Notes on the Genesis of Wild and Wanderful Travel
How Did I Get Here? Honestly, it’s been a long road and a wild ride, but I would not change it. I have been a…
Homemade Pizza Worth Writing Home About
If you, like me, grew up believing that a pizza made from scratch came out of a Chef Boyardee box, then you, like me, May…
2 Morel Mushroom Recipes You Can't Live Without
There are many ways to cook and eat a morel mushroom. In fact, you really could use a morel mushroom anywhere and any way you…
Spring Means Morel Mushrooms
Growing up in Appalachia there is just something magical about eating from the earth. But foraging for your own mushrooms can be scary. If you…
Making Creme de Violette
It started on my quarantine birthday. One of my dearest friends who, like us, had not left the house for weeks, agreed to break the…
The New 2020 IBA Cocktail List. The Quest (modified)
So… many of you know that I have been working my way through the IBA list of official cocktails. Well, it’s 2020… it’s quarantine… and…
Quarantine and the Clover Club
IBA Cocktail No.9… and Appalachian Industrialism Revisited Well, quarantine has been interesting. I must say that with two distance runners in the house who are…
Why You Should Learn to Make a Daiquiri
IBA Cocktail No. 10…andbecoming a “real” bartender Don’t you hate it when people say “I read somewhere…,” and then they have no idea where they…
Aluminum Bar Wading Boots: A Review
For years and years I fished in Simms Guide Boots. I loved these boots dearly. So much so that I actually bought a spare pair…
The Aviation
IBA Cocktail No. 4… and a Dinner to Remember It all began at a table in Asheville, NC… Table Asheville is one of our favorite…
Becoming a Roadie for the Fly Fishing Film Tour
How Far Would You Go to Watch a Movie??? Some people follow Phish. I mean religiously follow them. They travel concert to concert on a…