Alaska Cooks

Merry Christmas everyone.

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I’m not going to say I have a problem but …

This is really getting a little out of hand: five days and ten loaves later, I’m forcing fresh bread on friends and co-workers under the guise of Christmas presents. I’ve been through 15 pounds of flour and now I’m eying the really big [...]

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If you haven’t already heard about the infamous No-Knead bread that Mark Bittman wrote about in his column early in November, then you and I are both late to this party. So late that I won’t bother to write much, other than to add my voice to the ringing chorus of happy disbelief [...]

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Through Elise over at Simply Recipes, I received an email from one of the principals of Alejandro & Martin, importers of artisan olive oils from small farms around the world. They are offering 800 boxes of a variety of olive oil for free - all you pay is shipping, with no added fees or [...]

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Did you know that scallops swim in schools? That they’re hermaphroditic depending on the need? Ever consider that scallop you’re chewing could be eighteen years old? Scallops are caught, as opposed to being collected like clams and oyster, because they’re mobile creatures that swim around. The traditional method has been to scoop them [...]

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