Alaska Cooks

I think growing up in the South instilled in me the belief that a meal needs meat of some sort to be complete (hell, they serve “sidemeats” down there), and so I guess I eat it often compared to some folks, vegetarian, vegan (shudder) or otherwise. I got a laugh out of the whole Adkins [...]

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So after reading about Stephen’s fun with wasabi-pea encrusted tuna, I had to give it a go, especially since I had a tin of the dried peas in the pantry Sadly, it turned into a learning experience. The market had a nice sale on sashimi-grade ahi, and I picked up a big hunk. I made [...]

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The mercury dropped again this week after a few messy weeks in the mid-thirties. Unseasonably warm weather in Alaska isn’t fun - all that freezes must eventually melt, and it makes a white, lovely landscape grey and dirty. So this week when it started getting well zero after a good snow, the cold was welcome. [...]

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