Alaska Cooks

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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It’s berry season here and I’ve not picked one that hasn’t gone either directly into my mouth or directly into the next meal: so much for preparing for the long winter. We spent Labor Day near Copper Center, Alaska, which is fairly far north of Anchorage, and it is fully fall there already. [...]

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When I was little and my mother baked cookies, my brother and I used to squabble over who got to lick the bowl and who had dibs on the mixer paddles. I forget now which was better, but I do remember who got what was quite important to two small sugar-deprived boys. [...]

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