I got the inspiration for this recipe from my friends Marcy and Deb, who served these up at a progressive dinner party for my wife’s hockey team. These wontons got rave reviews and were one of the highlights of the night.

When we arrived back in Kenai, one of my wife’s coworkers gave us a bag of fresh-caught salmon and halibut as a wedding gift.  I knew right away that I wanted to broil the sockeye salmon with a birch syrup glaze to mark the occasion, highlighting two of Alaska’s b...

My sister and I were walking through the produce aisle looking at all of the glorious fall ingredients. Our gazes landed on the gigantic stalks of fresh Brussels sprouts and I gasped. These beautiful Brussels sprouts found their way into my cart, this week’s menu and subsequ...

Weather: 54 degrees, cloudy What I’m listening to: the way it sounds when cars drive by on the highway after it rains While here visiting this last week, a family member caught a halibut in Kachemak Bay. Their one request before they headed back to Central...

A couple of weeks ago I got to spend four days up in Anchorage participating in a food styling photo shoot with Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, cooking and styling some of the most incredible seafood and local Alaska Grown produce this fine state has to offer, alongside my...

Weather: 43 degrees, mostly sunny What I’m listening to: Love, Matt White In preparation for making the very first pumpkin dish of the season, I took to my cupboards and pulled out my cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and allspice to make a big batch of my...

Weather: 59 degrees, everything is turning green outside What I’m listening to: You Will Remain, All Sons & Daughters Every year without fail, summer sneaks up on me. The spring calendar grows busier and busier, the days grow longer and longer – ...

Last week, due to the the pressures of parenting, puppy-raising, and work, I had made a deliberate decision that I would try to make my life easier by taking some shortcuts in the kitchen. I entered the grocery store and filled my cart with items I don’t normally bu...

“Mom, can you make me ratatouille? Just like this?” she says, shoving a phone in my face with a cartoon picture of plated food. “Um. Yeah. I can do that.” “Really?!” She’s beaming now. A welcome smile and infectious enthusiasm during C...

I had a night off from the restaurant, so I asked my wife what she wanted to do for ‘date night.’ “I want to make pizza,” she replied ahead of a long pause. “Mushroom pizza. With goat cheese.” My brain started buzzing with a recipe taking sh...

Tater tot casserole is not a dish I grew up with. I didn’t even know it was a thing. I also didn’t know that in places like Minnesota, it’s called tater tot hot dish.

If you’re looking for a show-stopping appetizer to serve at an upcoming holiday gathering, look no further than this crab artichoke dip.

My wife grew up making peanut butter balls every holiday season. She remembers mixing together the butter, peanut butter, and powdered sugar until it forms a dough that can be rolled into bite-sized balls.

Fair warning: this eggnog recipe contains raw eggs. It also contains lots of booze, which acts as a sterilizer and a preservative for the eggs and cream.