Alaska Cooks

You may have noticed that Alaska Cooks has undergone a few changes lately. One could charitably say that we’ve been downright schizophrenic for a few weeks. After many late nights, wasted weekends, and an embarrassing amount of alcohol, our fine staff of programmers, coders, photographers, and writers have finally reached a consensus on [...]

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He was the runt, the only male, and the only one in the whole wriggly litter that completely ignored me. It wasn’t until all his sisters left that he came over to investigate. We’d answered a classified ad for golden retrievers and driven across Pitt County, way into farm country, and found ourselves [...]

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Hmmm, First post of the year, first post in long months. Feels strange…
Been a while. I’m not entirely sure of the reasons, but I haven’t had the bitter need to write lately. I suspect it’s because I am content and in a different place than I was a year or so ago when I [...]

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I don’t have any tattoos…yet. But I very much like the weirdness of these Chef’s homages to their tools, mentors, and craft. via Coolhunting

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We lean against solid Talkeetna granite and quietly watch the sun sink behind the peaks surrounding the cabin. We had been forced to rappel the cliff to recover our gear, and then climb the trail to the top one more time to recover the packs and get the dogs. My hands are rope-burned, [...]

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