Only a few days left until Valentine’s Day. You know what that means. Sugared delights. But like candy corn at Halloween, and fruitcake at Christmas, February 14th has its own traditional treat that <1% of the population of North America actually eats. Those ubiquitous crappy candy hearts with messages on them like Be Mine, and … Continued
It all started with an easy enough mid-morning text from my dear friend Andreana Iccabazzi Gamache (such an awesome Scrabble winning name). Hey Sean, do you prefer Stout beers in the winter? The reply came quickly: Yes, of course, winter is for Stouts, everybody knows that. But the real question came next. Why? I was … Continued
Yakima photographer, Michelle Baumbach captured the Cowiche Canyon for rooted this week. Enjoy the beauty. When autumn has finished its impressive display in town and the leaves have fallen from all the trees, it’s the canyon’s turn to dazzle. During these cold and quiet months, the beauty of Cowiche Canyon is in its details. Gone … Continued
Dear reader, what are you up to? We’ve traipsed from one end of the Yakima Valley to the other, and we know there is some amazing stuff going down all over. What are you doing that you’d like to share? What would you like to hear more about? We recently connected with a reader and … Continued
This is a tale of an ugly empanada. A platter full actually. Made with love and buffalo meat, they were juicy, flavorful, and entirely unattractive. No matter. Sometimes it’s the doing and completing of something new that matters more than a perfect end result. This story actually began south of the equator, in Buenos Aires, … Continued
From restaurants to livestock, tacos to beer, and fruit to flowers, rooted readers reflect on the diversity of all that we have in the Yakima Valley, and reminisce over memories that stories evoked. Rooted is a place to commune over the land and its offerings. Thank you to our readers and to our many guest writers … Continued
Third generation farmer Derrick Nordberg of Cowiche Creek Brewing Company takes over this week’s #ROOTCAM to share some insight into the multi-tasking life of brewing. Thanks, Derrick! Being the brewer at Cowiche Creek Brewing Company often means handling multiple tasks at the same time. This day was no exception. While brewing I was also running the tap … Continued
When Nick and I started dating, Nick asked me about raising cattle, and I said why not? A year later when the opportunity to buy cattle came up, we jumped on it. We are farmers who were raised by farmers, and the idea of cultivating something bigger than us runs in our blood. In early … Continued
A Little Personal History It wasn’t always tacos. I remember very little about my early childhood in McAllen, Texas. Lizards on the window screen. Snakes under the Christmas tree. Gazing from our back steps at the periodic floods with brown water that looked like it stretched to the sky. And I remember the tortillas. … Continued
Something special happens every December here in the Yakima Valley—Leda makes tamales. These are a bit different than the corn husks filled with masa and meats that are steamed to perfection and eaten with zeal around these here parts. These are Costa Rican tamales, made a bit differently but in the same spirit. Most notably, … Continued