The Wall Street Journal – Foragers for Voyagers

Sep 21, 2012 | Press

LE BERNARDIN CHEF ERIC RIPERT recently arrived in Bhutan for a two-week-long gig at the Amankora Thimphu hotel. Though he’s been hard at work mastering ema datse, the national dish of chilies and cheese, travelers may find themselves wondering why the guest chef...

International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association – Chef Blaine Wetzel of the Willows Inn has gone fishing

Sep 16, 2012 | Press

The kitchen team of six move with coordinated grace. There’s no discernible food preparation activity, except for the oven baking dark round loaves of rustic rye sourdough. Strategically placed in this compact, sleekly modern space in Washington State’s acclaimed...

Gourmet – Top Chefs Share Their “Bucket List” Restaurants

Sep 12, 2012 | Press

In order to create the ultimate “bucket list” of restaurants—the top places to eat before you kick the proverbial bucket (or, to put it more cheerfully, before you retire to your secluded tropical island)—we put the question to the chefs behind restaurants...

ChuckEats – Willows Inn (Lummi Island, WA) – Island as Plate

Sep 10, 2012 | Blogs, Press

To get away – seclusion, slow time, and the freedom to explore. To live with the land, honor its history, and work within its bounty. To be inspired by the physical connection to food and walk amongst it – on the farm, into the brush. Down to the beach: berries on the...

Culinary Concierge – Willows Inn – Meal of a Lifetime

Jun 27, 2012 | Blogs, Press

Food memories are very important to me. I can remember great tasting dishes, where I was eating, who I was with, what I was celebrating. Yes, my culinary journey has been filled with many fabulous food memories & tastes. Recently I had the best meal of my life. It...

Misadventures with Andi – A meal at The Willows Inn Lummi Island (Part 2)

May 17, 2012 | Blogs, Press

Ballet. Discipline. Harmony. Home. These were the words that kept popping into my head as I spent an evening in the presence of epicurean mastery at The Willows Inn on Lummi Island in the San Juan Islands. I wrote about the first part of our meal,the procession of...