I wish I were in southern India right now—sitting at a chaat house, wearing a colorful kurti that I paid four American dollars for, plastic chair wobbling, elbow-to-elbow with strangers, scooping up yogurty raita that absolutely does not contain pomegranate seeds… and is definitely not high protein. If we were actually in southern India, no …
If you’ve been out snowshoeing all morning, leading tourists on the best snowy hike anywhere in the San Bernardino National Forest, slogging through powder like an underpaid Hot Chocolate welding Sherpa who didn’t sign up for this, then yes—this is absolutely the recipe your life has been missing. Burn 6,000 calories pretending you’re on the …
A hot and spicy Indian supper is a staple in our mountain kitchen here at 6,000 feet in the winter months. Our mountain cabin may not be tucked away high up in the Himalayan peaks but here in snowy Big Bear Lake, California, we can have just a touch of northern Indian fare but still …
Okay, yes, I have been a little obsessed with venison recently. As someone who has an eccentric Cousin Bob from Idaho (Okay, maybe Cousin Bob is not that eccentric, he’s just a democrat), I grew up my whole life lusting after venison and antelope when my family from Idaho Falls would travel from Idaho to …
Here it is January 2025 and who can afford to buy steak, chicken or eggs, especially here in California? Our groceries are at an all-time high here in Southern California. Luckily you can create this easy South Indian Curry with simple inexpensive ingredients like ground goat, spices, potatoes and onions. Our family has taken to …



