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For most of the rest of the year (and perhaps a bit into the next), I’m going to share reflections of the last year and what I’ve learned in the kitchen.  Sometimes daily posts miss the flavour of the larger lessons so this is an attempt to take a step back and share the lessons [...]

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For most of the rest of the year (and perhaps a bit into the next), I’m going to share reflections of the last year and what I’ve learned in the kitchen.  Sometimes daily posts miss the flavour of the larger lessons so this is an attempt to take a step back and share the lessons [...]

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The first time I heard the expression `Umami` was in 2010 – Chef David Kinch was addressing a packed house at Terroir IV (a symposium primarily for te food industry that we`ve attended for the last 2 years).  It`s a Japanese word that describes the `5th` taste (in addition to sweet, bitter, sour and salty).  [...]

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For most of the rest of the year (and perhaps a bit into the next), I’m going to share reflections of the last year and what I’ve learned in the kitchen.  Sometimes daily posts miss the flavour of the larger lessons so this is an attempt to take a step back and share the lessons [...]

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For most of the rest of the year (and perhaps a bit into the next), I’m going to share reflections of the last year and what I’ve learned in the kitchen.  Sometimes daily posts miss the flavour of the larger lessons so this is an attempt to take a step back and share the lessons [...]

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For most of the rest of the year (and perhaps a bit into the next), I’m going to share reflections of the last year and what I’ve learned in the kitchen.  Sometimes daily posts miss the flavour of the larger lessons so this is an attempt to take a step back and share the lessons [...]

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Sunday was a long day.  The phone stayed silent and I refused to make the call.  I was waiting to hear from my Father to hear the final word on our luck for the week.  I knew that the longer I didn`t hear from him, the better.  A call by noon would almost positively mean [...]

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9:30 Raining again – but you knew that. This morning has been confusing.  We had a quick meeting last night and choose where to hunt in the morning but our plans were foiled.  A neighboring camp (there are 3, the closest of which is 5 kilometers away) beat us to the spot we were intending to hunt [...]

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10:30AM There was a final bit of excitement after I stopped writing last night: we pulled the memory cards out of the few motion-sensitive cameras we have and they worked!  The cameras hang on trees and a small bit of food attracts animals in the area to the right spot.  It’s not enough to keep [...]

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7:30AM.  It’s raining again. I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining but the rain is really this consistent – and this much of a hassle.  I keep hoping that the weather will get off the fence that is autumn and either turn back to a touch off summer-like sun or throw us into the pit [...]

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