April days may mean spring showers. Or foggy, rainy spring days may mean great weather for creating a Venison Curry. It’s hard to say what the weather will be like in April in this mountain town. It could be seventy degrees out and I could bike ten miles back to Holcomb Valley with my adventure …
It’s finally starting to feel like the holidays here at over six thousand feet. Our mountain town in southern California is covered in the first dusting of fresh snow. Nothing brings joy to my heart like fresh snow. Okay, maybe deep-fried potatoes bring me a lot of happiness. Indulge in starchy goodness It’s okay, you …
Jaw-droppingly gorgeous days in the mountains like today make me have one thought. I fucking hate California. How can I live in such an unworldly beautiful place and not be able to enjoy it because all of my hidden wilderness spaces are covered in graffiti? Welcome to life in 2023. Criminals do what they want, …
If there is a blizzard raging outside your cabin then dear Lord I hope you have a hot pot of tamarind-infused pepper water simmering on your stovetop! Who needs cheap canned chili when you have pepper water? Well unless it’s Elk Chili with Adobe Peppers of course of course. But back to this savory rasam-like broth. …
I just survived a blizzard. Or what southern California refers to as a blizzard anyways. It was a rough couple of days. I burned close to five hundred calories a day shoveling over four feet of snow in this southern California blizzard. That obviously led to some gluten-free baking and possibly some low-carb deep-fried shenanigans. …