After our Arctic morning on the river, contending with Mother Nature's bad, bad mood, we had lunch on the shore.This kind of shore lunch requires some acrobatics. It's also a time to keep things really, really simple. Simple.Keep things simple. Okay?Simple.
The first thing you'll need is a sharp knife. Which I didn't have.The second…
This is the time of year when a lot of your proteins are in the freezer, since in many places, it is the “in between” season.One of my favorite things to do in these months is cure meat and fish. If I can manage to do it before it hits the freezer even better, but…
You know that fleshy weed that grows in sidewalk cracks? That's purslane. And it tastes very good if you know how to use it. I didn't use it properly until this past week when Jon Rowley made me realize that I do like it as more than just an "acid accent" to my normal salad…
Look What I Found In The Woods!I was catering a rehearsal dinner for a wedding last week and on the menu was a platter of sauteed wild mushrooms for the table. Well I was out in the woods and found this, so I promptly returned the packaged mushrooms to the store. These were a hit,…