Alaska Cooks

It was 45 degrees and raining in Anchorage, and didn’t feel much like summer was almost here. We had left work early on Friday afternoon, trying to sneak out of town ahead of the Memorial Day weekend traffic. So had everyone else, and it was a long, slow ride down the Kenai Peninsula [...]

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Although from the entries lately it may seem like I am trying to eat as many of god’s creatures as possible, this is actually not the case. Seems like all we’ve been munching on lately are roasts and ribs and steaks and the like. I promise that relief is in sight: one [...]

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Our other main meal on the beach over the holiday weekend (besides gigantic platters of French toast, eggs, sausages, pancakes, and hash browns), was a serious BBQ session. The Katie and Tyler part of the team had wisely pre-made a vat of homemade beans, home brewed cornbread, and prepped the ingredients for a great Asian [...]

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For the last couple of years I’ve been fortunate enough to spend Memorial Day weekend on a beach across Kachemak Bay from Homer, Alaska. Originally billed as a kayak trip, it’s evolved to become a four-day party with the option to kayak. Boats are chartered to drop us and enough gear to survive for months [...]

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You were warned: spring is a busy time in Alaska, not to mention trying to eke out a living and remodel the house. So far suppers, our main meal of the day (and the ones I generally blather on about), this week have consisted of leftovers, a take-out pizza, meatloaf, and hamburgers. But they were [...]

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