david ross portfolio
TRANSCRIPT
David Ross Portfolio
Food Writing“Crispy-Fried Asian Wings with Red, White and No-Li Ale”, No-Li Brewhouse,
SpokaneCraftbeer.com, February 2017
https://www.craftbeer.com/recipes/crispy-fried-asian-wings-with-ipa
Food Writing“Celebrating Hard Cider with Washington Apples”
Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living Magazine, November , 2016
https://issuu.com/ksomday/docs/scl132_web/134
Food Writing“The Growler Guys”
Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living Magazine, October, 2016
https://issuu.com/ksomday/docs/scl131/162
“Spokane’s Ethnic Markets”Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living Magazine, July
2016
Food Writing
https://issuu.com/ksomday/docs/scl128_155ff66a711d77/130https://issuu.com/ksomday/docs/scl128_155ff66a711d77/132
“The Path of the Huckleberry”The Daily Gullet, egullet.org, November
2010
https://forums.egullet.org/topic/135805-the-path-of-the-huckleberry/
The Path of the Huckleberryby David Ross
The Native Americans and the Huckleberry
"Ischit Wiwnu"—Path, Huckleberry. In the Sahaptin language spoken by Native Americans of the Warm Springs tribe, “Wiwnu” is the word for the Huckleberry—the elusive berry that symbolizes sustenance, community and the passing of the seasons.
The ancient path of the huckleberry is well-trodden by the foot-steps of generations of Native Americans. In late summer when the huckleberries came into their peak season, indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest left their villages along the Columbia Plateau in North-Central Oregon in search of the “Wiwnu” on Mount Hood.
Under a towering canopy of old-growth Douglas fir that cloaks the base of the mountain, the Native Americans set out on a trail through the forest, snaking a path through thick vegetation of fern, Pacific dogwood and vine maple. The path spiraled upward, hugging the breast of the mountain, a thin layer of cool mist blanketing the Valley floor below. After they had risen thousands of feet in elevation and reached the timberline, the path of “Ischit Wiwnu” led them to the hallowed ground.
They called it “Wiwlúwiwlu Taaktaak”—huckleberry meadows—lush alpine carpets of native grasses bursting with a stunning palette of orange agoseris, broadleaf lupine and Henry Indian paintbrush bordered by
Food Writing
Food Writing
“A Pineapple and a Candied Cherry”The Daily Gullet, egullet.org, May
2010
https://forums.egullet.org/topic/133133-a-pineapple-and-a-candied-cherry/
It was October a few years back and I was anticipating dinner with an esteemed food-writer friend from New York. He was making his annualtrek to Seattle to report for a national magazine on the “best new restaurants in America.” Our first meal was at a funky Seattle café that follows todays popular farm-to-table movement, sourcing only local, seasonal ingredients from small farmers who play their trade organically with the Chef crafting those products into simple menus that change weekly during each season.
Teaching
The Kitchen Engine, Spokane
Nectarine Clafouti with Black Pepper and Five-
Spice Powder “Herbs and Spices” Class,
August 2016
View from the teaching kitchen in the store
Host, Online Cook-Off Series
eGullet Society of Culinary Arts & Letters egullet.org
Huckleberry Clafouti
Summer Fruits Cook-Off, August 2016
Japanese-Style Braised Short Rib
Ramen Ramen Cook-Off,
March 2016
Host, Online Cook-Off Series
eGullet Society of Culinary Arts & Letters egullet.org
Spiced Orange Cake, Blood Orange Sorbet, Tangerine Coulis with Toasted
Pistachios, Citrus Fruits Cook-Off, January 2015
Host, Online Cook-Off Series
eGullet Society of Culinary Arts & Letters egullet.org
“Cobblers, Crisps, Betty’s”-Sunday Morning Northwest, KXLY ABC-4 September 2005
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPMKNYdFne0
Television
MasterChef USA on PBS, 2001
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aYFmge60Fc
Television
A Family Legacy in Farming and Agriculture-
Great Grandfather Edgar Truman Slayton, Prineville, Oregon, ca. 1900
Max Pink Wool and Pelt Company, Twin Falls, Idaho, ca. 1910
Father judging the Grand Champion 4-H Steer, Portland International Livestock Exposition, ca. 1950
Harrvesting alfalfa, Prineville, Oregon, 1964
Father at the annual horse show corn feed, Oregon State Fair, Salem, 1971
