FOTL's berry bonanza continues unabated. The other day I happened upon what is perhaps my favorite of all the wild Rubus : the western ...

I feel like Yukon Cornelius on Christmas ! A silver salmon at dawn and golden chanterelles by dusk. You can't ask for better lucre than ...

Backpacking with a seven-year-old and a three-year-old is always an adventure. Little did we know we were embarking on a trip into Jamberry ...

Screw on your berry snout because the time is now to sniff out one of the great treats of late summer. By general consensus among the berry ...

It's blackberry time. Initially we were dismayed to discover the city had whacked a few of our favorite nearby berry-picking spots—proba...

Bagged a few more crabs the other day but got seasick in the process. That's one of the risks of free-diving. Or maybe it's just my ...

As with Maine lobsters, cooking Dungeness crab intimidates many folks. Think Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in Annie Hall , with crustaceans ...

Rubus : Not a country bumpkin but rather a much loved genus in the rose family . Rubus includes familiar old favorites such as blackberries...

My apologies for the paucity of posts lately—FOTL has been on another summer sabbatical, this one sponsored by Mrs. Finspot (she of the Blu...

When friends come from out of town to visit, I like to give them the opportunity to feel awkward, get dirty, and maybe even impale themselve...