Alaska Cooks

Everyone has those days when work hasn’t gone great, you get home late, the dog is mad at you for being left alone, the fridge is empty, and you just want to sink into the couch. This is for those days. One of my favorite kitchen-sink dinners, sauteed shrimp with crusty bread and wine, is [...]

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So after reading about Stephen’s fun with wasabi-pea encrusted tuna, I had to give it a go, especially since I had a tin of the dried peas in the pantry Sadly, it turned into a learning experience. The market had a nice sale on sashimi-grade ahi, and I picked up a big hunk. I made [...]

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One of the food sites I keep coming back to, Chubby Hubby, had a great simple dinner menu recommended for Valentine’s Day, and I sort of took his advice on a pre-dinner nibble to tide us over till the main meal was done, which took awhile. Between the prep for Beef Wellington and a bottle [...]

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The sesame oil smokes, and the heavy scent tells me it is time. I lay out thin strips of tuna on a plate, dust them with ground sea salt, and sprinkle fresh cut cilantro over the top. I ladle small spoonfuls of smoking oil, dribble it over the plate of tuna. It [...]

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