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Stuffed Jalapeños with Bacon & Cheddar
Weather: 45 degrees, downpour What I’m listening to: Lost Boy, Ruth B I remember when jalapeño poppers rose to fame in the 1990’s. I fondly recall being sixteen and going out to eat with my high school...
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Strawberry Spinach Salad with Blueberry & Feta
Weather: 57 degrees, bright blue skies What I’m listening to: Show Me Love, Hundred Waters Memorial Day weekend in Alaska marks schools out for summer, RV’s hitting the roadways, and fishermen filling...
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Ginger Iced Tea with Citrus & Thyme
Weather: 70 degrees, mosquitoes buzzing What I’m listening to: Gold, Kiiara Memorial Day weekend is the perfect time to drench yourself in all beverages tall, icy-cold, and effervescent....
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Honey Sriracha Shrimp
Weather: 55 degrees, pouring rain What I’m listening to: Sunday Morning, Maroon 5 The life of a food writer is often a funny thing. On this particular day, with a deadline looming, I found myself...
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Ginger Molasses Cookies
Weather: 70 degrees What I’m listening to: wind chimes Those who know me well are aware that I have a strong affinity for crystallized ginger. I can snack on it all hours of the day. I’ve eaten it...
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Salmon Taco Salad
Weather: 54 degrees, pouring rain What I’m listening to: Fire and the Flood, Vance Joy When good friends from San Diego arrived for vacation, we made the drive from Anchorage to Kenai, making a few...
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Coffee Cake with Blueberries & Nectarines
It was a warm summer morning. Two of the kids were outside picking wildflowers with one of our California visitors. I was in the kitchen slicing ripe nectarines while the stand mixer worked creaming...
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Grilled Chicken Salad with Sun Dried Tomatoes & Pesto Dressing
Weather: not grill weather, ironically enough What I’m listening to: playful puppy sounds If you’ve been firing up your grill this summer, it’s likely you may have some leftover grilled proteins on...
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie
Weather: 63 degrees, mostly sunny What I’m listening to: There Will Be Time, Mumford & Sons I’m in the process of moving out of the adorable log cabin in the woods with the green metal roof and...
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Raspberry Mint Limeade
Weather: 54 degrees, rain off and on What I’m listening to: Don’t Mind, Kent Jones A few weekends ago, my girlfriend and I went to flip for Reds with friends along the banks of the Kenai River. It was...
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Turkey Bacon Bagel Melts
As we came to the end of summer, I was running out of creative ideas for what to feed the kids for lunch every day. We are all growing tired of the standard kid fare, which often includes yogurt, a...
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Sauteed Cider Apples
Weather: 50 degrees, rain. What I’m listening to: Heart & Mind, Kina Grannis I am finding in life that there is not always one precise moment when we become the things we are. When I started Alaska...
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Peanut Butter Blondies
Weather: 46 degrees, heavy rain What I’m listening to: Flow Like Wine, Gabe Dixon If I had to make a list of things I’d take to survive on a deserted island, I’d likely include a supply of peanut...
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Red Curry Lentil & Sweet Potato Soup
Weather: 35 degrees, clear with stars twinkling What I’m listening to: wind gusting As we experienced our first light snowfall of the year this week, I find myself not even remotely prepared to let go...
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Ricotta Toast with Pears, Almonds & Maple Syrup
Weather: 29 degrees, frosty What I’m listening to: Starboy, The Weekend featuring Daft Punk One of the most common misconceptions about chefs and those who work in restaurant kitchens is that we eat...
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The Best Chocolate Cake
Weather: 35 degrees, unusual rain What I’m listening to: Call You Home, Kelvin Jones Cake has a certain intimidation factor associated with it that many other baked goods do not. Some fear that their...
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Sticky Chicken Rice Bowls
Weather: 35 degrees, drizzly What I’m listening to: Light Me Up, Ingrid Michaelson The carved pumpkins are gone, the Halloween costumes are put away, the candy is stashed for mom-supervised rationing....
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Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Lemon Thyme Butter
Hello readers, I’ll admit it’s tremendously difficult to write about food when the world is so much different than it was just a week ago. It seems almost trite, possibly superficial to talk about...
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Moscow Mule with Pomegranate & Orange
Weather: 21 degrees, feels like 12. What I’m listening to: Holy War, Alicia Keys I know for me, it’s easy to get all wrapped up in the food on Thanksgiving. The menu, the timing of what to cook when,...
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Quick & Easy Chocolate Fudge
Weather: 20 degrees, fresh snow What I’m listening to: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Sam Smith Fudge is a holiday essential. As people gather around the array of cookies and confections,...
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