Hey Chris, can you pass me some sauce?
After Columbus landed in the Americas, he brought a lot of things back to the Continent. There was knowledge of the New World, sure, but let’s not forget wheat, potatoes, …
Category: Food and Drink
Where a Cuban Sandwich is Just a Sandwich
We are having a great visit to Havana, Cuba, where Souzz had a work trip and I tagged along. While Cuba has been off limits to Americans for a long …
Alaska / Food and Drink / USA
Burning Dessert
A few years back, Souzz and I made flaming Baked Alaska on a packrafting trip in West Virginia with our good friend Sara. The trip was Sara’s Bon Voyage before …
Cabins / Food and Drink / PATC Cabins / Pennsylvania / USA
Bova Shankel
So what exactly is a “regional” food, you might ask? (ok, you wouldn’t ask that, but just play along for the sake of the blog). A food might be regional …
Cabins / Food and Drink / International / PATC Cabins / Switzerland / USA / Virginia
Blue Ridge Geschnetzeltes
Our friend Reto stopped through Virginia this weekend on his way back to his native Switzerland. As his home country boasts some amazing scenery, we were a bit surprised that …
Buddy, Can You Spare A Rib?
Virginia is bracing for record-breaking snowstorms tomorrow, but I’m still basking in the glow of a fun backpacking trip last weekend with my friend KB. We went to Brown’s Hollow, …
Kuchen With Souzz
This week I decided to change things up a bit and do a German themed dinner at home that included käsekuchen (German cheesecake), homemade sauerkraut, and kasseler rippchen. Kasseler is …
Cabins / Food and Drink / Maryland / PATC Cabins / USA
Grishgroom
Another weekend, another PATC cabin visit–or so it seems. And while that may look like a pattern of sorts, it’s really not—as each of the PATC cabins are so incredibly …
Food and Drink / Ohio / USA
Having a Ball in Cleveland
We’re in Cleveland celebrating Thanksgiving with Souzz’s peeps, which has been a ton of fun. Being together with family is the main thing, of course, but our visit also gave …
Cabins / Food and Drink / PATC Cabins / USA / Virginia
Another Birthday Thai
My birthday was last weekend, but Souzz was out of town so we postponed the celebration by a week. That means I’m technically seven days younger–and I feel so much …