Annelise Kelly

Wildflowers and Wine Adventures in Grants Pass

Take a new route to Grants Pass located along Southern Oregon’s mighty Rogue River. A beautiful river town with captivating scenery and year-round adventure is the perfect getaway to enjoy exceptional outdoors, cuisine, craft beer and wine, and…

7 Steps to Prevent Pests from Taking Over your Restaurant

Preventing Pest Problems in your Restaurant When it comes to pest control in your pizzeria, your best offense is a good defense. Think prevention. It’s much easier to avert an infestation than to get rid of one. Prevent insects and rodents from…

Online Ordering Cuts Labor Costs and Increases Sales

Online ordering has grown exponentially in recent years, accelerated by the smart phone revolution that placed a high-powered computer in everyone’s pocket. Other contributing factors include peer-to-peer delivery like Uber Eats and Grubhub; a global…

What You Need to Know When Buying or Upgrading a Restaurant Audio System

Craft Your Ambience with Audio When you operate a pizzeria, your product is much more than a delicious slice of pie. You’re selling an experience, a specific ambience. You can’t always rely on food alone to bring customers back, so cultivate the…

Betting on Burgers: Creative Latin touches transform an American comfort food classic

By Annelise Kelly When the kitchen at The Skillet restaurant in Las Vegas, New Mexico, closes down for dinner at 9 p.m. on Thursday and Friday nights, the business of selling food doesn’t stop. With karaoke going on until the wee hours of the morn-…

Phone Systems Remain Critical to the Pizza Business

On the Line The pizza business is uniquely dependent on takeout and delivery orders, so it’s critical to have a phone system you can rely on. A good phone system should improve the customer’s experience as well as make the most efficient use of your…

Sparkling House on a Hilltop

NEWS / FEATURES Willamette Valley Vineyard’s Domaine Willamette Opens Domaine Willamette, a new winery dedicated exclusively to crafting méthode traditionnelle sparkling wine, recently opened after five years of construction. On Highway 99W, halfway…

Cloudy with a Chance of Stars

NEWS / FEATURES McMinnville’s new restaurant opens Exclusive destination restaurant Õkta opened its McMinnville doors on July 13, along with partner enterprise Tributary Hotel. Õkta is dedicated to celebrating food and wine sourced from the…

Salsa and Gucamole: Chefs Take Recipes Beyond the Basics

Salsa may be a critical component of Mexican cuisine, but it doesn’t have to conform to traditional recipes and styles. While familiar versions such as pico de gallo, salsa rojo and salsa verde are the bulk of salsas Mexican restaurants serve,…

Hot News about Queso

Queso Flameado at Moctezuma's in Tacoma Flaming cheese might sound like it belongs in a Greek restaurant more than a restaurant that features Mexican and Latin cuisine. But Queso Flameado has found a home at several establishments known for their…

How Precision Medicine Could Revolutionize Older Adult Care

Part of the reason you’re living longer is your physical and social environment — your home, neighborhood, and community — notes the World Health Organization.1 Eating a balanced diet, exercising regularly, and refraining from smoking all contribute…

Managing Multiple Comorbidities More Easily

Over the past two years, the term “comorbidity” has been used more and more in public health conversations, thanks in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the context of the pandemic, you’ve learned that people with comorbidities — or more than…

Set Sail with Seafood

One look at the globe reveals why seafood is beloved in Latin American cuisine. Nearly every country in the western hemisphere meets the sea, whether flanked by the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico or the Caribbean Sea. Mexico,…

How do drug-gene interactions compare to drug-drug interactions?

If you’re taking more than one prescription medication, you’re not alone — and if you’re older, your medicine cabinet could be at capacity. More than 40 percent of older adults take five or more prescription medications, and nearly 20 percent take 10…

6 Tips to Help You Avoid Adverse Drug Events

Most people take their prescription medications without too much thought. You assume the medications are going to work and that your care team has prescribed you the right ones to help solve your medical needs. But for many people who take one or…

Blind Date

NEWS / FEATURES May 1, 2022 Lenné Estate Pinot tasting a risky but educational experience By Annelise Kelly I’ll admit, they make me a little nervous: an arc of eight wine glasses, clear as diamonds, glitters at me in the slanting spring sunshine at…

Meat Me in Wine Country

NEWS / FEATURES May 1, 2022 Oregon farmers commit to humane production, stewardship of the land and superior protein By Annelise Kelly Conscientious eaters throughout Oregon are changing their meat-eating habits by turning to local, grass-fed beef.…

Hiyu on the Hog

Gorge winery links land and table with simplicity By Annelise Kelly Driving east from Portland on a drizzling winter afternoon, I see the flanks of the Gorge rise on both sides of the slate-gray Columbia River. Soft mists envelop forested crests and…

Soul Food & Wine

Heartfelt pairings for history-soaked dishes By Annelise Kelly Tender, juicy chicken on the bone encased in a savory, shatteringly crisp crust. Gooey, creamy, decadent macaroni and cheese. Gleaming, lacquered ribs redolent of smoke and enrobed with…

2021 OWP Person of the Year: Jim Bernau

NEWS / FEATURES With community and innovation in mind, Willamette Valley Vineyards continues to lead Oregon By Annelise Kelly It’s tough to beat Jim Bernau for longevity in the local wine industry. Long before he founded Willamette Valley Vineyards…