by JackiB | Aug 24, 2015 | La Compagnie Blog
Just as very few eyewitness accounts of Grand Portage have survived, there are scarce records of what the partners of the North West Company actually ate at their rendezvous. A few brief reminiscences about the chief partners venturing forth in suitable style from...
by JackiB | Jul 24, 2015 | La Compagnie Blog
For more than 20 years, La Compagnie has cooked in the great kitchen at Grand Portage during the annual rendezvous and pow-wow days. For much of that time, members and friends prepared a grand meal for all participants . . . turkeys were roasted, great vats of pickles...