sim plic i ty |sim’plisite| noun the quality or condition of being easy to understand or do: for the sake of simplicity, this chapter will concentrate on one theory. the quality or condition of being plain or natural: the grandeur and simplicity of Salsa de Ancho. Some things in a fly fisher’s world manifest the […]
Friday Feast
Though admittedly I’d probably eat an oyster poorboy if you transported me onto Canal Street in New Orleans right now, my second choice would probably be this burger. I can’t remember (cough, cough) exactly where we had these on Canal a few years ago, but they were outrageously good. A few weeks ago we were […]
It’s been hard not to taunt friends in Texas as they’ve endured another scorching summer (though nothing like last year) as we’ve basked in the delightful (relative) coolness of summertime in the Puget Sound Lowlands. Until this week, a hot day was something pushing the mercury into the high 70’s. The even more rare day […]
In a long, cold Montana winter-induced-delirium one early March a few years ago, we started experimenting with coffee-based rubs for ribs. We were about to succumb to the shameless begging of a friend to join his competition bbq team and needed something to do during the seemingly endless grind of snow and ice. While the […]
Got a call from friend Ed this week wanting to know when the hell I was coming back over to Bozeman; he wanted among other things a few pounds of prawns /shrimp, some halibut and a batch or two of these Corn and Shrimp Fritters. We made the (relative) mistake of fixing these for Ed […]
She was caught red-handed and she knew it. I ran into the kitchen after the party had moved to the backyard and there she was in all her glory, emitting a moan of almost sensual ecstasy, leaning over the counter in what some might have considered to be very nearly a provocative pose. My noisy […]
Despite being a foodie at heart, like most red-blooded American males I’ve never been a fan of eating crow or humble pie. I’ve recently dined on some, however, and the side-dish of Grilled Balsamic Ribs was absodamnlutely delightful. As it turns out She Who Must Be Obeyed accepted an invitation to dine with a couple […]
Having spent the past two summers deep in the bowels of Texas, with one of those summers (2011) very nearly the hottest in the history of hell, we have a deep and genuine empathy with our friends around the country who’ve been sweltering this year. Last summer season (down there) we endured 110 days of […]
Despite some of us having genuine and legitimate southern pedigrees I’ll be the first to admit we’ve done our fair share of poking fun at (some) Southerners. To claim us overtly biased against the South, however, would be a lie worthy of high ranking political office. Without a doubt we love chasing redfish on south […]
Proving that almost anything is supremely better when prepared on the grill, here’s a great sorta uptown side dish for your 4th of July celebration next week. I can’t exactly remember where we dug this dish up except that it was at a party in Bozeman several years ago where the cohost was a very […]
Last Thursday afternoon as She Who Must Be Obeyed was gathering up our gear and packing to head to Bozeman, an urgent call came in. Given the near perpetual growing season over in Western Washington, a friend wanted us to track down some early season fresh corn (if there was any to be found) and […]
If all goes according to plan today, and we all know damned well that life rarely does, when this post loads onto the blog this morning (6 AM) She Who Must Be Obeyed and I will be motoring over Snoqualmie Pass eastbound to Bozeman. We’ve both been anticipating this escape to home country for a […]
I used to think fly fishermen could very well be some of the most pedantic, anal, argumentative, minutia-loving bastards on the planet. We are of course, though I’ve stumbled across a group out there that is probably just as bad. Maybe even worse. Who might that be? While there are a number of groups that […]
Our chef friend Libby, a truly gifted chef and only occasional smartass, called for a favor the other day. She was back in Montana (we met Libby when she was serving her work-induced exile in Texas some months ago) visiting friends and decided she needed this recipe. Despite her sporadically razor-sharp memory she claims she […]
Memorial Day weekend. For foodies across the land Memorial Day weekend conjures up visions of backyard grills packed with tasty creations as well as brisket and sausage transforming into masterpieces in the smoker. For much of the country this weekend signifies the arrival of summer. Here in the PNW we’re even forecast to have a […]
