Minnesota Mafia Dinner
Despite uncertain weather and a mutiny attempt, the Minnesota contingent of the Great Lakes Cruising Club 2015 Rendezvous in Rogers City, MI dined and partied on Gaviidae tonight. It was …
Salmon Redemption
After botching Sunday night’s meal of Mexican Cornbread Casserole–when I absent-mindedly used cornmeal instead of cornbread mix, for which I blame our guest Dewey’s Manhattans—I redeemed myself tonight by grilling …
Manhattans in Marquette
After years of avoiding whiskey cocktails like the plague thanks to some megaton-level hangovers, I’ve developed a taste for the Manhattan Cocktail. I have other, mixed associations with this classic …
Florapalooza
Wild Lupines (lupinis perennis), or lupin, commonly present scattered purplish splashes in the verdant north woods of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan in early summer. In some cases, these flamboyant 2-3 …