Freshly picked spruce tips season perfectly cooked halibut.

Spruce tips are easy to find here in Alaska when temperatures are just starting to get warmer and the forest is waking up. Their bright fresh flavor is citrusy with a touch of pine that complements fish beautifully in this Spruce Butter Halibut. Ingredients for Spruce Butter Halibut Handful of fresh spruce tips (approximately one…

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Mooseakas Serbian restaurant in Denali offers exceptional food right outside the park

One of the great things about living in the United States is that decades of immigrants from around the world have brought a wide array of international cuisine. Alaska is no exception. From an abundance of Thai cuisine to exquisite Philippine restaurants, Alaska boasts an incredibly diverse culinary scene. In fact, nestled in a cluster…

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As we have completed our quarantine in the quiet cabin of Salcha, Alaska we decided to head first to Fairbanks– a rugged city that serves as the gateway to the great interior of Alaska. Along the way we stopped in North Pole, Alaska. This touristy and quirky town is (obviously) not really the North Pole,…

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One of my most delightful discoveries in learning to forage here in Alaska is Labrador Tea. Labrador Tea is a common beverage among the Athabascan and Inuit tribes of North America. The plant is widely associated with a variety of health benefits though there is no scientific proof. Regardless, the aromatic flavor of the tea…

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Sipping my rose hip tea I’ll now tell you all about those mysterious wild berries of Alaska that I found…… On my first walk in the woods here in Salcha I immediately noticed wild berries of Alaska with which I was unfamiliar. I made educated guesses on what they all are, but followed that up…

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Parke County Bridges

Driving through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois crosses some of the most boring stretches of freeway in the United States. I don’t mean to insult these so called “flyover” states. In reality I think they are probably some of the nicest places to live and raise a family, but for just driving through the scenery leaves…

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Pittsburger Primanti Sandwiches

So Rick is a huge fan of the reality show Man vs. Food and he has always wanted to stop at Primanti Bros. in Pittsburgh. Primanti Bros. sandwiches (or sammichs if you want to say it like the locals) include cole slaw and fries right on the bread along with your choice of meaty fillings.…

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Healthy Eating on a Road Trip

How do you eat healthy on a road trip? As you can imagine as a travel company owner I travel.  A lot.  Or at least I used to before the “Rona” came along and single handedly screeched global travel to a halt.  None the less during our move to Alaska I will be “on the…

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