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

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

The perfect spring recipe.

  • Apr 16, 2019
  • By Erin Anais Heist For the Juneau Empire
  • Neighborsfood
‘Devastatingly delicious’: Cheesebread recipe swaps out spinach for Southeast’s nettles
More than just pizza: Roma gets more stylish

More than just pizza: Roma gets more stylish

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

More than just pizza: Roma gets more stylish
‘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.

‘Bright, zippy and fun’: New recipe showcases this delicious — and underrated — Alaska seafood
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This app will change how you order food in Juneau

This app will change how you order food in Juneau

Get a burger delivered to your door.

This app will change how you order food in Juneau
More sophisticated than a Shirley Temple: Mocktails are on the menu this March for sobriety awareness

More sophisticated than a Shirley Temple: Mocktails are on the menu this March for sobriety awareness

Movie night and other recovery-friendly events are planned, too.

More sophisticated than a Shirley Temple: Mocktails are on the menu this March for sobriety awareness
‘Jewish Halloween’ to be celebrated with movie screening, cookies

‘Jewish Halloween’ to be celebrated with movie screening, cookies

Rhymes with decorum.

‘Jewish Halloween’ to be celebrated with movie screening, cookies
Juneau chef nominated as James Beard semifinalist

Juneau chef nominated as James Beard semifinalist

It’s his third nomination.

Juneau chef nominated as James Beard semifinalist
New Thai restaurant hopes to curry favor

New Thai restaurant hopes to curry favor

Restaurant owners were longtime workers at Chan’s.

New Thai restaurant hopes to curry favor
Famous foul-mouthed chef spotted in Juneau

Famous foul-mouthed chef spotted in Juneau

He’s filming a TV show.

Famous foul-mouthed chef spotted in Juneau
Chefs Matt Little Dog displays a dish featuring authentic Japanese ramen for students at Floyd Dryden Middle School as part of Chefs’ Day on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. The Anchorage chefs visiting the Juneau and Sitka School Districts to introduced new and healthy foods via performance cooking demonstrations. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Using their noodles: Professional chefs inspire kids to pursue culinary arts

Miso hungry.

Chefs Matt Little Dog displays a dish featuring authentic Japanese ramen for students at Floyd Dryden Middle School as part of Chefs’ Day on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. The Anchorage chefs visiting the Juneau and Sitka School Districts to introduced new and healthy foods via performance cooking demonstrations. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Here’s the lowdown on Girl Scouts cookie season

Here’s the lowdown on Girl Scouts cookie season

Coming to a cabinet near you.

Here’s the lowdown on Girl Scouts cookie season
Pie in the Sky closes, but new venture awaits

Pie in the Sky closes, but new venture awaits

Coming to a kitchen near you.

Pie in the Sky closes, but new venture awaits
Super Bear/Foodland IGA employees Whitney Oudekerk, center, and Michael Stults, right, hand off bags of food for Super Bear IGA Director Tony Demelo to box at Super Bear IGA on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 20128, as part of the grocery store’s Project 3 Squares. (Michael Pernn | Juneau Empire)

Program makes hunger take a winter break

It’s hip to 3 Square.

Super Bear/Foodland IGA employees Whitney Oudekerk, center, and Michael Stults, right, hand off bags of food for Super Bear IGA Director Tony Demelo to box at Super Bear IGA on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 20128, as part of the grocery store’s Project 3 Squares. (Michael Pernn | Juneau Empire)
Eating Wild: Portuguese Fisherman’s Stew, Southeast Alaska style

Eating Wild: Portuguese Fisherman’s Stew, Southeast Alaska style

The perfect food for a cold wintery night.

Eating Wild: Portuguese Fisherman’s Stew, Southeast Alaska style
The life of brine: Fermentation 101 spreads passion for fermented foods

The life of brine: Fermentation 101 spreads passion for fermented foods

Attendees get a dose of kraut know-how.

The life of brine: Fermentation 101 spreads passion for fermented foods
A measuring cup full of bog cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccos) is seen in the kitchen of Erin Anais Heist on Oct. 14, 2018. (Erin Anais Heist | For the Juneau Empire)

Eating Wild: Cranberry-apple bread

It’s just sweet enough — not too sweet.

A measuring cup full of bog cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccos) is seen in the kitchen of Erin Anais Heist on Oct. 14, 2018. (Erin Anais Heist | For the Juneau Empire)
A sweet potato and salmon quiche ready for the oven on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Eating Wild: Salmon quiche with sweet potato crust

I’m always looking for new ways to use salmon.

A sweet potato and salmon quiche ready for the oven on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Eating Wild: Spicy Baked Beans with Highbush Cranberry

Eating Wild: Spicy Baked Beans with Highbush Cranberry

It’s a commonly held belief that taste and smell are the senses most closely tied to memory. The smell of highbush cranberries is unmistakable —… Continue reading

Eating Wild: Spicy Baked Beans with Highbush Cranberry
Metro Creative Connection stock image

Grocery delivery service expands to Juneau

Instacart is expanding its services to Juneau and other Southeast communities as of this week.

Metro Creative Connection stock image
Chef Berkeley Scott, of the buoy tender Hickory, prepares two burgers to be judged on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Coast Guard chefs compete to see who can make the best burger

Culinary Specialist-3 Berkeley Scott crouched down like a golfer reading a green, his eyes just inches away from the sizzling burger. Scott, a cook aboard… Continue reading

Chef Berkeley Scott, of the buoy tender Hickory, prepares two burgers to be judged on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)