A Mt. Hood – Parkdale, Oregon B&B
Thanks to Ryan’s Hood River Juice Companyfor this recipe which I served this morning to our guests at the Old Parkdale Inn. As an extra treat I put out some Old Parkdale Inn Apple Butter. Prepare your favorite pancake mix and to it add one teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg and 1/2 cup grated [...]
I love watching cooking shows and I watched someone make a tart like this a few months back. Of course, I couldn’t remember that particular recipe so I did a web search for a ”Pear and Blue Cheese Tart”, found many, took the info I could use and created this yummy tart. And after making it [...]
The Mt Hood Railroad Wine Train, started this year as a Friday night Fall event, features the wineries and wines of the Columbia River Gorge. Our guests last weekend saw our previous blog about the Wine Train, booked a room with us here at the Old Parkdale Inn then reserved a seat on the Train. These trains, scheduled [...]
We still have rooms on Friday night, October 22 and would be glad to be your designated driver for the Mt Hood Railroad Wine Train, this week featuring wines from Pheasant Valley Winery. You will start your adventure at the train station where you’ll enjoy wine tasting and refreshments with the Pheasant Valley Staff. Once you [...]
I made a batch of granola this morning to be served with our Baked Pears in the morning. Bob’s Red Mill 5 Grain Rolled Cereal, seeds and nuts are sweetened with maple and rice syrup, baked, then combined with sweet dried fruit to make an excellent and nutritious start to your day. I don’t always measure but I will [...]
There’s no better way to kick off this season’s Oregon Bounty than riding the rails on the Mount Hood Railroad’s Friday Night Wine Trains, spending a quiet evening or two at the Old Parkdale Inn and awake to a hearty Hood River Bounty breakfast. The Wine Trains will prove to be a vintage railroad experience combined with premier local [...]
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The Hood River Valley is our nations largest pear growing regions but we don’t stop there. Cherries and apples also are a huge crop along with the berries, stone fruit, lavender, wine grapes and more. July’s warmth ripens the cherries, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries and begins the 2010 harvest. From now through the summer, something is always [...]
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The Rogue Creamery, in Central Point, Oregon, is a “artisan cheesse company, with people dedicated to the sustainability and the art and tradition of making the world’s finest handmade cheese“. David Gremmel, cheesemaker at the Creamery, has created cooking videos and posts on Facebook, along with recipes that include their cheeses. This morning’s breakfast: Rogue Creamery Lavender Cheddar Spring Tart. [...]
Bald Butte via the Oak Ridge Trail:
A hike to the top of Bald Butte is a a great choice for an early season hike in the Upper Hood River Valley! A wonderful display of Mt Hood National Forest wildflowers, Lupine, Balsam Root, Indi...
Now We Wait and Watch 'Em Grow:
The acres and acres of blossoms in the Hood River Valley have now turned to itsy bitsy pieces of fruit. And for the next 4 months we will watch them grow and wait for the amazing crop of pears, a...
Winter's Holding On in the Hood River Valley: Snow levels dropped to about 3000' last night just above the orchards which sit in the Upper Hood River Valley at about 2000'. The valley beekeepers just put the hives into the blooming orchards thi...Old Parkdale Inn
4932 Baseline Rd
Parkdale, Oregon 97041
phone: 541-352-5551
email: parkdale@hoodriverlodging.com
