This year’s garden wasn’t perfect, by any means, but the hot peppers- all of them in pots on the front patio of the Elkhorn Inn this year- did great! When October arrived, and frost was imminent, with the pepper plants still covered in peppers, as they always are, Dan did Read more…
As a member of Crowdtap, I was recently given the opportunity to try a number of yummy products made by Sahale Snacks, and although I have enjoyed pretty much every sampling I’ve ever done, this was by far the best!My husband is a chef at our historic Inn, the Elkhorn Read more…
Through a #Crowdtap #sponsored program, we recently got to #DiscoverCampbells and try an assortment of Campbell’s new products (which include Swanson, Prego, and V-8), and we liked several of them SO much that Chef Dan has bought them again and again, and is using them in his signature recipes at Read more…
On our recent CruCon-booked Celebrity Cruise through the Caribbean, we spent a day in Antigua (where neither of us had ever been before), and as hubs is a chef (and I’m his favorite foodie!), we were really lucky to be able to spend the day learning to cook Antiguan dishes with Read more…
Skillet Bacon Jam Chef Dan recently had the opportunity to try a new condiment at the Elkhorn Inn, and it turned out to be one that we like so much we’re ordering it for the Elkhorn Inn! It’s called Skillet Bacon Jam, and it’s made by the Skillet Street Read more…
This post should also be called “When Guests Become Friends”, as it truly was that kind of a weekend at the Elkhorn Inn & Theatre! James D. Porterfield, historian and author of “From The Dining Car” and “Dining By Rail”, and “On The Menu” columnist for Railfan & Railroad Magazine, Read more…
Here are the menus for the Elkhorn Inn’s “West Virginia Wine Dinner Weekend” May 14-16, and our May 28-30 (Memorial Day Weekend) Gourmet Railfan Weekend: “Dueling Dining-Car Chefs” with historian, author, and Railfan & Railroad columnist James Porterfield! (And if these menus don’t make you drool, there’s just no hope!):May 14-16 Read more…
Today Chef Dan made his magnificent fresh-oregano-stuffed turkey, with an incredibly crispy herb-and-smoked-sea-salt rubbed skin, and we had it with “Saffire”, a crisp, dry white wine from our trip to AmRhein Winery in Virginia earlier this year, and it was wonderful! With it we had our garden-grown potatoes, mashed with Read more…
After our happy Railfan couple left the Elkhorn Inn on Saturday morning, Dan & I had a “foodie” weekend! My box of wonderful fresh produce arrived from www.TastePadThai.com (2 gorgeous green mangoes, fresh lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, & thai chilies, among other things!), & I cracked open Mai Pham’s Read more…
Ah, autumn in Landgraff, WV… the air gets crisp, the leaves change colors, and people steal your political signs off your property…I start this post with the unhappy news that our McCain-Palin sign was stolen from our side lawn the other day. Either a desperate McCain supporter, unable to find Read more…