Andy and I took a three night mind clearing trip to Canada’s Lake Superior Provincial Park, located two hours north of Sault Ste. Marie, MI. Day 1: When we arrived the lake was like absolute glass! Barely any movement at the shoreline. Sunny. 70 degrees during the day…50 at night. Day 2: The guy at…
Category: Eating
The 80/90 Sandwich
A day’s drive through Gary, Chicago, and Milwaukee needs a good sandwich!! Why not make one yourself? In the car! Here is our improvisation made en route to Madison on the second part of the Great Lakes tour. The 80/90 Sandwich 1 loaf 5 seed bread (whole wheat base w/ pumpkin, poppy, sesame, flax and…
Herring Stogy and Kenny Burrell
We woke up in Monacle Lake Campground in the Hiawatha National Forest today. We ate some oatmeal with strawberries and then headed off to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. On the way we stopped at a local’s house inside the Bay Mills Reservation and bought some home smoked trout. We had a tip off at the…
Food without oil
I read something in Barbara Kingsolver’s book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle this 4th of July weekend that floored me! It was a blurb in the book about how we put almost as much fuel into our refrigerators as we do our cars. She said, “If every U.S. citizen ate just one meal a week (any meal)…
Floodwood Wayside Lunch
Good Food When We Needed It… Our canvas bag pantry in the trunk was filling up with some gourmet odds and ends from all of the meals we cooked for my family and friends along the way, so we decided to stop in the middle of nowhere (Floodwood, Minnesota) after an especially cranky couple of…
2nd Street Bistro Gig in Ashland, WI
We played a very cool restaurant gig in Ashland, WI last night. We were pleasantly surprised by the 2nd Street Bistro. They serve dishes with local meats and produce, have good regional beers on tap, have a boutique wine list, and of all things, they have music twice a week to help support local musicians!!!…
Moab Oasis
Fresh Food at Last We walked into the Moab Brewery at 11:30am today at the guy at the bar walked up with 20 ounce pours, “pounders are the same price as pints on Sunday, it is our way of celebrating the Sabbath,” he said. “Are we in Utah” I thought? We were further convinced by…
Chesler Park Rocks!
This is one of the most famous places in Canyonlands, an amazing high altitude plains-like area that is surrounded by a castle fortress of eroding rocks. We had fun capturing it at sunset and then making a fantastic dinner. Supreme Backpacking Pasta 6 oz Udon 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 shallot, minced 1 TBS ginger,…
Watercrazed…we’re not by the great lakes anymore
Ahh, Natural Resources… Nothing is too far away from the water source in the Canyonlands campground, but we were worried about finding a place to filter water out in the backcounty. Water is available only in small isolated pools usually as the base of a rock outcrop in the upper parts of the canyons. When…