The Wandering Bison

13/07/2024

It's finally starting to feel like a farm around here! Errbody, meet Sawyer's new best friend and reason why I washed my truck, Huckleberry. He's about 6 weeks old and is still mainly on milk so Sawyer will be learning all sorts of things about how to give really good ear scratches and who can run fastest in the tall grass. And yes, he definitely tried to lay on the back seats during the drive home...

09/06/2024

Happy birthday to my favourite.

09/05/2024

Goodnight to me 30's and holy s**t what a close out

02/05/2024

Today is the first rest day I've had since April began and the polysporin hand cream, and is definitely helping the body feel back to its usual cranky self.

In mid April, for 12 days straight, we had the honour of feeding the 2024 batch of recruits with and while I shouldn't have been surprised, I'm still in awe about how much those kids ate. Each day breakfast consisted of 10kg of potatoes, 4kg of bacon, 4kg of sausage, 10kg of eggs (always from of course) 5kg of fresh fruit, yogurt, granola & a rotating extra such as pastries or muffins. That's approximately 32kg of food (about 70lbs) just for breakfast and for only ~40 people.

All told, these recruits consumed approximately 4,000lbs of food and while we were a bit short on local pineapples, the pork came from the beef from the salmon and halibut hailed from and thanks to
starting extra early this year, we were able to provide some local cucumbers as well.

Huge ups to my team of .monstera.moves.xoxo
Ryota and Zura without our whom this could never have been as successful and of course to who held down the homefront without complaint. And this is even with me being rediculous and booking two other events during this crazy time as well. Thanks to all these lovelies and more, I can say that for the month of April alone, we cooked and served over 2600 meals and 99% of those were cooked in a wall tent in a parking lot...

12/04/2024

I don't always tractor but when I do, I tractor extremely slowly and definitely not according to HAACP guidelines.

Also, big keepy uppies to for the truck as I don't know how I would have moved this fridge w that lame ol' SUV I had before...

15/03/2024

One week ago, right around the time when we all forgot how to take a picture, The Yukon Convention Bureau honoured our team with an award in recognition of us being pretty good at being ambassadors to The Yukon. Its always a privilege to cook Yukon food for Yukons' guests and if it weren't for our illustrious group of farmers making it so easy for us to get all the credit, we wouldn't have a shiney picture of fishes for our wall

Huge thanks to for the high five, for sharing the podium, for supporting my craziness and of course, all our amazing farmers without whom there's no way that we would get even half the credit we do.

11/12/2023

Debated about sharing but it's a good opportunity for a PSA and I'm incredibly grateful for my circle.

A couple of months ago I found a lump and so this past weekend we decided to see the snowy palm trees of Vancouver and make some new friends at UBC. All things being equal, surgery went extremely well but it's also a good reminder that when something doesn't feel right, talk to someone before embarrassment changes life forever.

Huge thanks to for sitting through many hours of Bluey & with Sawyer, & for being our amazing chauffeurs and to for taking such good care of Colby while we were away.

25/11/2023

where you don't need to get off your couch to get the good views

01/11/2023

Big fan of the suggested pairings at our local liquor store.

"Great with beef" is so passe and it's always nice to see an embrace of the northern palate and acknowledgement that not all hunters just want a garage can of beer with their dinner.

16/10/2023

Thursday was a 20hr day, Friday was a 17 and Saturday was a 12; which meant Saturday night dinner was a frozen pizza cheese fest courtesy of . However I would like to think I redeemed myself in eyes with a bit of a fancier situation on Sunday night w scalloped & . Yes, granted I was told where I fell short (and even missed the mark entirely) but I'm still proud of myself...

07/10/2023

Say hello to my little friend!!!!

Always a good reminder at this time of year to keep an eye out and learn who your neighbours are. No concern about this chonky beast as it seems like the Fabulous Mr Five Fingers Frankie has already moved on and will ideally be heading to sleep very soontime.

Love living in the but friendly neighbours like this is why both Colby and Sawyer don't play outside unsupervised.

06/09/2023

It's finally happening!!!!!

For years now, fantastical wife #1 has talked about & refined this phenomenal concept for how to just simply be there for someone in need. While this may be taking shape in the form of a children's book, this is definitely a situation where the lessons are geared to the adults doing the actual reading.

New beginnings are definitely scary but I'm super proud of the many new first steps taken and yes, a different artist will be needed for Arrow's family & friends, crayons have officially hit paper and it's time to start polishing!!!

Now go tell Erin how great she is and get ready to buy something from our family that isn't bacon or BBQ sauce!

Posted • A concept I've dreamed about growing for years.

Here I finally am today, 2.5 weeks into this official process.

Scanned and about to be sent out for some first round feedback.

An artist I am not, but the concept and story of the work, I'm so stoked for!!

28/08/2023

Been a crazy couple days including rocking out an incredible wedding for two of the most lovely people and then coming up with creative ways to stay cool during this incredible summer.

Giant shout out to my team for making everything look so easy and especially to for the lessons and amazing flavours. Not nearly enough photos were taken of the event but it's always an intense pleasure to showcase so many local products and ensure that everyone sees what we already know and that is that The Yukon is an incredible place.

12/07/2023

Bit of a crazy sky this morning but at least it's cooler and hopefully bringing rain. Last night we got the update that the fire doubled(ish) in size again and is now north of 1400h in size. This is about 50x the size of our farm but the crews on the ground and in the air are champions and have done an epic job keeping it away from homes and the highway.

Our ash "snowfall" isn't too bad so we can still do lots of outside time & yell at the birds who dare to perch on our deck so at least our time is still being spent productively.

19/06/2023

Countdown to no more vacation is on so it's time for water toes & glasses of rum.

09/06/2023

Happiest of all the birthdays to my favourite little dude in the world! It's been 3 years since you exploded into our lives and you are continuing to set the record as the coolest dude I've ever met.

Big shout out to too as she kinda played a small roll into bringing you into this world & making sure you get your KD quotas met and to Grandma Price for insisting today be all about your fancy self vs sharing.

#3

31/05/2023

Ironically, the person who eats my food most often has UC and that's not awesome...

Dear Family and Friends, Did you know that every hour, someone in Canada is diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)? Not only that, but did you know tha

11/05/2023

Yesterday we celebrated not having to celebrate.

As we get older and have a little monster of our own, I really hope we never have need of but it's good to know they're there if something terrible happens.

26/04/2023

Playing around w a new menu item. Smoked a local striploin to be served with a green peppercorn bechamel & topped with some manchego cheese. Needs some work to balance the ups and downs but hoping to get this one into a solid rotation (with pics of the end product) very soontime.

22/04/2023

Brown grass = sand
White snow = waves
Welcome to my beach office on this bluebird day

#+3°

15/04/2023

Ended up discovering a solid new bathtime ritual while mom's away. Follow me for more

Next time I think I'll go for rum instead though. It's more tropical and matches the rocket pop flavour profile a bit better...

14/04/2023

Cheers to tomorrow and the lucky few who got their tickets

10/04/2023

Shout out to for pointing out how rude I was to do a neat video and then not show that the cross is even prettier than the whole. Turns out that when makes a whole brisket, it's just about enough for two...

Also, that ring is 100% natural in that we used lump charcoal from hardwood chunks and a lone piece of super aged out wood. Mr Douglas also hates celery so much that we didn't even put any seeds on it so all that colour is straight outta

31/03/2023

T minus one hour and some minutes till you can buy tickets to this incredible event. I will cook you mediocre food, twobrewerswhisky will pour you incredible drams and we will all cheers to the new awards they're adding to their wall.

Cheers to the first fundraiser of 2023!

Come taste and learn about Two Brewers award-winning single malt whisky paired with whisky-infused amuse-bouche from The Wandering Bison.

16/03/2023

Since my graduation from in 2005, I've put in approximately 40,000hrs into this epic industry. If you count the time I spend just cooking for friends or goofing around in the kitchen, I'm guessing we can add at least another 15,000. Since August of 2022 when my forced downtime started, I've been working hard to articulate what's made a success so far and what's needed to propel us into the future. As of this afternoon some incredible people will have some inspiring reading to do about how we plan to grow bigger, purchase even more local food and build a place focused on agritourism and education that showcases the awesome farmers and artisans that I get the privilege of engaging with.

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20/02/2023

In addition to firing my social media manager for terrible photo cropping skills, we snagged a quick visit to finally visit The Wick for a & followed that with a Yukon dram of #36 w the epic Zane & Willa (and Archie) on the beach. After we had a phenomenal meal eating most of the menu at .tofino where I was so focused on the food & company that no pictures were taken. As recompense, have a photo of Erin on the swings w Sawyer and know he spent the entire half hour drive back letting us know what happens to the wheels on the bus and what was in his pants

17/02/2023

Just doing our part to ensure the days are all seized and properly embraced. We've even been able to have a couple hours doing adult things thanks to quality internet and baby monitors. Now though, the tide's in and the sun is cresting so it's time to leave our pillow fort & do some more exploring.

18/01/2023

The plastic is all ripped off, the dials and nobs have been properly inspected and while it's not in its forever home spot just yet, to be able to cook with this is a dream come true.

Cheers to wife #1 for supporting my crazy desires and to for making something as beautiful as it is functional.

06/01/2023

For serious, 2022 wasn't all that bad of a year. Got to meet a whole lot of new awesome people, lots of visits from friends and got me some new hardware to boot. Plus, the forced downtime made it so precious computer time could be had for planning the next steps in TWB and all its epicness.

Obviously there were a couple unmentionable hiccups along the way but as long as we stick to our motto of "Surgery free is the way to be" then 2023 is going to be pretty damn incredible for the bison family.

Cheers to being able to reach the cookies on the top shelf again and the resolution to purchase a fancy riding lawnmower.

12/12/2022

This yeah I'm remembering how 7 years ago, Colby was due to get double knee surgery so we headed out as a family a few days before that happened and got ourselves an awesome tree that she promptly fell asleep guarding. This year, at -36° Sawyer and Erin Face lead the charge and broke the trail to find us another epic tree (from our very own tree lot) and I helped Colby supervise while the lights and decorations magically appeared on it. However, I feel I do get deserve a little credit for doing the choppy chop and then carrying it home so please don't be surprised when you see me walking around town with my "Best Tree Geterer Ever" medal displayed proudly.

Not sure what this week will bring, but being able to sit in a warm & quiet house with a gorgeous tree, a sleepy pup and a loving family makes me care about the future a whole lot less.