Alaska Cooks

The red salmon are finally flooding back into the Kenai and Russian Rivers. I’m a fly fishing addict and partial to hunting rainbow trout, but June is the time of year for filling the freezer with fresh reds. We’ve taken the raft down the river a few times already and done well, but [...]

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Thanks for coming by - more Alaska Cooks goodness is on the way. A week in the field without internet access has been rough, but I’m back.

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Slow cooked pork, simmered for hours in spices, brown sugar, chipotle peppers - and coca-cola? It isn’t anything Thomas Keller will ever serve, and it may not exactly adhere to the traditional methodology, but it works. Carnitas is traditionally braised or simmered pork that is browned, cooked over low heat for several hours, [...]

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Although from the entries lately it may seem like I am trying to eat as many of god’s creatures as possible, this is actually not the case. Seems like all we’ve been munching on lately are roasts and ribs and steaks and the like. I promise that relief is in sight: one [...]

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After a great holiday weekend we came back with some good leftovers, and some that were a little suspect after three days in a cooler. Tonight we decided to dispense with them all and fire the grill up. It’s that time of year, and having a new grill doesn’t hurt, either. Summer is [...]

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