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...
View ArticleSmoky 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...
View ArticleHalibut 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...
View ArticleTeriyaki 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...
View ArticleShepherd’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...
View ArticleSmoked 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...
View ArticleSlow-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...
View ArticleHalibut 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...
View ArticleSalmon 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...
View ArticleSalmon 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...
View ArticleHalibut 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...
View ArticlePanko 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...
View ArticleApricot 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,...
View ArticleSalmon 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...
View ArticleHoney Glazed Salmon with Brown Butter Lime Sauce
I’m very happy to announce that Alaska from Scratch now offers advertising space. We’re having a big promotional sale for the first month, so hop on over to the Advertising page to check out all the...
View ArticleSteamer 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...
View ArticleSmoked 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...
View ArticleSalmon 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...
View ArticleSmoked 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...
View ArticlePotato & 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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