If Janie Burns and Amy Hutchinson hadn’t organized the project called “2011: The Year of Idaho Food,” I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to spend the last 12 months sipping gin at 8:30 in the morning (well, once), foraging for stinging nettles in the forests of McCall, riding in a big-ass wheat combine on...
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Mike Pearson had heard the stories but wanted to find out for himself. Last fall he did a little detective work, poking through an abandoned vineyard some 30 miles east of Lewiston. “We were looking for grapes, trying to identify them by the cluster,” he said of century-old vines rumored to have been, at...
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It happens all the time: a woman sits down at a restaurant with a man and the person waiting on the table – male or female – assumes that the man will order the wine. Call it a cultural default in a world where we traditionally ask men to be connoisseurs and gatekeepers of...
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On Labor Day and the Day of Idaho Food, it seems fitting to post an audio slideshow of images that illustrate the commitment of those who grow, market and prepare the food that makes Idaho’s local food scene so diverse and vibrant. But before, here’s a fitting excerpt from “Honoring the Hands that Prepare Our Food” by...
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Here’s a quick look at Sunday’s sold out 3rd annual Savor Idaho event — a showcase for Idaho wine and food — at the Idaho Botanical Gardens in Boise.
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Hand: The Year of Idaho Food is nearing it’s halfway mark. A year long collaboration of volunteers, the Year of Idaho Food is designed to collect and catalogue stories, recipes, photographs and videos from any Idahoan willing to share. The project is gathering material from gardeners, farmers, restaurant owners, virtually anyone with a connection...
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Bill Fraser pops the cork on a bottle of 2009 Petite Sirah, a new varietal for his boutique Boise winery tucked into a quiet commercial neighborhood off Capital Boulevard. In a room whose concrete floor, sheetrock walls and fluorescent lighting betray its past as home to his former construction company, Fraser pours ruby liquid...
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