On Sunday Dan & I went ATVing up to Miracle Mountain, figuring we’d see some fall color- but thankfully, amazingly, it’s still summer in our mountains, and it was 90 degrees and everything was gloriously green! Woot! As we often do, Read more
In preparation for an Elkhorn Inn guest dinner of almond-crusted pan-fried trout, last night Chef Dan came home from wonderful Food City with not only beautiful trout fillets, but butter-tender, sushi-quality tuna & baby scallops- AND a bottle of Japanese Gekkeikan saki! Read more
We have two great upcoming events at the Elkhorn Inn this fall: Labor Day Weekend, Sept 3-5, 2010: Our second “Dueling Dining-Car Chefs” Railfan Gourmet Weekend with James Porterfield! Jim Porterfield, author of “Dining by Rail” & “From The Dining Read more
Yesterday I finally went out and did some weeding, and discovered that, lo & behold, our new raised box garden of tomato plants had gone Absolutely Berserk! Chef Dan has made several tomato harvests, but this time I carried in bowls Read more
I haven’t posted in a bit as I have been working for FEMA as a Community Relations Field Specialist here in McDowell County, WV for last two weeks as part of the Disaster Response Operation for the June floods. This is 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”, Read more
This has been quite a week- in the very best way! As Inn-Keepers, it’s a wonderful thing when guests truly become friends, and that is what these last few weeks have been about! I’ll start with this weekend, when Tony 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, & Read more
The Elkhorn Inn’s first “West Virginia Wine Dinner Weekend” was a grand (and delicious) success! Chef Dan’s Kirkwood Winery ramp-wine-marinated, herb-crusted roast leg of lamb was delectable, and So good with the Watt’s Roost Winery Chambourcin! The dry Martin’s Mist Dry 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 Read more