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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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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