5 Year Anniversary
Thank you to everyone who has supported Elwood for these 5 years. Today is our 5 year anniversary! We opened Elwood on May 1st 2019 and we have had many ups and downs since then, but we are still here following our vision. I grew up hunting and fishing, and cause I liked to eat, […]
Forgotten History: Blue Shackamaxon Bean
Blue Shackamaxon Bean William Woys Weaver in his amazing book- Heirloom Vegetable Gardening – says the name refers to a place along the Delaware River in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. Fishtown is what we call the area today and it is with great pride that I will serve them at the Fundraiser this Sunday […]
Forgotten History: Atlantic Sturgeon
Rebirth and renewal- Springtime means many things for all forms of life- plants that were long dormant burst through the soil to start a new year, bees leave the hive and start their search for nectar, Bears come out of hibernation to look for food, and let’s not for forget about one of the most […]
Forgotten History: Planked American Shad
Yes I know. Cooking fish on a wooden plank is sooo 90’s, a fad that was everywhere and in every chain restaurant you could think of. However, cooking salmon on a cedar plank is an interesting North American tradition, going back thousands of years. It traces back to the Pacific Northwest where the Indigenous peoples […]