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Cooking For Pleasure: Orange apricot muffins for breakfast
A few years ago when I had a bag of oranges and a half eaten bag of dried…
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Cooking For Pleasure: Restaurant-style Caesar salad
When I go to a fine restaurant and Caesar salad is on the menu, it is usually the…
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Grocery shoppers willing to pay more for Alaska Grown produce, study finds
How much are Alaskans willing to pay for produce that is homegrown? A newly published study has some…
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Cooking For Pleasure: Fish Szechwan style
Ever since I started writing this column, I have debated whether to include this recipe which I have…
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Cooking For Pleasure: Tortilla casserole with leftover turkey
This is a great way to use leftover turkey should you have any remaining from Thanksgiving. If you…
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Cooking For Pleasure: Pumpkin cheesecake with a pecan crust
For those of you who struggle with trying to figure out how to bake pies and also put…
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Cooking for Pleasure: Mexican cornbread loaf with roasted green chiles and cheese
Many years ago when I lived in Tucson, Arizona, I was lucky enough to have neighbors of Mexican…
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Cooking For Pleasure: Sheet pan tomato soup
Whenever I get my hair done at Salon Cedar, owner Brendan Sullivan and I talk about food nonstop.…
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Cooking for Pleasure: Nine-hour pork roast with crackling
For a few months now I have been craving an old-fashioned pork roast, one with the skin on…
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Cooking for Pleasure: Green salad with blackberries, pecans, pears and blue cheese
This is an unusual salad that I love to serve as a first course for a company dinner.…
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Cooking for Pleasure: Crisp sugar cookies with your choice of flavors
When I was about 14 years old I babysat for a very fine cook who gave me this…
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Juneau Community Garden celebrates bountiful 30th annual Harvest Festival
Founders had to make own soil to start garden; now a chef makes festival food from what’s grown.
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Cooking for Pleasure: Curried rice artichoke salad
One of my family’s favorite picnic salads is this one with curried rice and marinated artichokes. I originally…
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Cooking For Pleasure: Recreating a ratatouille tart from a trip to southern France
The other day my sister Mary and I were reminiscing about our favorite things to eat when we…
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Woven Peoples and Place: Upper Lynn Canal food systems boosted by regional sustainability initiatives
Network of grassroots efforts, volunteers and community gardens helping ensure access to local food.
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Cooking for pleasure: Cauliflower shrimp salad
I realize that this combination sounds a bit odd, but I’ve become quite fond of it. Many years…
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Cooking for Pleasure: Sockeye salmon in a red chile sauce
Every summer I look forward to finding fresh sockeye salmon for sale in one of the local stores.…
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Cooking for Pleasure: Fish and chips with homemade tartar sauce
For years I struggled with different fish batter recipes, usually with lousy luck. The resultant deep-fried fish would…
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Franklin Street facelift: Sites of former Elks Lodge, Glory Hall debut new eateries, housing
Expanded food court opens at former lodge site; donut shop and low-cost apartments replace shelter.
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Cooking for Pleasure: Almond cake from a trip to Croatia
I should have probably titled this week’s column: “Eating For Pleasure.” My daughter, Sally and I spent the…