This is a story about growing etrogs in West Virginia… First, a bit about etrogs! An etrog (or esrog) is a special kind of citron that is used in celebrating the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in the fall. Sukkot is one of the Jewish “High Holidays”; it comes after Rosh Read more…
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…
TAMALES When Dan and I were on a cruise that spent a day in Cozumel, we took a wonderful cooking class, with a market visit, at Josefina’s Cocina Con Alma: https://www.cozumelchef.com/ After we returned to West Virginia (and added several of the dishes we learned to make to the Elkhorn Inn Read more…
Vietnam Summer Rolls! After Dan and I returned to West Virginia from our last trip to Vietnam in 2015, having taking a number of cooking classes and “foodie” tours all across the country, I sourced seeds for Vietnamese herbs online, and began growing them in our garden at the Elkhorn Read more…
The Elkhorn Inn & Theatre is proud to introduce a GREAT new product in our Gift Shop: Grillo’s Essentials all-natural, essential oil insect repellent! West Virginia is #AlmostHeaven, but it’s also “Land of Ticks”- and this REALLY works- better than the poisons- to keep the bugs away- and you can Read more…
Many of you know that I am a bit of a “garden fanatic”, always looking for new herbs, flowers, and veggies to plant in our garden at the Elkhorn Inn, and thanks to being a member of Crowdtap, I recently had the opportunity to sample (and now review) a great Read more…
As I blog about our recent, month-long trip through Vietnam (thanks to Vietnam Central Coastal Tourism!), I am also sorting though (and, uh, enjoying…) the many “foodie” and “drinkie” treats we brought back, and making the list of herbs and veggies I want to try to grow in our garden Read more…
For the last 12 years that we’ve had the Elkhorn Inn, Chef Dan and I have been making pickles, cordial, or freezing all the things we make from our garden and wild harvests: I make Vietnamese, Korean, and Chinese-style hot peppers & Mexican Gherkin pickles, we make cordial from the Read more…
Last year, a home decor store I seriously love- Wind & Weather – hosted a contest called “Share the Love”. I covet basically everything in their catalog, and at Hanukkah I bought several of their things for the Inn (see photos below), so with great hope I submitted the story of how Read more…
The other day I found this on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbk81X6WHA4 the 1966 opening to Green Acres! Born in 1959 and a true product of my (Boomer) generation, I literally grew up on Green Acres (along with Laugh-In, Bewitched, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Munsters, & I Dream of Jeannie); Grandma Tanya letting me stay up Read more…