Alaska Cooks

One of the food sites I keep coming back to, Chubby Hubby, had a great simple dinner menu recommended for Valentine’s Day, and I sort of took his advice on a pre-dinner nibble to tide us over till the main meal was done, which took awhile. Between the prep for Beef Wellington and a bottle [...]

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I’ve never really liked the VD celebration, the ubiquitous pink and red, the fight for reservations at a place you might not normally go, the vicious markup on flowers the week prior, the nasty “sweetheart candies” - BE MINE, MARRY ME, etc. I do, however like a chance to do something special for the lovely [...]

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Winter in Alaska requires a willingness to invest some serious time and effort in indoor sports, and comfort food definitely qualifies. Chicken pot pie is a an easy pleaser (like that oh-so popular cheerleader from high school, but I digress) that’s quick and pretty (yeah, again with the cheerleader). A lot of recipes call [...]

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