A Haven for Nature & Food Lovers

A Haven for Nature & Food Lovers

We always enjoy seeing ourselves through the eyes of others, both in the written word and through the plethora of photographs that you guests shoot and post during your stay and your dinner. A widely-read food and travel writer, under the nom de plume Global...

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Eater – The 15 best dishes of 2013

Eater – The 15 best dishes of 2013

I literally sat in front of my computer and scrolled through every single dish I ate this year. When I was finished, I did it again. And then again. Eight years ago, I surveyed all of the dishes I had eaten that year and compiled a list of my favorites, more for my...

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The chefs have gone nomadic

The chefs have gone nomadic

The kitchen is closed until March at The Willows Inn on Lummi Island. The chefs have gone nomadic. (The Inn remains open, and Chef Jason who has been with us eight years will continue outstanding menus at our two small cafes, The Beach Store and The Taproot.) Each...

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Seasonal Servings

Seasonal Servings

With 2013 closing, the kitchen remains in peak form prepping for Topical Thursdays – a special wine dinner, and New Year’s Eve. All intermingled with the four weekends of year-end holiday season dining. Starting Wednesday, Jan. 1, we close the dining room (but not the...

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Food For Thought – Willows Inn – Lummi Island, Washington

Food For Thought – Willows Inn – Lummi Island, Washington

The first thing I notice upon arriving are the smells: the salt ocean air, fresh cut grass, a whiff of wood smoke. The ferry ride from the mainland takes only about ten minutes, but Lummi Island - the home of the Willows Inn - seems almost a world to itself. Lummi,...

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Ellen’s Northwest – dinner on an island

Ellen’s Northwest – dinner on an island

In April, D gifted me with something I’d been dreaming of experiencing for a long time: dinner at the Willows Inn on Lummi Island. Many things have been written about Chef Blaine Wetzel’s arrival from Copenhagen’s noma and subsequent influence on the small inn perched...

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A picture is worth a thousand words – First Harvest Dinner

A picture is worth a thousand words – First Harvest Dinner

Going by an old adage – a picture is worth a thousand words – this will be the longest blog in our history (maybe any blog’s history). Several thousand ‘words’ worth. One of the most significant, colorful food events of our year is the First Harvest Dinner with...

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