wild for salmon and sorghum beer

Happy Small Business Saturday! Today I'm digging up some pictures from a very simple and very delicious dinner from the summer. Featuring, of course, one of my favorite local small businesses! Wild for Salmon is based in my hometown of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. They harvest the salmon themselves off the coast of Bristol Bay, Alaska and truck it back to Pennsylvania to sell from their base warehouse, farmers markets, and small stores around our area! And wow! Is the product impressive.

The day we picked these fillets up, Pork and I left em in an olive oil, gluten free soy sauce, (our own)garlic, and ginger marinade for a few hours before tossing them on the grate over a nice bed of coals right before sunset. complimented, of course, with local mashed potatoes creamed up with our favorite raw milk and butter from another local vendor. believe me when I say these fillets are melt-in-your-mouth good. I'm glad I have a small vendor like Wild for Salmon I can trust to deliver a sustainable and high quality cut!

Although not AS small, I can't leave out my fish-pairing of choice, Dogfish Head's Tweason'ale. A totally quenching honey, strawberry, and GLUTEN FREE sorghum beer! I had a taste of this great brew in a tiny cafe in Philadelphia last winter and finally got a growler of my own during a trip out to Delaware in August. Just writing about it is making me itch to order a case.

I hope ya'll are having a great late autumn! and staying warm for those in the northern terrain!

x danielle

Wild for Salmon
Dogfish Head

roasted breakfast potatoes

every weekend morning, regardless of if I work or not, I force myself out of bed early enough to whip up something delicious. as a farm raised kid, I go for the meat/potatoes/veggie&egg a guiltily 9 outta 10 times. pre-shredded frozen potatoes are almost always kept in stock for the frequent occasion when we want to indulge in a pile of hash browns without the prep.  I could write a novel on potato dishes, but I digress.

this morning I decided to go for the just-as-delicious-but-longer-cooking roasted potatoes. this roasted potato recipe is so easy and even easier to modify to your tastes. it's especially great to roast along side a larger meal or even in the middle of the night for a quick, cozy snack. feel free to use your favorite type of oil in place of evoo, swap in sweet potatoes in lieu of reds, or play with all your go-to spices!!

oven roasted potatoes

• 3 med-large potatoes, diced into half inch pieces
• 1-2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1 TBSP fresh chives, chopped
• 1 tsp garlic, minced or powdered
• 1 sprig fresh rosemary
• 1 sprig fresh oregano

               preheat oven to 475 degrees F            
               combine in a large bowl oil, diced potatoes, and salt, pepper, chives, and garlic
               lay coated potatoes in a single layer into a roasting dish or baking pan
               top potatoes with fresh rosemary and oregano
               bake 20-30 minutes until browned, turning once or twice

on summer and small towns

a collection of pictures I took during july in and around my hometown. there's something so wonderful yet so very ordinary about attending these same carnivals in the same parks at the same parades I've attended for almost 20 years. even after a few years away I'm so familiar with every stand, every piece of food, every corner and almost every face but I already feel myself starting to grow out of place.