Delicious and fancy rolled cake made with Oregon Strawberries!

Shu-mai Dumpling Ducks and Inari Sushi Football Bento. You don’t need a steamer to steam shu-mai dumplings!

Oregon Trail Cookies taste like a bite out of Oregon. Hazelnuts, oats, espresso and tart cherries combine in a rich and satisfying cookie.

French Toast with Spiced Apples and Caramel Sauce was breakfast at Youngberg Hill Inn in the beautiful Oregon Wine Country…tour the region

Strudel with Poppy Seed Filling…plus Oregon’s Saturday Craft Market, edible VooDoo, and Mt. Hood Sushi!

Chef Gregory Denton’s Metrovino burgers

a honey walnut cake with Riesling sabayon – part of an amazing meal at Grüner in Portland.

What’s the real secret to Mom’s Cherry Pie? Recipe adapted for canned, fresh and frozen pie cherries.

Chocolate Cherry Cinnamon Buns

Oregon Fruit canned plum crisp with vanilla sugar.

Delicious seafood soup dishes with local NW ingredients.

Tuna croquettes made from home-canned albacore.

Blueberry Plum Pie and a visit to the Oregon Fruit Factory.

Catching the elusive King Chinook Salmon using anchovies. Stories and photos about my first salmon fishing trip.