2005-12, December 2005 (Parma)

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  FEATURES

  A Taste of Idaho
  by Sarah Huebner

  Maine has its lobster (replete with annual lobster festivals). Louisiana has its spicy Cajun cuisine. Alaska has its king salmon. And Florida has its, well…oranges. Idaho, of course, has its Famous Potatoes. While marketed well outside Idaho, however, those celebrity spuds have been in short supply at times at in-state retail locations. So, what kind of tasty cuisine do we really have here? Find out in this centerpiece story, the entrée of a holiday season food package that focuses on Idaho’s fine food.

  
  Parma—Spotlight City
  by Betty Derig

  Near the present-day Parma location, there was once a mighty frontier fort. For many years during the 19th Century, that fort was primarily a trading post with a strong British presence–indicated by the Union Jack, which fluttered above the fort for twenty-one years. Eventually named Old Fort Boise, it was the hub for many 19th Century fur traders and westward-bound Oregon trail pioneers. Old Fort Boise Days, every June, is now the main event in Parma, a Treasure Valley town that has grown a strong agricultural base.

  Stagecoach Sunset
  Cathy Koon

  During World War I, Yellowstone National Park in western Wyoming made way for the newfangled automobile by bringing to a close the era of stagecoaches in the park. Our writer tells the saga of Wilmer Cadmus Green, her great-grandfather, an eastern Idaho resident, and part of the park’s last group of stagecoach drivers.

  DEPARTMENTS

  Chef par excellence: The making of a master cook; Coeur d’Alene Resort’s Rod Jessick started at the lowest rung of the restaurant business, by Sarah Huebner

  Recipe Contest: Announcing the 2005 winners!

  Spicy sweet treats: Cowgirl Chocolates; This “Cowgirl” Likes It Hot
  by Margo Aragon

  Fresh produce pickin’s: Farmers’ Markets in Idaho; Executive Chef: Idahoans have access to fresh, evolved food
  by Randy King

  
  Hiking Idaho: The Trek; Weiser River Trail, Story told by first hiker to make the ninety-mile journey a continuous trip
  by David Walker

  Crash landing at Loon Lake: The “Dragon Bomber” and its storied demise north of McCall nearly sixty-three years ago
  by Philip A. Janquart

  Book critic’s corner: Three must-reads; The Deep Dark, Echoes from the Ada County Courthouse, Triple Crown Winner; The Earl Sande Saga, Tragedy to Triumph reviewed by Kitty Fleischman

  Fiction Contest 2005: Once Upon a Fishing Trip; Judge’s Choice, Adult Division
  by William B. Carter, Jr.

  Studebaker says: The Wild Cow Society
  by William Studebaker

  Buddy…his trials and treasures: World War II Holiday Memories
  by Will Edwinson

  
  Music Makers: Pocatello Songsmith Steve Eaton
  by Ryan Peck

  Historical Snapshot: Harvesting the Ice
  by Arthur Hart

  
  IN THIS ISSUE!

  American Falls, Boise, Coeur d’Alene, Garden Valley, Grace, Hagerman, Hailey, Ketchum, McCall, Melba, Moscow, Nampa, New Meadows, Parma, Pocatello, St. Anthony, Silver City, Twin Falls, Wallace, Weiser, Weiser River, Yellowstone National Park