Alaska Cooks

It was long winter by anyone’s standards. Some of us are still hoarding chocolate bunnies and Cadbury eggs leftover from Easter, enjoying the extra sunshine, and dubiously acknowledging that it is finally spring in Alaska. Friday before last, Old Man Winter lashed out one last time, dropping 24 inches of snow onto [...]

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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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Despite our recent heat wave , the gratuitously cruel sighting of a robin, the lengthening days, and the early onset of ants-in-the-pants spring fever, we are still in the middle of winter. It’s not yet time for the lovely bright and light flavors of spring for us, although we are being tempted. A [...]

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Slow cooked pork, simmered for hours in spices, brown sugar, chipotle peppers - and coca-cola? It isn’t anything Thomas Keller will ever serve, and it may not exactly adhere to the traditional methodology, but it works. Carnitas is traditionally braised or simmered pork that is browned, cooked over low heat for several hours, [...]

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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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