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Cooking Lesson 1: Anchorage Ethnic Markets (Part 3 of 4)

Crystal Abbot and Sammi Hudson

By Laurie Constantino and Nora Morse

Last week, for Cooking Lesson #1, I took Nora Morse to some of my favorite Anchorage ethnic stores. Starting April 1, Nora and I chat about stores we visited. Lesson #1 (all 4 parts) is the first of a series of columns Nora and I ...

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Cooking Lesson 1: Anchorage Ethnic Markets (Part 2 of 4)

Barry Yu, Lucky Market owner

By Laurie Constantino and Nora Morse

Last week, for Cooking Lesson #1, I took Nora Morse to some of my favorite Anchorage ethnic stores. Starting April 1, Nora and I chat about stores we visited. Lesson #1 (all 4 parts) is the first of a series of columns Nora and I ...

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Cooking Lesson 1: Anchorage Ethnic Markets (Part 1 of 4)

Sonya and Mr. Joe

by Laurie Constantino and Nora Morse

Laurie: To cook well, high quality ingredients are essential, as is being able to source ingredients locally. As a result, no matter where they live, dedicated cooks are intimately familiar with locally available ingredients and regularly troll stores for new products. In other words, ...

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Beverly Barker, Queen of the Bees

Earthworks Farm, Palmer, Alaska 2012

“Do you get stung?” The question burst out of me, unbidden, with an edge of bee-phobic panic I tried to hide. I nervously approached Beverly Barker’s door. Bees were everywhere.

“All the time!” Beverly laughed. “I have to expect getting stung.” She explained bees sting when they’re stressed: “The more focused ...

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A Life in Food: Eating and Cooking with Mother

Mother and Daddy, Young and in Love 1944

When we were kids, Mother wasn’t an adventuresome cook. Oh sure, she made pâte à choux crab puffs, her one specialty, for bridge parties, but we weren’t allowed to eat them. Part of the reason was Mother and Daddy were famously picky eaters.

We didn’t eat lamb, cucumbers, squash, cabbage, kale, ...

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Blog of the Week: Alaska From Scratch

Halibut with Lemon Caper Pan Sauce, Photograph by Jennifer McGovern

Writer: Maya Evoy

Where: Nikiski, Alaska

What: Alaska From Scratch is filled with such scrumptious looking recipes and delicious photographs, you may find yourself licking the computer screen. Maya, an associate pastor with incredible skills in the kitchen, started her food blogging journey after she and her family moved from California to ...

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