling Wines for the Holidays, or Any Day!

Pouring Bubbles

Everyone wants to feel a bit more bubbly sometimes. That’s why sipping them (the sparkling wine kind) is so much fun — especially this time of year. No, you don’t need a ball gown and diamonds to indulge in a delicious sparkler. Think denim and “champs”, puffies and prosecco, ski boots and lambrusco. Sparkling wines […]