About me
I live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, along the coast of Lake Superior. It's a fiercely beautiful land--half wild and incredible. Trips to the grocery are actual trips and I have to plan carefully---there's no running out for a gallon of milk at 8pm. Really don't consider myself an expert here---I have years of experience cooking from scratch though---no jars or boxes in my pantry. I lovelovelove to bake! Oh, and love soup--we eat gallons of the stuff 'round here. Let's peek in that pantry now: at least one bag of every kind of dried bean I can get my hands on, olives, sardines (yuck, where did THOSE come from!), five kinds of flour, four kinds of sugar, home-canned: tomatoes, salsa, pepper relish, venison, tomato juice, whitefish, blueberries and a wild yeast starter I call Stewie (pun intended). There's several kinds of oats, maple syrup, a can of emergency creamed corn and twenty pounds of Hot Rize flour for biscuits. Over in the corner is a shelf full of jelly, jam and butters---I love the fruits! One of my passions is smoking and grilling and I make Canadian bacon, smoked pork, beef and poultry and summer sausage. I also enjoy making my own dry rubs and BBQ sauces. I love to read, fish, hike, camp and bike (anything outdoors is good!).Oh, I run and cook for a camp here in the UP too. There's enough about me----enough to give you an idea anyway!