Cathy Carroll

Dec 4, 2024 | bendmagazine.com | Cathy Carroll |Libby Marsden

Everyone knows Mexico’s savory dishes. Tacos, guacamole, burritos, enchiladas and others are firmly entrenched in the American culinary lexicon. Mexican cakes and pastries, however, remain lesser known, left to discover. Fortunately, Central Oregon’s Mexican bakeries are full of crunchy, flaky, creamy and sweet postres — desserts that transport your palate to a delicious place south of the border.

Oct 30, 2024 | bendmagazine.com | Cathy Carroll |Cali Clement

Suzette Hibble is doing it to discover who she is beyond a wife and mother. Anna Schmitt is in it to uncover her true self — the one she was before societal roles such as educator defined her. Clint Reinhard loves saying “yes” to new things. Elizabeth Havice does it for fun with friends and heard it could help her attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, too. Luke Warren wants to tap into the fun he had trying acting when he was younger.

Sep 4, 2024 | bendmagazine.com | Cathy Carroll |Cali Clement

Brian Malarkey Serves His Own Brand of Refined Rustic Food, With a Touch of GlamTumalo, 1983: Nine-year-old Brian Malarkey is riding a skinny-tired 10-speed down a rocky dirt road to school. He’d already cleaned out the horse stalls at the family’s 90-acre cattle ranch and in winter, he’d have broken the ice in the animals’ water troughs.

Aug 5, 2024 | bendmagazine.com | Cathy Carroll |Cali Clement

Kate Bhatia’s Scoops of SuccessIt was 2 a.m. and Kate Bhatia was mopping her kitchen floor, a sticky mess after an evening of making batch after batch of ice cream, while her 2-year-old, Teddy, and 13-week-old, Eleanor, slept. This was all after a day of working remotely for a tech startup. It was at that moment in the summer of 2022 when Bhatia realized she couldn’t do it all, nor did she want to.

Aug 5, 2024 | familybusinessmagazine.com | Cathy Carroll

What do these questions have in common? Should we include or exclude married-ins in our family business? Should we stick with the governance documents we crafted 10 years ago, or change them given current circumstances? Should we invest or harvest profits from the family business? In addition to highlighting thorny issues common in a family business, they are also either/or questions that oversimplify dilemmas requiring a more nuanced approach.