For a magical slice, track down this Palmer pizza truck
Notes on: Palmer food adventures, raspberry pan-bangin' cookies, corn-salmon chowder, homemade Hamburger Helper, Little Rituals, Jason’s Donuts, surreal micro-fiction, u-picks.
An Alaska Life
Adventures in food and life in Alaska with Julia O'Malley.
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To soak in the last warm days of Alaska summer, drive north
Notes on: Parks Highway Thai, ADN reader-favorite salmon recipes, the Hmong Harvest Festival, Sitka's pie shop, a local comics star, trad wife ricotta.
Costco Business Center is an Anchorage life hack. Here's my shopping list.
Notes on: the practical peace of the Costco Business Center, Alaska-Style nicoise salad, charred corn and couscous, rhubarb Twizzlers, easy city hikes, carrot salad
See Alaska's beautiful food world through the eyes of these creators
Notes on: waiting for salmon on the Kenai, blueberry muffins, chicken parm salad, Susie Brito's salmon pastries, a soup named Roberto, TART RHUBARB.
EVENT: Food Culture Dinner at Sofra (Sold Out!)
Join me and sociologist/restaurateur Zeynep Kiliç for a five-course Turkish dinner with paired wines and interesting conversation.
How City Boy's Blair Hicks dreamed up the burger Anchorage wants
Notes on: Beau Schooler's lox recipe, what social media trends can teach a food business, blueberry cobbler, and smashed beef kebab with cucumber yogurt
Your guide to a not-boring summer salmon dinner in four quick, easy recipes
With notes on: how a fish spatula will rock your world, dive bars, banana milk, cheap lychees, drive-thru affogato, savory cherries, 24-hour restaurants, caribou, pike
You can always start over in the kitchen
Notes on: anxiety, tortelloni, Pema Chödrön, geometric rhubarb, chive blossom salmon, TLC, espresso + coconut water, not saying sorry about Diet Coke.
Tourist-free patios and other hot tips for dining al fresco in Anchorage
Notes on: wines for sitting on the lawn, gritty-gorgeous Anchorage patios, salmon wraps, cherries + burrata, papaya salad, rhubarb tiramisu, the Anchorage Press
In June, in Alaska, anything can happen
Notes on: how everything might go better than you expect, lilacs, dip nets, neighbors, grass, rhubarb pie, perfectly grilled Copper River reds