We have just built a new cooking area outside, adjacent to the lodge patio and we are all excited about sharing it with you. There are three cooking areas—a huge brick baking oven for breads, pizzas, onion soup, casseroles, roasts, turkeys, etc; a large fire pit for cooking walleye shore lunches, steaks, hushpuppies, burgers, etc; and lastly we have a new BBQ pit that we have acquired from the blacksmith guy down in Missouri (it is all handmade).

During our cooking week we will be using all three of these resources multiple times, as we teach you how to create some gourmet creations with fairly simple cooking techniques. Bruce will share with you some of his smoking techniques, Don-our food and beverage manager, will teach you some open fire cooking skills, and one of our chefs will teach you how to cook in a brick oven, producing enough fresh hot bread to serve the entire dining room.

Includes: 4 nights accommodations, all meals, 3 cooking lessons, canoes, kayaks, hiking trails and guided naturalist activities.