Mediterranean Cooking in Alaska

Laurie Constantino on TV: Salmon with Rosemary Honey

Salmon with Rosemary Honey on Television

Good Morning Alaska (GMAK) is ABC Alaska’s newest production. Eventually GMAK will be a stand-alone show. For now, it’s aired during Good Morning America. (Just before the hour and half-hour, GMAK runs 5 minute segments of local content.)

Today’s show is the first in a series of cooking segments I’ll be ...

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

Anastasia Natekina at Eastern European Store & Deli

By Laurie Constantino and Nora Morse

For Cooking Lesson #1, I took Nora Morse to some of my favorite Anchorage ethnic stores. Since April 1, Nora and I have been chatting about the stores we visited. Lesson #1 (all 4 parts) is the first of a series of columns Nora and ...

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Fun with Firemen: An Anniversary Feast

Appetizers and Salads for Fireman Dinner

Yesterday, Kim Sunée, Anna Thomas, and I cooked dinner for the firemen at Station 4 in Anchorage. Start to finish, we had a great time; from menu planning to watching firemen enjoy their food.

Our firehouse cooking adventure started with a gym conversation between Neil Gunn, Sunée’s boyfriend, and Neil’s friend, ...

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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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How to Steam Clams, Plain or with Greek Gigantes Beans

Clams and Beans in Buttery Wine Broth

Gigantes, giant white beans, are a Greek specialty bean. I recently explained that gigantes are related to scarlet runner beans and are a PGI product of Greece. In the European Union, a PGI designation identifies foods grown in unique regions that have special qualities and characteristics. I also gave my ...

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