When it comes to sexy food, figs are often ranked near the top, along with finer cheeses, like a nice goat cheese. I’ve brought both together on this burger. And when choosing the greens for this, I went for the intricate, peppery arugula. This burger is unexpected and compl...
As we came to the end of summer, I was running out of creative ideas for what to feed the kids for lunch every day. We are all growing tired of the standard kid fare, which often includes yogurt, a side of fruit, or a cheese stick alongside some chicken nuggets, peanut butter ...
When the 7.1 earthquake rocked the southcentral part of our state early this week, Alaskans picked up their phones and laptops, taking to social media in droves. Everyone from the Kenai Peninsula to Anchorage and beyond seemed to be up at 2 a.m. checking on one another, sharin...
Weather: 58, damp and gray What I’m listening to: Hold My Heart, Sara Bareilles Summer in Alaska always flies by. A flood of people come to visit, our home fills up with guests, our church doubles in size, and motorhomes command the roadways. Normal life is suspended f...
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...
Weather: 43 degrees, cloudy What I’m listening to: Cups, Anna Kendrick We’ve been getting quite a bit of rain so far this fall here on the Kenai Peninsula. The temperatures are dropping, the daylight is slipping away, and the autumn winds have picked up. Fall co...