Showing posts with label huckleberries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label huckleberries. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Book Review & Giveaway: Pacific Feast- A Cook's Guide to West Coast Foraging and Cuisine
"An intimate guide to the food at our feet, Pacific Feast shares expert advice on how to identify the good eats, harvest responsibly, and create delicious meals." - Pacific Feast
Far more than just a field guide or collection of recipes- this book includes a section of full-color photographs, recipes from chefs including Christina Choi (!) and Tom Douglas, harvesting calendars and beautiful introductions to each species covering area history and the Authors personal experiences.
Recipes range from Sea Urchin Gazpacho to Maple Blossom Fritters to a Spotted Owl (Nettle Martini), and Jennifer perfectly explains how and where to harvest your goods. Her experiences have taken her from California to Alaska and British Columbia and she doesn't seem to overlook a single worthwhile edible.
Among the stack of books that makes up my current reading list- this is the only one that bounces around my living room and kitchen constantly. I find myself reading through recipes at random on an almost nightly basis. My copy was a gift from a dear friend- and I'm thrilled to be able to offer a copy to one of my dear readers! Read on for details!
There are four (!) ways for you to enter to win your very own copy:
1. Leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite wild food is. If you don't have one- just tell me what's on your mind.
2. "Like" Skipstone Books on Facebook and leave a separate comment here telling me that you have.
3. Sign up for the Skipstone Books Newsletter and leave a separate comment here telling me that you have.
4. Follow Skipstone Books on Twitter and again- leave a separate comment here telling me that you have.
The contest will run for one week- ending April 13th at 9 PM Washington time. The winner will be chosen at random and contacted soon after. Please be sure to include a way to contact you in each of your entries. Good luck and happy foraging!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Cougar Rock Campground, Mt. Rainier Pt. 2
Days 2 and 3!
We finished off our second day exploring a bit more of Elbe (the other side of the street haha), and driving up the mountain to Paradise- stopping a million times to take pictures.
They had the prettiest dumpsters I've ever seen!
Our first stop on our drive up from the campground was at the Nisqually River. Standing on this bridge made you feel incredible and tiny and sort of off balance all at once. The river basin is so massive. I would love to see this river in early summer when the snow is still melting.
Onward!
Can you see Paradise Lodge tucked back in there? This area was quite developed, considering the rest of the park. We spent a good few minutes picking up other people's trash (UGH), but were rewarded for our efforts when this little man came sneaking out of the bushes right after we got back into the car!
We finished off our second day with a short hike to a waterfall, more salmon, Carlo Rossi + Pepsi (pure class!), and an extra noisy cricket bombarding the campground (yes, just one).
Sunday morning Becca dragged me out of our tent and up the mountain on a morning run. Yes! I started following this 5k training program about four weeks ago now and am doing an awesome job of sticking with it. Becca kicked my ass, and we honestly couldn't have asked for a better view. Take that, downtown Ballard. After our run we ate an awesome breakfast (eggs! muffins!), broke down the campsite, and headed down the mountain to Carter Falls trailhead.
Carter Falls is a fairly short and easy hike, with some great views and lots of neat things to check out along the way if you know what to look for. It's also a great location to kick back and enjoy a fresh, cold Rainier tall-boy. Oh yeah, we did.
Brittany the Naturalist discovered a bush of red huckleberries that had most likely been avoided by other hikers, not knowing what they were. Score for us!
I love glacial dumps! The woods near my dad's house growing up was full of these crazy huge boulders that had been dumped by the Mendenhall Glacier years before. Mt. Rainier is full of these, and I really can't get enough. They're so fascinating.
Things quickly deteriorated once we reached the falls...
We got some silly looks and some looks of envy from ladies who got it, and then headed back down to hit to road back home.
I suckered Amy into making a pit-stop with me at Copper Creek Inn to pick up pie. Yes, pie. Of all of the things to research before this trip- the one thing I figured out was that there was pie. Good pie. I actually just bought a frozen pie to bring home and bake, so that Matao might still love me a little.
All in all- a great weekend!
*Photo credits for the sly fox, and ladies w/ Rainier go to Brittany! Thanks love!
We finished off our second day exploring a bit more of Elbe (the other side of the street haha), and driving up the mountain to Paradise- stopping a million times to take pictures.
They had the prettiest dumpsters I've ever seen!
Our first stop on our drive up from the campground was at the Nisqually River. Standing on this bridge made you feel incredible and tiny and sort of off balance all at once. The river basin is so massive. I would love to see this river in early summer when the snow is still melting.
Onward!
Can you see Paradise Lodge tucked back in there? This area was quite developed, considering the rest of the park. We spent a good few minutes picking up other people's trash (UGH), but were rewarded for our efforts when this little man came sneaking out of the bushes right after we got back into the car!
We finished off our second day with a short hike to a waterfall, more salmon, Carlo Rossi + Pepsi (pure class!), and an extra noisy cricket bombarding the campground (yes, just one).
Sunday morning Becca dragged me out of our tent and up the mountain on a morning run. Yes! I started following this 5k training program about four weeks ago now and am doing an awesome job of sticking with it. Becca kicked my ass, and we honestly couldn't have asked for a better view. Take that, downtown Ballard. After our run we ate an awesome breakfast (eggs! muffins!), broke down the campsite, and headed down the mountain to Carter Falls trailhead.
Carter Falls is a fairly short and easy hike, with some great views and lots of neat things to check out along the way if you know what to look for. It's also a great location to kick back and enjoy a fresh, cold Rainier tall-boy. Oh yeah, we did.
Brittany the Naturalist discovered a bush of red huckleberries that had most likely been avoided by other hikers, not knowing what they were. Score for us!
I love glacial dumps! The woods near my dad's house growing up was full of these crazy huge boulders that had been dumped by the Mendenhall Glacier years before. Mt. Rainier is full of these, and I really can't get enough. They're so fascinating.
Things quickly deteriorated once we reached the falls...
We got some silly looks and some looks of envy from ladies who got it, and then headed back down to hit to road back home.
I suckered Amy into making a pit-stop with me at Copper Creek Inn to pick up pie. Yes, pie. Of all of the things to research before this trip- the one thing I figured out was that there was pie. Good pie. I actually just bought a frozen pie to bring home and bake, so that Matao might still love me a little.
All in all- a great weekend!
*Photo credits for the sly fox, and ladies w/ Rainier go to Brittany! Thanks love!
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