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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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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A bottle of good wine goes so well with a nice piece of grilled beef that it seems only natural to include wine in the meal as well. One of my favorites is just a simple red wine reduction drizzled over seared beef serve rare. There are as many varieties of this type [...]

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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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The red salmon are finally flooding back into the Kenai and Russian Rivers. I’m a fly fishing addict and partial to hunting rainbow trout, but June is the time of year for filling the freezer with fresh reds. We’ve taken the raft down the river a few times already and done well, but [...]

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