Alaska Cooks

So now that you’re groggy with drink and gluttony, what now? Lifehacker points the way to some more ideas for your turkey day leftovers.
The New York Times has some ideas for keeping the family dynamic going in the right direction for the holiday.
Your turkey a bit dry and mushy this year?  Harold McGee might [...]

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Dr. Tom is my Dad’s best friend. Among other things, he’s famous for his obsession with blackberries, sugar, and also for his cobbler. OK, at least he’s famous for making his Grandmom’s blackberry cobbler. Last summer I was on the East Coast for a few weeks, and the guys headed up into the [...]

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Even after sending lots of salmon and halibut south for the family to fight over, my freezer is still overflowing with tasty reminders of the summer sun and days on the water. It is never as good this time of year as it was when we caught, but the memories of the time catching it [...]

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On Saturday we awoke late, sat in a sunny kitchen with coffee, newspaper, juice and the first pomegranate we’ve seen this season. I broke it open to spill out the fruit onto the cutting board, and they sparkled in the morning light like sweet garnets. The seed pods are properly called arils, and you [...]

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