Thanksgiving in the West
My good friend, writer Corinne Garcia, has been hearing about our Vermillion family Thanksgiving traditions for years. She listened to me rattle off all…
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Lockhorn Cider? Yes, Please!
In what used to be a cinder block garage in Bozeman, a cidery has sprung up. Like most things that “spring up” this one…
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Montana-cured Olives: How To
Olives in Montana? Yeah, right! I have been known to satisfy my olive longing by using them as subjects of paintings but that only…
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Local Kitchen: Good Food, Better Business
Billings’ executive chef Travis Stimpson is redefining local at his new gastropub, Local Kitchen and Bar. Situated just east of the Shiloh Road and…
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Paleontologist & Cowboy Hotspot: Hell Creek Bar
Walking into a small town Montana bar is often tough….with folks staring so hard at you that it almost feels like a classic Western…
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Philipsburg: The Gem of the Treasure State
I’m a Montana native, so if you ask me my favorite small town, hands down, it would be Philipsburg, or “Pburg”, as the locals…
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Ennis Hunters Feed & Wild Game Cook-Off
More than once I’ve found myself at the Ennis Hunters Feed on the Friday before opening day of big game rifle hunting season sampling…
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Lewistown Weekender
In his 1981 hit Big City, Merle Haggard croons, “Turn me loose; set me free somewhere in the middle of Montana.” It seems Haggard…
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Old Fashioned Rocky Mountain Oyster Feed
For the hardworking farmers and ranchers of Montana’s eastern plains, the long, hot days of summer mean long hours spent working in the fields…
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September Road Trips
I just love September. Summer’s crazy pace slows to something more manageable. The sun hits my face through our bedroom window noticeably later. Temperatures…
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