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Two Simple Recipes for Cooking Rabbit

Rabbits, rabbits, everywhere I look; in Greece and Alaska, rabbits.

In Alaska, our home is surrounded by rabbits. We live close to the site where the old Rabbit Hutch Restaurant once raised and served domesticated rabbit. When it burned down many years ago, the rabbits were freed. They’ve bred with ...

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Tart Making with Ripe Summer Tomatoes

Tomato Tart in Oven

Tomato Tart captures the essence of vine-ripened tomatoes and is a lovely way to highlight their tangy sweet flavor. Mustard goes surprisingly well with garden tomatoes and fresh herbs, and a buttery crisp crust is the perfect platform to show them off. Everyone in the family agrees on these points.

There ...

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How to Gather and Use Alaska’s Wild Mushrooms

Steve arrived home from work last Friday, a briefcase in one hand and a massive Boletus edulis in the other. A smile of pure joy lit his face. “It’s time to go mushrooming.”

He handed me the mushroom, a king bolete, also known as porcino in Italy and cep in France. ...

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Bear Tooth Grill’s Prize Winning Salmon with Spicy-Sweet Chile Glaze

In June, four of Alaska’s best chefs met at a salmon cook-off. The winning dish? Grilled Salmon with Ancho Honey Porter Glaze created by Clayton Jones, Executive Chef of Anchorage’s Bear Tooth Grill.

During the June cook-off, I watched tasters finish their portions and immediately get back in line for seconds ...

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Lime Green Romanesco Broccoli Has Great Flavor

Braised Romanesco Broccoli with Onions and Olives (Cavolfiore Seduto)

Vibrantly lime-green, with florets shaped like spiky Balinese temples whirling around a central core, Romanesco broccoli is an attention-grabber.

When I picked out a head at Saturday’s South Anchorage Farmer’s Market, the queries started immediately: “What’s that?” “What’ll you do with it?” “Is that any good?” Despite my enthusiastic assurances, some ...

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Eating Weeds: Bhutanese Refugees in Alaska Cook With Lamb’s Quarters

International Garden Booth

Lush baskets of greens lined the table: crumpled dark Lacinato kale, sweet golden-stalked Swiss chard, deep maroon piles of earthy red orach. The sign read, “Fresh International Gardens.”

“Good morning! Where’s your farm?” The answer to my standard market question was a surprise: “Mountain View.”

Mountain View, a densely populated neighborhood within ...

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