Sea beans, beach asparagus, samphire, salicornia, glasswort, pickleweed and many more; the names for this family of juicy salty chewy vegetables is one of the wild world’s tastiest treats. In Anchorage, they’re generally called sea beans, but are stuck in my mind as samphire, what they were called when we ...
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 ...
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 ...
On Tuesday, November 20, Anchorage’s Fourth Avenue stars in Chuck’s Eat the Street on The Cooking Channel. Here’s a behind the scenes look at why the show came to Alaska and what Chuck Hughes, the show’s host, thinks about Anchorage.
Chuck Hughes
Canadian Chef Chuck Hughes has two highly regarded restaurants in ...
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, ...
Kitchens of Alaska
Owners: Chuck and Ayse (pronounced EYE-sheh) Gilbert
Architect: mmenseArchitects
Kitchen and Lighting Design: Ayse Gilbert
Project: In 2004, Chuck and Ayse completed a 1200 square feet addition to their tiny house (700 square feet on main floor and 400 square feet in the basement). The new space includes a kitchen, 2 ...
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