Alaskana recipe: Village-style doughnuts
The smell of doughnuts frying takes me back to many a happy village-gym gathering.
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Satisfy your cravings with this DIY In-N-Out burger, ‘animal-style’
Here in Alaska, where it would require a passport and days of driving to get to the nearest In-N-Out Burger, I often try to replicate this nostalgic favorite at home.
For a quick, satisfying fall breakfast, go frittata
Here's a go-to dish that can easily satisfy as a mid-morning snack, lunch or quick supper.
Baked tandoori-style drumsticks
When I came across a method for baking tandoori style chicken drumsticks in a standard oven, I had to give it a try.
Alaskana recipe: Spam musubi and the musubi ‘McMuffin’
Spam musubi is a simple, portable, affordable snack that's easy to make. (It's also gluten-free!)
The internet loves this apple pie recipe and you should too
Crust troubles and a power outage couldn't sink this classic pie.
Copycat Olive Garden pasta e fagioli soup is a great way to use moose
Alaska from Scratch: This pasta e fagioli recipe is a take on the popular soup from the Olive Garden: vegetables, two kinds of beans and meat settle nicely into a thick, tomatoey broth.
Alaskana recipe: Salmon pot pie with Parmesan-thyme crust
This show-stopping dish has taken on a life of its own in coastal Alaska, with lots of regional variations.
Tahini in your chocolate chip cookies? It’s not so nuts
Maya Wilson: Tahini brings a complexity to this cookie that you won’t find elsewhere. If you like crunchy edges and chewy centers, this might be just the recipe for you.
How to make a bowl of edamame that tops any sushi restaurant appetizer
Alaska from Scratch: This recipe is quick - four ingredients and just a few minutes in a hot skillet. The result is a steamy plate of edamame, glistening with oil and sprinkled with sea salt.
Alaska wildberries turn ordinary bread into a gorgeous, late summer pudding dessert
Kim Sunée: This simple, late-summer dessert that turns fruit and bread into a gorgeous dome of purple, garnet and magenta.
Alaskana recipe: freezer-perfect Alaska greens super pesto
Sending your wintertime table a love letter from the greenest part of the summer.
Alaskana recipe: Foolproof wild blueberry pie
Every Alaska cook should have a pie recipe up their sleeve. And this is now mine.
To love beets is to eat this roasted beet and lentil salad with tahini dressing
Beets are a thing. A fascinating, jewel-toned, earthy-flavored thing.
Bruschetta with nectarines and prosciutto is a stunning appetizer (or lunch – or even dinner)
Alaska from Scratch: This is a twist on caprese salad, that classic taste of summer.
Here are the secrets to making a truly great pimento cheese spread
Kim Sunée: Some notes from Carlyle: Only use orange extra sharp cheddar, never white, Tillamook is great. Never use a food processor to grate your cheese. Do it by hand. Use more black pepper than you think.
These zucchini brownies are so rich and gooey, you might want to use a fork
Alaska from Scratch: Zucchini naturally holds water, which releases as it bakes, giving the brownies that fudgy texture that many say is essential to a good brownie.
Alaskana recipe: Easy, pectin-free alley raspberry jam
This jam recipe, developed with advice from the good Alaska cooks in our online test kitchen, requires no pectin and is pretty hard to mess up.
Gussy up your leftover salmon with this herb layer dip
When the days are warmer, chilled salmon dishes are the way to go.
Bourbon meets Alaska blueberries in this take on barbecue baby back ribs
Alaska from Scratch: Blueberry bourbon barbecue sauce is nicely balanced with smoky, sweet, spicy and acidic notes in these baby back ribs. Bring a stack of napkins to the table and go to town.