Posts tagged “alaska”

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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My Berlin Kitchen, A Love Story: Luisa Weiss Finds Home

Meatballs with Chipotle-Tomato Sauce

Where is home? Is it where you grew up? Where you have a house? Where you yearn to live? Where your heart lies? What about people like me, who call more than one place home? In today’s mobile world, finding home can be a challenge.

My experiences shuttling between two countries ...

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BAKING ALASKA, A Documentary: Two Sisters’ Quest for a New Life

Jackie Johnson and Kathy Hamrick at Boardwalk Bakery in Homer, Alaska

BAKING ALASKA is a documentary about two Southern sisters, Jackie and Kathy, who leave behind their ordinary lives to chase a dream of opening a bakery in Alaska. Kari Barber is the director of BAKING ALASKA. She’s finished filming, but needs additional money to complete and publicize the movie. I’m ...

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Alaska Flour Company Sells Alaska-Milled Barley Products

Barley Ready to Be Milled

“A flower company in Alaska?” That’s my friends’ reaction when I talk about visiting the Alaska Flour Company (AFC). As I describe the mill, they realize their mistake. More than one has said, “A flour company in Alaska sounds pretty crazy.”  It may sound crazy, but AFC and the man ...

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Gourmet Fare From Remote Alaska Kitchen

Eric Brudie and Meg Simonian's Property on McDonald SpitKitchens of Alaska: McDonald Spit

Owners: Eric Brudie and Meg Simonian

 

Where: McDonald Spit is a long narrow strip of sand and gravel projecting out into Kachemak Bay. It’s south of Homer on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula near Seldovia. To get to McDonald Spit from Homer if you don’t have your own boat, ...

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How to Dipnet for Salmon on the Kenai River

Dipnetting on Alaska's Kenai River

In Alaska, fishing for salmon is both sport and necessity. When word gets out that salmon are running, people hightail it to the nearest fish hotspot as fast as their Subarus and pickup trucks can carry them. Traffic backs up for miles and the small towns near the Kenai River ...

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