Alaska Cooks

Biscuits. Cornbread. Muffins. Banana bread. Soda bread. Loaves. Pancakes, popovers, waffles, crepes, cookies, scones, doughnuts. I should mention biscuits again. You folks on Atkins are probably either cringing, drooling or crying by now. Quickbreads come in all shapes and sizes. Fairly easy to throw together, [...]

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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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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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There’s a bakery here in Anchorage that does a nice lunch trade with wood-fired pizzas, daily soups, a few sandwiches and wraps. I try to stay away, but they have this focaccia that I can’t stay away from. Slather it with garlic mayonnaise, spread on some sprouts, red onions, and smoked turkey sliced really thin, [...]

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