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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By John Gottberg Anderson / The Bulletin
March 30, 2007
Local restaurant goers know the story by now. Young Ariana Asti goes to work for Chef Jody Denton when he opens Merenda in 2002. There she meets a handsome Colombian, fellow cook Andres Fernandez, who had left a budding career in banking to pursue his passion in the culinary arts. They begin....