Veronica, our professional forager and dear friend, brought us some Chantrelle mushrooms the other day. There was one in the batch that is the biggest and most beautiful I have seen. Larger than my hand, I hope the images I have taken can give you some idea of the size and intricate nature of this gorgeous mushroom. It was picked in front of Veronica’s house! We still have room for you for our Wild Mushroom Celebration October 17th-19th. You can go foraging on the 18th with Veronica! 
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Beautiful Autumn Chantrelles Delivered to Boreas Inn
September 30th, 2008 by susiegoldsmith
The Giant Lobster Mushroom
September 17th, 2008 by susiegoldsmith
This is a Lobster mushroom! The Lobster mushroom is actually a fungus that has parasitized a Russula or Lactarius mushroom. It creates this beautiful orange mushroom that resembles lobster meat. The inside of the mushroom is white. The Lobster mushroom even has a faint lobster-y fragrance to it. They are wonderful dried or sauteed fresh in a Boreas frittata! Veronica, our expert forager, brings us our Lobsters. She will be preparing a Lobster mushroom and chicken liver pate as an appetizer for our Wild Mushroom Celebration Brunch during our annual celebration weekend, October 17-19th. We have a couple of rooms left for the weekend, which includes a fabulous five course Wild Mushroom and Washington Wine dinner at the Port Bistro. We love this time of year because of the lovely Chanterelles and Lobster Mushrooms. It makes cooking much more fun!
Boreas Inn's Wild Mushroom Celebration is Coming Up!
August 25th, 2008 by susiegoldsmith
The Kite Festival for 2008 has come and gone. We had a super mellow week with wonderful guests, most of whom have been coming here for close to a decade. Visiting with their families and friends who dropped by was great fun.
The weather was fabulous the last three days and on sunny Saturday we spent a few idyllic hours with friends on the warm beach in front of the inn and I snapped some pictures. I loved the gigantic penguin kite!
Now we look forward to Boreas’ 2008 Wild Mushroom Celebration to be held October 17-19. I finally bought a little Flip Video camcorder and when Veronica Williams, our “All Wild” forager showed up with some spectacular Wild Lobster Mushrooms, it seemed like a good time to film my first-ever video! I have uploaded it to YouTube and will try to upload it here! Excuse the wobbliness–I’m a newbie.
Long Beach Washington Kite Festival
July 31st, 2008 by susiegoldsmith
The 2008 Kite Festival is coming! Hooray! We are so excited that our favorite festival is fast approaching. We’re filled that week with beloved return guests. This enables us to enjoy the festival also!! We’ve had a very busy July with lots of guests from abroad and throughout the much of the United States. August looks to be busy also–but we do have rooms available on Sundays through some weekdays except for Kite Festival week. Labor Day looks open for several three nighters–it’s the last summer holiday after all! Just after Kite Festival is a great time to be here–still lots of kites in the air, but not the crowds. Come to the beach, sleep in the best beds in the world and dine at our wonderful breakfast table. We’re gearing up for our Wild Mushroom Celebration October 17-19. It’s becoming our second favorite festival! Hope you’re all having a great summer.
Susie
The Boreas Blog is Back!
July 1st, 2008 by susiegoldsmith
I apologize for being so out of touch recently. Our webmaster and host’s server got hacked into by a malicious internet terrorist. It didn’t affect the integrity of our website, email or blog site, but hundreds of his clients were knocked offline for three days. This blog just came back up. You could be standing next to an internet terrorist at the grocery store, capable of affecting the thousands of small businesses–and you would never know that nerdy person was a terrorist. It was traumatic for Jeff and his crew who consulted with experts around the world to thwart the attack–and we were SAVED. These hackers must have nothing better to do than mess with small businesses reliant upon the internet for their livelihood. It’s sad and frightening.
But moving onto other subjects–the 4th of July is upon us! We are booked solid at the inn and cottage–and planning on lots of beachside fireworks and firecrackers. The Long Beach display is gorgeous on the 4th and then there are 28 miles of beach where guys load up their pick ups with a $zillion in personal fireworks and they are almost as big and spectacular as the Long Beach display. So it’s a colorful noisy commemoration of Independence Day. Definitely a testosterone-driven holiday! On the 5th of July, the Port of Ilwaco has a great fireworks display over the water. Our guests can dine at a couple of our favorite sports, The Port Bistro and Pelicano, and watch the show!
It’s been tough getting the gardens all planted this year because the weather was so cold so late. I’m still weeding, planting and mulching with little help this year. It still looks pretty out there. We have two of Bill’s five grandkids visiting from Honolulu and the other three are coming down for the day today so the cousins can all be together. Here’s a pic of the front deck outside the Dunes Suite and of the Honolulu kids, Kasey and Jordyn, yesterday at Ft. Clatsop’s Lewis and Clark National Park 
sitting in an old dugout canoe.
Susie's Favorite Pastry Recipe–Jam Kolaches
June 2nd, 2008 by susiegoldsmith
This is my favorite pastry recipe that my mother got from her mother, a career baker. When my brothers and I were kids and needed a real treat, Mom would whip up a batch of kolaches–we called them Apricot or Raspberry turnovers. The pastry recipe is so simple. You can use any kind of jam or preserve, but I love apricot! I have been asked for the recipe many times and finally photographed a plate of them today and have posted it on our website. I hope you love them as much as I do!
Jam Kolaches
1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
3 oz. cream cheese at room temperature
1 1/4 cup flour
jam of your choice
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Cream butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer or food processor until light and fluffy. Slowly mix in the flour. On a lightly floured cutting board, knead the mixture a few times until it holds together. You want to touch this dough as little as possible or it will be tough. Chill dough for 15 minutes and then roll it out and cut into 2″ rounds,around 1/4 inch thick. You can also cut into squares to make triangular pastries. Spoon 1/2 to 1 teaspoon jam onto each round or triangle and fold in half, carefully pinching the sides together to form a seal. Mix an egg yolk with a little water to make an egg wash and brush on the pastries. Bake for around 15 minutes or until tops are golden brown. (It is not unusual for the pastries to “leak” jam. Still tasetes wonderful! Immediately remove the kolaches to a cooling rack and dust with powdered sugar. Allow to cool a bit and serve warm. This recipe can be made in advance and kolaches may be frozen and used as needed. Bake a little longer if you are baking the kolaches from a frozen state! 
A Surprising Sunny Day in Long Beach, Washington
May 24th, 2008 by susiegoldsmith
It was not supposed to be a nice day at the beach. Well–we fooled the weatherman. It was quite beautiful. Last night’s sunset was hot pink and misty, unlike anything I had seen before and today was springy and lovely. We have a full house for the next few days which makes it great for us. I cleaned out my Long Beach city planter (all the planters are maintained by volunteers). There were a hundred tulip remnants from the brilliant red tulips this year. It looked like there had been a tulip party in the planter! Then I went to my favorite Peninsula nursery, the Basket Case (love the name) and bought many plants for the gardens and pots at Boreas and if I can part with any, I will re-plant the city planter. The garden is usually planted by now–but the weather has been so strange that nobody felt it was safe to plant until now. (See my blog with the tulips in the snow!)
Long Beach, Washington's Warm Weather Welcomes The Hawaiian Chieftain and The Lady Washington
May 16th, 2008 by susiegoldsmith
It is currently 83 degrees in Long Beach and these beautiful tall ships are moored at the Port of Ilwaco this weekend. You can take tours, go on an adventure cruise or just gaze at these majestic ships! Saturday Market along the waterfront has begun and there are more merchants than ever. We have transitioned from winter to summer in only a few days ‘time and we can’t complain. Come and visit!
Jeff Goldsmith's New Book
May 8th, 2008 by susiegoldsmith
Hi dear blog readers! I mentioned my brother Jeff’s new book being released next week, but already available on Amazon.com for pre=-ordering at $16.47. The proper name, that I blew the other day, is The Long Baby Boom: An Optimistic Vision for a Graying Generation by Jeff Goldsmith, Ph.D. A good book group selection! Sorry I don’t have a picture of Jeff for the blog!
