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Sourdough Starter

Weather: 40 degrees, rain, yellow leaves are falling What I’m listening to: Celtic Bagpipes Perhaps the most significant thing my home turf (Northern California) and Alaska have in common is a rich...

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Smoky Moose Meatballs

Weather: 37 degrees, cloudy with a chance of meatballs What I’m listening to:  Caedmon’s Call Alaska is home to 2/3 of all the moose in the United States, an estimated 200,000 moose in 2011. On the...

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Halibut with Lemon Caper Pan Sauce

Weather: 28 degrees, chance of snow What I’m listening to: Ryan Calhoun Halibut and I are new friends. We met here in Alaska and our connection was immediate. We live in a fishing community and when...

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Teriyaki Salmon

Weather: 31 degrees, clear and dark What I’m listening to: Michael Buble, Christmas I was a salmon-lover long before moving to Alaska, but there’s nothing like having it wild and fresh. We live in a...

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Shepherd’s Pie

Note: This post was updated in February 2014 after the recipe was featured in the Anchorage Daily News. Weather: 26 degrees, massive snowflakes falling What I’m listening to: Hawk Nelson, Christmas...

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Smoked Salmon Bagel

Weather: 27 degrees, little snow flurries building What I’m listening to: Love Actually Soundtrack I know December is the time people start busting out the boxes of smoked salmon. Here in Alaska, we...

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Slow-Cooked Chili

Weather: -22, brrr. What I’m listening to: Alaska: The Last Frontier on Discovery Channel It’s one week until the Super Bowl and that means it’s definitely chili time, not to mention the fact that...

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Halibut Tacos

Weather: 30 degrees, headline on Weather.com right now – Alaska: The Season’s Snow Magnet What I’m listening to: Trombone Shorty It’s that time of the year in Alaska when we start to dream of the snow...

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Salmon Burgers with Cilantro Mayo

Weather: 18 degrees, saw my first Northern Lights last night above the house What I’m listening to: Song of the Beautiful, Christy Nockels These are my favorite burgers at the moment. I make these with...

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Salmon Jerky

Weather: 26 degrees What I’m listening to: Fix You, Coldplay Springtime in our Alaskan fishing community means it’s the time of year when we use up your freezer stores from last year’s bounty to make...

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Halibut with Pistachio Pesto

This Pistachio Pesto recipe is really something special with it’s vivid springtime color and bright herbal and citrus notes. Pistachios are often more accessible and affordable for homemade pesto than...

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Panko Fried Razor Clams

It’s clamming season here in Alaska. Clamming has quickly become one of the adventures we look forward to every year as a family. We don our mud boots, grab our buckets and clam gun, and trudge out in...

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Apricot Jalapeño Glazed Cedar Plank Salmon

A while back, I received an email from my grandmother telling me that she had just enjoyed the absolute best salmon she’d ever tasted. She asked if I could come up with a similar recipe. What was it,...

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Salmon Tostadas with Mango & Black Beans

Weather: 58 degrees, just received a report of a black bear in the yard across the street What I’m listening to: Summer, George Winston This may be my favorite dinner I’ve made all summer. These Salmon...

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Honey Glazed Salmon with Brown Butter Lime Sauce

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Steamer Clams in Ginger Red Curry Broth

Weather: enjoyed my weekly outing to the supermarket in -18 degrees What I’m listening to: Little Women (1994) Soundtrack I was inspired to pick up a pretty little bag of Alaska steamer clams at the...

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Smoked Salmon Deviled Eggs

Weather: 21 degrees, several inches of snow expected overnight What I’m listening to: A Pandora holiday station (at the moment it’s playing Nat King Cole) This last weekend, I hosted a Christmas dinner...

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Salmon Bisque

I’m always looking for new and interesting ways to eat salmon since we are blessed to have so much of it here on the Kenai Peninsula. We often eat it grilled, broiled, pan-fried, smoked, in pasta, or...

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Smoked Salmon, Egg & Avocado on Toast

Weather: 12 degrees, the tiniest little snowflakes falling What I’m listening to: chickadees singing outside, near the bird feeder my 8-year-old son made Ever since daylight savings, the days have been...

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Potato & Smoked Sausage Hash

Although I know it may be easy to believe that my life is a quiet, peaceful little existence in remote Alaska, sometimes it’s more like a circus. This last week was a circus sort of week. On Monday...

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