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Amuse Restaurant

Ashland | amuserestaurant.com Chef Erik Brown Grilled Bruschetta with Peaches and Morbier Makes 4 servings | Approx. time: 10 minutes 4 one-inch thick slices of country style bread 12 ounces sliced Morbier cheese 2 ripe peaches, thinly sliced Basil chiffonade Extra virgin olive oil Brush bread slices lightly with olive oil and grill over wood or charcoal until fairly dark on both sides. Arrange cheese evenly among the toasted bread and put in a 350˚F oven until cheese has melted. Arrange peaches on top of the cheese and garnish with basil and olive oil. Cut in half and serve.

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Home Grown Chef: Summer Peach Sangria

As a youngster, I would not eat peaches unless they were canned yellow cling slices in light syrup without skins. If I were going to eat something fresh and peach-like, I preferred the nectarine. The thought of biting into fuzzy skin was akin to licking the fur of my Siamese cat.

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Young Oregon Farmers

OREGON FARMERS ARE OLD AND CRUSTY people, and older and crustier if you believe the census figures. The average age of the Oregon farmer jumped to 60 in 2012 from 55 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture census ten years before that. 

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Backyard Oasis

It’s no secret that it rains in Oregon. But buckets of rain and snow squalls notwithstanding, Oregonians refuse to languish inside for long. In the following pages, three homeowners share their backyard transformations—inspiring us to embrace all four seasons from the comforts of home.

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Princess Peach

If you want to pick a peck of peaches, Valley View Orchard is a sweet spot. The trees are expansive, planted in wide rows, with thick trunks and twisted branches. Then there’s the view from the orchard’s 100-plus-year-old farmhouse, where rows of peach trees slope down to a vineyard. Ashland is nestled below and conifer-studded hills are in the distance.

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Portland Practice Spaces

From basements and small living rooms to lofts overlooking the city, great music is created in surprising places.