Alaska Cooks

Merry Christmas to all.

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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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Are we even allowed to talk about eating surf an turf these days? Too 70’s? Something a bit retro about it, and maybe not in the groovy way that Target uses to make buying detergent more exciting. It isn’t hard to put together (I won’t even say ‘make’), the ingredients aren’t hard to [...]

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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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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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