Description:
Our
cooking at the Palmer House revolves around wild mushrooms which we gather ourselves
and with friends. We have always striven to obtain locally raised ingredients
in our cooking, and we use organically produced greens, herbs and vegetables.
Frequently we will use ingredients found in the cuisines of Mexico, China, Thailand,
Poland and India, so we call our cooking "freestyle." We are also working hard
to create dishes which match the glorious wines of Oregon, especially Pinot Noir,
Pinot Gris and Chardonnay.
Special Notes:
The
Joel Palmer House ranks as one of Oregon's finest historic homes, and is on both
the Oregon and the National Historic Registers. We bought the Joel Palmer House
in May 1996. Our lifelong desire was to combine great mushroom hunting with fine
wine. Naturally, there could be no other place but the Wine Country of Oregon.
Also, we honeymooned in Oregon 26 years ago and never forgot the unique rugged
beauty and natural bounty of the region. So our decision was obvious.
Jack
has appeared on about 35 television stations across the country including "Good
Morning America" (two times), "The Home Show," "Regis and Kathy Lee," "the 60-Minute
Gourmet," "CBS Morning News" and several cable features including three appearances
on the Television Food Network, the Discovery channel, and QVC. In Pennsylvania,
Jack hosted his own television show on Eastern Pa. cable, "At the Table with Jack
Czarnecki."
Feature stories have
appeared about Jack in virtually every metropolitan newspaper in the United States
with numerous features in such papers as the Chicago Tribune, New York Times,
Philadelphia Inquirer, Star, USA Today, Nation's Restaurant News, The Christian
Science Monitor, The Wine Spectator, San Francisco Examiner and the Washington
Post.
Magazine features include
half a dozen features in airline magazines, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar. Food & Wine,
Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Harrowsmith, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, People
and Town &Country among others.
Radio
appearances include National Public Radio, as well as shows in every major metropolitan
market in the United States and Canada. Currently Jack hosts his own radio show,
"At the Table With Jack Czarnecki," the only food radio show in Oregon on KLYC-1260
Radio in Yamhill County.
His books
include "Joe's Book of Mushroom Cookery" (Atheneum, 1986, paperback, 1988), "A
Cook's Book of Mushrooms" (Artisan, 1995) which won the 1996 James Beard Award,
and "Portobello Cookbook" (Artisan, 1997). Jack
has also written articles for Cuisine Magazine, specialty food publications and
the British Journal of Wine.
Jack
has judged wine competitions nationally for more than 20 years now. He is currently
a director of Distinguished Restaurants of North America, a board member of the
American Institute of Wine and Food, a founding member of the Society of American
Cuisine, advisory Board Member of the Pennsylvania State University, former board
member of Berks County Chamber of Commerce, former President of the Berks County
Visitor's Information Association and a former director of the Wyomissing Institute
of Fine Arts.
Jack and Heidi are
both currently members of the McMinnville and Newberg chapters of the Rotary Club.
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