The Sanctuary Blog
Goat Creek Falls ~ the Voice of Water
The many water features surrounding the “little Castle” as Italian artist, Arri, described Adytum owes its inspiration to the Pacific Northwest Rainforest. If you like...
Biking the Village Mossyrock
My Well Used Santa Cruz Mountain Bike- My Most Cherished Gift from Donn Past an inquisitive two point buck I shooed off the road, “flying” alongside a robin for a good many...
Upper Caribbean Creamy Grits With Roasted Plantains- With Adytum Signatures
Leave me alone long enough with a recipe and the inner chef keeps whispering in my ear, "Add some marsala to get more complexity into those plantains and caramelize them- too...
Upper Caribbean Creamy Grits With Roasted Plantains
As promised, here is a new vegan recipe that dedicated meat eaters will enjoy too. Since I have a very well established southern heritage, this caught my eye. Only I’m...
Adytum’s Niche is The Healthy Choice ~ The Breakfast Fondue
Our guests from Seattle said, “All of our friends eat this way.” They were talking about the absence of meat, dairy, egg- and a breakfast about half raw food. “That’s...
Adytum Has a Ghost
“Adytum has a ghost,” I told Michael, who was asking lots of questions about how Adytum began almost 5 years ago now. We usually think of ghosts inhabiting old creepy castles...
Pumpkin Nut Belgian Waffles ~ Gluten & Dairy Free, Cane Sugar Free
Summer's just around the corner and soon we will embrace the fresh blueberries we buy from the valley below Adytum. The apple compote served on the Pumpkin Nut Belgian...
Private Lessons from One of the Top Master Pizziolas in the United States
I’ve always said, “You never know what’s going to happen when you get up in the morning”. Phil Gritton was driving in from Olympia with a big bin we commissioned that would...
Sharing Some Cookbook Titles, by Request
These are a few of my favorite things…..When guests starting wandering in to look through our cookbooks after breakfast, then went back to get their camera to take pictures...