Alaska Cooks

Sunday morning breakfast - it occurred to me as I groped for coffee and juice that it was Easter, and I should at least cook something special. The dogs were restless and I got a chill from being towed by them around the neighborhood. Spring is coming hard but winter is stubborn this year. Yesterday [...]

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Been out of town a bit, chasing steelhead in the southeastern coastal rain forest on the “Lost Coast” of Alaska. Turned into an adventure, but what we’re about right now is the first real food that we ate when we got back. We all know I love me some steak: I even seared one over [...]

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I like chicken soup, a lot. But I can’t go out every day during the summer and kill a chicken (without freaking out the neighbors, anyway). Salmon, well that’s another story, and the end result is that when it is in season we eat it often and hopefully have enough in the freezer to get [...]

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We are equal-opportunity meat eaters and seafood falls into the “yes, please” category. We are fortunate to both live in Alaska where seafood is usually available for the plundering, and also to be serious about harvesting it with fly rods. Sadly though, it is that time of year when the preserved stocks left from last [...]

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We purchased raw pizza dough from the local brewhouse pizzeria place last weekend, and then I proceeded to muck it up with too many toppings. In many things, I am learning that simple is better. I used to buy the raw dough a lot, often enough that the lady behind the counter stopped thinking I [...]

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