AWE = Art, Wellbeing and Edibles.
Black Bean paste is a Chinese condiment used in many a dish (hoisin sauce, stir fries, Asian BBQ, noodles), and a secret ingredient of those from Team Umami. It’s bold and tangy and can bump the flavor factor of your sauces manyfold. It can be really difficult to …
Can you name me another sport where a major race is cancelled yet thousands of people still show up? The 2017 American Birkebiener Ski Marathon, largest cross country ski race in North America and part of the reason we trek northward for the season, …
Full moon in the North Woods from a couple of weeks ago…back when we were blanked by that white stuff called snow. It’s been an interesting time of skiing in alternating slush-ice-slush-ice-rain conditions during these tropical heat waves, what can you do but enjoy the moment while quietly mourning …
First, a stunning photo by Coleen Sullins. She joined us for a trip to ABR then afterwards sent along this Birch beauty for the post. It almost appears that she was laying down for the shot…I didn’t ask if perhaps she fell while skiing and …
More wax!! For any of you partial to vintage ski paraphernalia here is Something Old and Something New in side-by-side Reds: years ago Swedish wax company Lind-Ex changed their name to SkiGo and here they are together. We bought the new SkiGo Red this year because …
The Montreal River…not frozen. There aren’t many places that can survive a week of temperatures hovering around 40 degrees (F) with multiple days of pouring rain and still have trails with skiable snow. ABR in Ironwood, Michigan is such a place with their dedication …
Completely inspired by Magnus Nilsson of Fäviken in Sweden, these crisps are simple with a most intriguing look. In his cookbook Fäviken, Magnus explains that he started with thicker versions using more types of seeds, then evolved the crisp towards thinner version using only flax. His cookbook photo …
Fuzzy diversions! Friends just picked up their chicks for the year and there are few things in this world more adorable than fuzzy babies. Their nervous peeps filled the room when they first arrived, eventually softening into murmurs as they calmed and settled into to their new surroundings. They would …
Fritter me this. You can make a flavorful mash of nearly anything then fry it up and call it a fritter. British fritters are often coated in a batter before frying, but U.S. fritters mainly consist of main ingredient with some kind of binder (like egg, flour …
