My best friend Dave worked at Pike Place Fish and Pure Food at Pike Place Market for many years. Of course that was years after we both worked together at the Captain Whidbey, when we were kids. We both have a lot of fish in our past, Dave even more than me. I was talking [...]
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Who said Humpies Aren’t Tasty?
Posted in Beaches, Fishing, Food Theory, Foraging, Locavore, Recipes on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a Humpy Year
Posted in Beaches, Fishing, Food Politics, Foraging, Locavore, Recipes on August 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
At its most basic, fishing is the belief that the next cast is going to be entirely different from all previous casts. Casting off a beach on the western side of Whidbey Island in the effort to bring home dinner requires this kind of consistent, almost delusional optimism. It also requires a back up plan [...]