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Midgi Moore, CEO of Juneau Food Tours, holds up a Taste Alaska! Alaska Sweetheart Box inside Juneau Food Tours' new location on Shattuck Way. The boxes, which were launched in June, are a way for Juneau Food Tours to give people a taste of the capital city amid the pandemic. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

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Thinking inside the box: Food tour business has new location, delivery product

Delivery box gives people a taste of Alaska wherever they are.

Charred octopus at Red Spruce on Jan. 28, 2020. (Emily Russo Miller | Juneau Empire)

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A complementary pair: Beyond The Ale visits Red Spruce

The brand new indoor eatery is open for business.

Planet Alaska: What I learned from island living last year

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Planet Alaska: What I learned from island living last year

Learn to balance an island world.

Orrin Noon, 10, Arlo Davis, 11, and Axel Boily, 10, beam at the crunchy critters they were about to eat. The boys were among the theatergoers who sampled edible insects prepared by David George Gordon, aka Bug Chef. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

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Bugs are the new popcorn? Juneau moviegoers sample crickets, locusts, grasshoppers

Not your normal movie fare.

Alaska company takes pizza to new heights with air delivery

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Alaska company takes pizza to new heights with air delivery

The air deliveries began as a simple matter of supplying a demand.

Bubble Room’s crispy chicken sandwich, Jan. 7, 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

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Beyond The Ale: Tucked-away Bubble Room fare fit for discerning patrons

For when you want a cocktail and a bite to eat without too much fuss.

The Clam Chowder Bread Bowl at the Hangar on the Wharf, Jan. 1, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

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A most perfect container: An ode to the bread bowl

Why can’t all our dishes be made out of bread: a lament.

A loaded tots from Nano’s Kitchen at Louie’s Douglas Inn, Dec. 23, 2019. (Robert Monteith | Juneau Empire)

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Beyond the Ale: Nano’s Grill at Louie’s Douglas Inn

Now with more Lovecraftian horror, tots.

Julia O’Malley, food journalist, has a new book out that was co-published by the University of Washington Press and the Anchorage Museum. (Courtesy Photo | Nathaniel Wilder)

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New books tells stories about Alaska’s singular food culture

Here, food is more than fuel.

Beyond the Ale: The search for Juneau’s best bar food

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Beyond the Ale: The search for Juneau’s best bar food

For our first bar food review, we decided to first try Devil’s Hideaway.

Pad Thai anyone? Chan’s is reopening

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Pad Thai anyone? Chan’s is reopening

Owners needed a break and to remodel.

Gina Athwani eats fresh lettuce grown through support from the Farm to School program at Harborview Elementary School on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Juneau schools summer programs teach kids about Alaska-grown foods

Miner’s lettuce a hit with minors.

Erin Anais Heist slices into her spruce tip rhubarb cake on Thursday, June 6, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Eating Wild: Rhubarb and Spruce-tip Cake

It’s decadent, elegant and simple.

Spruce up a classic: Locally foraged spruce tips make great rice krispie topper

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Spruce up a classic: Locally foraged spruce tips make great rice krispie topper

Get the recipe here.

Move over blue crab. Dungeness takes the cake in this crab cake recipe

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Move over blue crab. Dungeness takes the cake in this crab cake recipe

Plus, a locally foraged salad.

This tentacled treat is about to hit the market in Southeast

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This tentacled treat is about to hit the market in Southeast

It’s a little smoky and a little salty.

Devilishly delicious: Devil’s club is the star of this yummy halibut recipe

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Devilishly delicious: Devil’s club is the star of this yummy halibut recipe

Don’t miss the window to harvest Southeast’s iconic plant.

‘Devastatingly delicious’: Cheesebread recipe swaps out spinach for Southeast’s nettles

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‘Devastatingly delicious’: Cheesebread recipe swaps out spinach for Southeast’s nettles

The perfect spring recipe.

More than just pizza: Roma gets more stylish

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More than just pizza: Roma gets more stylish

The pizza isn’t changing, but the look of the place is.

‘Bright, zippy and fun’: New recipe showcases this delicious — and underrated — Alaska seafood

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‘Bright, zippy and fun’: New recipe showcases this delicious — and underrated — Alaska seafood

Kicking off season two with a favorite.