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White Privilege
I used to call this one "Diabetes in a Glass", but reflecting upon recent events, I have changed the name to "White Privilege", because it tastes so sweet you don't even know it is fucking you up. Ingredients Old Fashioned Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Dr. Mc...
Take-out
Camp Rice & Mushrooms
https://vimeo.com/421069177 I cooked this on my Biolite Campstove2, using pellets for fuel. Any campstove will work. The trick is to fashion a double boiler. I broke up several small branches and tossed them in my large camp pot to form a trivet. I put...
Take & Bake Pizza with Wild Mushrooms
https://vimeo.com/419668102 Of course, take and bake pizza is a cheat but this is, after all, Cooking For Guys. Besides, this post is as much a brag about a successful mushroom hunt as it is about pizza. Amy, Andy and I took the sidecars up the ridge to...
Mushrooms on Toast
For a simple, quick breakfast it is hard to beat mushrooms on toast. In the spring I use morels, in the fall, chanterelles. Other mushrooms can be substituted. Ingredients toast fresh mushrooms - whatever is in season onion or shallots minced garlic...
A Day In the Woods
We had been hearing rumors of boletes being found at higher elevations, so Amy loaded Michael, Walter and me into the CrossTrek and we headed north of Trout Lake. ...
Good Afternoon
8/29/25 85f (29.4c) 3:00 Clear sky with a few mosquitoes. Mike, Walter and I made an excursion into the woods to escape the heat and look for mushrooms. It felt a good ten degrees cooler in the forest. ...
Good Afternoon
Amy's Uncle Joe and Aunt Judy are visiting from back east. I collected their autographs, then we spent the rest of the day wandering downtown Hood River. ...
Good Afternoon
8/11/25 3:00 105f (40.5c) Clear sky, no wind in town. I had been cooped up in the house with this cold for eleven days. Walter had been cooped up here with me. We were both going stir crazy. I was feeling better, enough...
Good Evening
8~9~25 7:30 80f Clear, blue sky with the sunning dropping low in the west, casting golden beams of light through the almost invisible haze of fire season. I painted the back decks yesterday, and soaked the soft spots with Minwax wood hardener. This morning I filled...
Good Morning
4/14/26 6:30 40F (4.4C) Uniform grey overcast, light breeze, dry for the moment. I slept in. It was already light when I opened my eyes. Walter got tired of waiting for me and licked my elbow until I got up and let him out. I tried hitting snooze, but...
Good Morning
4/13/26 5:30 50F (10C) Cloudy with a faint breeze and a light mist falling. Monday morning. The birds are submitting their resumes. The robins sound cheerful and optimistic, proud of their accomplishments. The turkey sounds increasingly desperate. A...
Good Morning
4/12/26 6:00 44F (6.66C) Overcast without a breeze. The moon is waning into its last quarter somewhere behind the clouds. Birds sing in the wan, gray glow. I sip my tea and let my consciousness blend into the growing light of day. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
4/11/26 5:30 50F (10C) Overcast and raining. Dark, wet, and quiet. A light, steady rain is falling. A single frog croaks in the dark, all alone and without hope or enthusiasm. The birds have yet to wake. Walter inspects the perimeter, ever vigilant....
Good Morning
4/10/26 5:30 48F (8.8C) Cloudy. No wind. The moon is hiding. The air is thick with pollen and the smell of fresh mown grass. No fans or sprayers yet this morning. The songbirds have center stage with a turkey calling in the distance. ...
