A Mt. Hood – Parkdale, Oregon B&B
They must have needed a good pruning ‘cuz the severe damage inflicted on our plum trees during last winter’s ice storm had them come back even stronger. We had buckets of Italian Plums, making a Plum Upside Down Buttermilk Cake every other day for our breakfast treat and sharing fresh fruit with our guests and [...]
Keep reading While Life Gives You Plums ~ Make Spicy Plum Butter
We have three plum trees in the gardens of the Old Parkdale Inn Bed and Breakfast and they are sure loaded with fruit this year. We’ll be making cakes and pastries as they come off the tree for the next couple of weeks. This Upside Down Cake was well received by our guests at [...]
Keep reading Old Parkdale Inn Plums into a Plum Upside Down Buttermilk Cake
Slow cooking pears in the crockpot sure makes the inn smell wonderful. I start with about 5-7 pounds of pears from the Hood River Valley. With so many growers we have the pick of the crop for the very best Pears in the World! The Hood River Valley is the largest pear growing region [...]
Keep reading Making Butter with Hood River Valley Pears in the Crockpot
The renowned HoneyCrisp apple is ripe and ready to take home! I picked up some this afternoon at Kiyokawa Family Orchards, just a mile and a half from the Old Parkdale Inn. This distinctive apple is incredibly crisp with a sweet, tangy flesh that lends itself with equal satisfaction to fresh and baked delicacies. We’ve had [...]
Keep reading HoneyCrisp Harvest Festival at Kiyokawa Orchards
I visited a farmer yesterday evening to pick up what might be my last flat of Blueberries. While I was there she shared with me a box of Starkcrimson pears and Gravenstein and Akane apples. I’ll set out large bowls of apples for our guests and use the blueberries and pears for breakfast treats. I [...]
Farm to Fork’s founders have created a traveling farm-to-table restaurant, local food fundraiser, andcommunity celebration rolled into one. Each dinner is set at the farm where much of the food on the menu was produced, and proceeds benefit food-focused non-profits. Farm to Fork’s mission is to connect guests to local sources of produce, meat, seafood [...]
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 [...]
Seems a little early, and we may still get the “Indian Summer”, but it sure feels like fall. Still harvesting fresh peaches and blueberries for the cream cheese filled french toasts and blintzes as the apple and pear harvest has begun. So get out and enjoy this last bit of summer and our amazing fall. [...]
Can you believe it? October is coming around again and so are our Drop Dead Savings!! Stay two nights, mid-week in October and take an additional 10% off our already discounted rooms! That’s $112.50, any room, midweek, Sunday through Thursday at the Old Parkdale Inn. This includes all lodging taxes and of course a hearty [...]
The Hood River Valley Harvest Fest takes place outdoors, October 15-17, in large event tents on the Hood River Waterfront overlooking the Columbia River. Each year, more than 25,000 people wind their way through a bounty of festivities, including: Freshly harvested fruits and vegetables from the world-class orchards and farms of the Hood River Valley; [...]
Keep reading Rooms still available for October’s Harvest Fest in the Hood River Valley
Tamanawas Falls in the Mt Hood National Forest
No Hidden Fees at the Old Parkdale Inn Bed and Breakfast
Ski, Surf, Sip and SleepOld Parkdale Inn
4932 Baseline Rd
Parkdale, Oregon 97041
phone: 541-352-5551
email: parkdale@hoodriverlodging.com