Mother of The Month

ABOUT M.O.M.

Through her travels, Chef Lisa came to realize that the best meals of a country are not found in its restaurants. They’re found in its homes, made with love by mothers cooking for their families. So, in addition to Mother’s regular menu where she serves food from mothers around the world, Chef Lisa highlights a different mother each month and features some of her special dishes.

The special mother is called the Mother of the Month (or M.O.M.™), and her photograph, story and menu take a prominent place at the beginning of Mother’s menu. We choose a mother that allows us to take advantage of the seasonal availability of ingredients, such as a Greek mother in the summer months and a Polish mother in the winter months.

If you’d like to nominate a mother to be the M.O.M.™, CLICK HERE and tell us something about her and her special dishes.

M.O.M. Menu

Kim Cress

KIM CRESS

Lunch & Dinner

Italian Chopped Salad
julienne romaine, tomatoes, chickpeas, niçoise olives, provolone, genoa salami,
red onions, basil, red wine vinaigrette (contains anchovy)

18

Lunch

Chicken Cutlet Parmesan Sandwich
breaded & pan-fried chicken breast, mozzarella,
tomato-basil sauce, french roll, caesar salad

21

Dinner

Chicken Parmesan
breaded & pan-fried chicken breast, mozzarella,
tomato-basil sauce, linguine pomodoro

26

Dessert

Tiramisù
ladyfingers dipped in kahlúa, brandy & espresso,
layered with mascarpone & whipped cream

10

Special Cocktail

Sicilian Iced Tea
a Long Island – Mama’s style: Amaro,
Cointreau, lime & orange juice, club soda

13

 

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CURRENT M.O.M. STORY

KIM CRESS

mother of the month (m.o.m.)

Kim Felschow was born in Buffalo, New York in 1976. She grew up in a blue collar family with a home-cooked meal every night, since her
mother was a fantastic cook. They saved going out for dinner for special occasions only. Kim started working when she was 16 and her
first job was as a dietary aid in a nursing home. When she was 19 years old and looking for adventure, Kim took a job as a dishwasher in
the Grand Canyon but was promoted to prep cook and baker within a week. She worked there for 1 1/2 years, and then took a job at
Yellowstone National Park. She started as a prep cook and worked her way up the ranks, from line cook to sous chef. She fell in love with
a fellow cook, Dana Cress, and the two started to plot where they would go on their next adventure together.

Their next move was to Winter Park, Colorado where Kim took a job as a sous chef at an aprés ski restaurant, and Dana worked as a
sauté cook. The two then moved on to Denali State Park in Alaska where they worked for two summers. Finally deciding it was time to
“get serious” and settle down, the two moved to Buffalo and were married in 2002. Both Dana and Kim’s brother Nick wanted to go to
culinary school, so Kim, her husband and brother packed up and moved to Oregon, Dana’s home state, six months later.

Kim took a job at the first place she applied (thankfully!), Mother’s Bistro & Bar. She started as a line cook and was quickly promoted to
sous chef. She did so great, she was made the opening Chef at Mama Mia Trattoria (which Chef Lisa sold 16 years ago). She helped
develop the menu and created some of the dishes we’re serving this month.

In 2008, Kim gave birth to her daughter Jayda. Kim and her family yearned to be in a more rural area, so they moved to Bend, Oregon
six years later. Needing to be more available to her daughter, Kim moved out of the professional kitchen and into retail.
She is the manager of Central Oregon Locavore, a non-profit supporting local farmers, ranchers, and food artisans.

We don’t get to eat Kim’s great cooking anymore, so we’re excited to be serving some of our (her) Italian favorites this month!

Click here to See Former M.O.M.S

Nominate A M.O.M.

The M.O.M. menu has been an important part of Mother’s since we opened in 2000.  This allows our guests to experience both new flavors and dishes from around the world and meals prepared with love by mothers cooking for their families.  Our past M.O.M.’s include a wide variety of individuals- mothers, sisters, grandmothers, daughters, friends, and wives- and we’ve even had a few honorary male M.O.M.’s!

If you would like to nominate somebody (or yourself) to be a future M.O.M. at Mother’s, please fill out this form and return it to the host at Mother’s or [email protected].  Once we receive your form, we will contact the nominee (if possible), or you, (if it’s you or if you’d like to be the intermediary) to discuss potential dishes for the M.O.M. menu.

When making menu suggestions, please keep in mind that our M.O.M. menu typically includes an appetizer, salad and/or lunch item, 2-3 entrees (usually a meat, poultry, and/or vegetarian/fish dish) and a dessert.  When making suggestions, feel free to make your list as long as you’d like, but don’t suggest dishes that replicate those on our main menu (even if yours is the best meatloaf in the world, meatloaf is on our regular menu, so couldn’t be offered on our M.O.M. menu).

It’s likely we’ll have a bit of back and forth where I may ask you to list ingredients in a dish to gain a clearer idea of how it might taste, but keep in mind that we won’t need any recipes until after we finalize the menu.

Thanks again for your interest in the M.O.M. program.  Feel free to contact us with any questions you have!

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