As we rode our bicycles down the bike path on Kenai Spur Highway, with our yellow lab, Rosie, running beside us, my wife turned to me and said, “I really love fall. I don’t think I ever realized how much I love it.” She talked about how crisp the air feels on her face, h...

It’s October and it’s Alaska PFD time, which are both are ample reasons to be clinking glasses to a fall forward cocktail. Lately, I’ve often been keeping it simple but seasonal by enjoying a nice bottle of hard apple cider. I like the carbonation and the crisp, fragrant...

With all of the vibrant fall colors and chilly autumn rain we’ve been having, I was more than ready this week to cozy up to a steaming, spicy bowl of soup. When I posted a photo of this dish to Instagram, one follower asked if it was Thai pumpkin curry. Those orange cubes ar...

Being that South Restaurant in Anchorage is a three plus hour drive from here, and knowing the kids would turn their noses up at the nuts on a sticky bun anyhow, I concluded, “I should make some cinnamon rolls.” At this point, our teenager chimes in without glancing up fro...

Mushrooms are popping up everywhere this time of year, ready to be foraged and enjoyed. But be sure that you know which ones to pick and which ones are better left undisturbed, and make sure the kiddos know, too. If you’ve never done it, be sure to grab an Alaska mushroom i...

It was my grandmother who taught me long ago that blueberries and cornmeal go together. One of the only recipes she ever jotted down for me, handwritten on a notecard, is one for her blueberry cornbread, delightfully buttery and lightly sweetened.