As Big Bear Lake’s overly caffeinated outdoor adventure guide and culinary storyteller, I usually try to keep the trailside hysteria to a minimum. I would much rather talk about alpine sunsets, wild burros, campfire recipes and tourists wearing flip-flops on hiking trails. But here I am, living my so-called best life in a Southern California …
If you are creating an Indian feast this summer season, this Bollywood Lemon Rice — Extra Drama, Extra Cashews, is so delicious and easy to create in your rice cooker! You don’t even have to turn on your oven when it’s so hot out in late May! If I’m spending my days sweating in May, …
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 …
It’s officially the holiday season—not because the calendar says so, but because I found myself shivering in a thirty-degree supermarket that smelled faintly like a Hong Kong night market, soaking wet in what I’m pretty sure was fish soup. Meanwhile, every shopper around me looked dressed for an Olympic-level sledding adventure in Big Bear Lake, …
I’m a little terrified of beans as my body hates them but I also do love black beans. Beans are so heart-healthy and high in fiber. They are not a food group I enjoy running from in terror, yet I usually do. But I can’t resist these black bean burgers. As more people are trying …