Weather: 43 degrees, overcast What I’m listening to: the rumbling of my tummy It’s that time of year again when we’re trying to use up our frozen salmon from last summer’s catch…
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Although I know it may be easy to believe that my life is a quiet, peaceful little existence in remote Alaska, sometimes it’s more like a circus. This last week…
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Weather: 12 degrees, the tiniest little snowflakes falling What I’m listening to: chickadees singing outside, near the bird feeder my 8-year-old son made Ever since daylight savings, the days have been growing…
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I’m always looking for new and interesting ways to eat salmon since we are blessed to have so much of it here on the Kenai Peninsula. We often eat it…
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Weather: 21 degrees, several inches of snow expected overnight What I’m listening to: A Pandora holiday station (at the moment it’s playing Nat King Cole) This last weekend, Pastor Alaska…
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Weather: enjoyed my weekly outing to the supermarket in -18 degrees What I’m listening to: Little Women (1994) Soundtrack I was inspired to pick up a pretty little bag of…
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I’m very happy to announce that Alaska from Scratch now offers advertising space. We’re having a big promotional sale for the first month, so hop on over to the Advertising…
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Weather: 58 degrees, just received a report of a black bear in the yard across the street What I’m listening to: Summer, George Winston This may be my favorite dinner I’ve made…
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A while back, I received an email from my grandmother telling me that she had just enjoyed the absolute best salmon she’d ever tasted. She asked if I could come…
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It’s clamming season here in Alaska. Clamming has quickly become one of the adventures we look forward to every year as a family. We don our mud boots, grab our…
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