Chef Stew

I’ve made a lot of lemonade in my life, but I guarantee you’ve never had a glass like this. 🍋🌲During filming of the Columbia Coast TV travel show, I was hanging out in the kitchen with my friend, author, and herbalist Kathy Stevens, and she pulled out the ultimate secret ingredient. We made a classic fresh-squeezed lemonade, but instead of standard sugar or simple syrup, we used her homemade Douglas Fir Syrup made right from the trees on her property. It adds this crazy layer of flavor, it’s sweet, but you get the actual aroma of the Pacific Northwest forest right in your nose before you even take a sip. It is so refreshing and completely unique.

If you want to learn how to make drinks like this, you need to go read Kathy's wildcrafting blog.

One of my favorite parts of shooting the travel show, Columbia Coast TV, is collaborating with incredible founders and artisans who truly respect their ingredients. 🌿🙌🏾

While filming our newest episode out at 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺 in Raymond, Washington; I got to spend the day with my good friend 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘀. She is an incredible author, herbalist, and runs the blog 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. She knows everything there is to know about foraging and growing plants, but I had to show her my absolute favorite kitchen cheat code for fresh thyme on camera.

No more picking tiny leaves off the stem and getting sticky fingers. Just grab a plastic bag, give it a rub, and boom: perfectly stripped thyme in about 5 seconds.
𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯? 𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵! 👇🏾