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Thursday, October 25th, 2012
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
Tags: accomodations, bed, breakfast, Columbia River Gorge, Hood River Valley, Hood River Valley Harvest, Old Parkdale Inn, parkdale, Recipes
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
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
Tags: accomodations, bed, breakfast, Hood River Valley, Hood River Valley Harvest, Old Parkdale Inn, parkdale, Recipes
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Thursday, August 16th, 2012
Our weekends are pretty full through September, a sprinkling of weekend rooms available, but there are rooms available during the week. Cherries, blueberries, and peaches are being harvested now and in a few weeks the major harvest of apples and pears begins. Be spontaneous. Check our availability calendar for the rest of August. Then from September through October [...]
Keep reading Check out our Specials as we head into the main Harvest Season.
Tags: bed, breakfast, Hood River Valey Wineries, Hood River Valley, Hood River Valley Harvest, Old Parkdale Inn, parkdale
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Monday, May 7th, 2012
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, apples, cherries, peaches and other varieties of fruit. In June and July come the berries and [...]
Keep reading Now We Wait and Watch ‘Em Grow
Tags: bed, breakfast, Fruit, Hood River Valley, Hood River Valley Harvest, parkdale
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011
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 [...]
Keep reading Easy Pickin’s in the Hood River Valley
Tags: bed, breakfast, Hood River Valley, Hood River Valley Events, Hood River Valley Harvest, parkdale
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Friday, September 9th, 2011
The Gravenstein apple is considered by many to be one of the best all-around apples with a sweet, tart flavor and is great for baking and cooking, especially for apple sauce and cider. The Gravenstein Apple harvest represents the kickoff of the annual Hood River Valley harvest. Thousands of acres of apples and pears will be harvested for [...]
Keep reading Gravenstein Harvest Kicks Off the Hood River Valley Harvest
Tags: bed, breakfast, Hood River Valey Wineries, Hood River Valley, Hood River Valley Harvest, parkdale
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Friday, June 24th, 2011
When it is hot in the Hood River Valley there is nothing like a ride on the Magic Mile chair lift on Mt Hood, Oregon’s tallest peak at 11, 240 feet. The majestic mountain can be seen from the Old Parkdale Inn and is an easy day trip, a lovely 35 mile drive. Take the lift to the mountain’s [...]
Keep reading Take the Magic Mile Sky Ride on Majestic Mt Hood
Tags: bed, breakfast, hike, Hood River Valley, mt hood, parkdale, Ski, snowboard
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Thursday, April 28th, 2011
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 [...]
Keep reading Farm to Fork in the Hood River Valley
Tags: bed, breakfast, Hood River Valey Wineries, Hood River Valley, Hood River Valley Events, Hood River Valley Harvest, Old Parkdale Inn
Posted in Fall Happenings, Farm Events, Hood River County Fruit Loop, Hood River Lodging, Hood River Valley Bounty, Hood River Valley Events, Oregon Bounty | Comments Off
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
What do you see in this photo? If you answered apples, mushrooms, potatoes, bread and greens, you would be right. I see a savory Italian Fritatta with Argula and mushrooms, herbed roasted potatoes, a rich and flavorful banana French Toast and Old Parkdale Inn’s famous Baked Fuji Apples. Once a week we receive our Community Supported [...]
Keep reading We Serve the Bounty of the Gorge and Hood River Valley
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Saturday, November 27th, 2010
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 [...]
Keep reading Pear and Rogue Creamery Oregonzola Tart with Sweet and Spicy Oregon Hazelnuts in a Phyllo Crust
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