For NYT: In Alaska’s Far-Flung Villages, Happiness is a Cake Mix
No matter where you go in rural Alaska, you will always find a cake mix cake.
For NYT: A postcard from Kenai’s dipnet beach, America’s most democratic fishery
And there is most likely no more democratic fishing spot in America than the Kenai — a place where any Alaska resident, from an oil company executive to a carwash attendant, can fill a freezer with premium salmon for only the cost of gas and gear.
For High Country News: A Gambell teenager took a whale, now he’s haunted by death threats from across the world
Before his story made the Anchorage paper, before the first death threat arrived from across the world, before his elders began to worry and his mother cried over the things she read on Facebook, Chris Apassingok, age 16, caught a whale.
For the Washington Post: Alaska pragmatic on N. Korean Missile Threat (Bonus: story mention on Colbert!)
There have been times in Alaska’s history when people have had deep anxiety about foreign threats. Now is not one of those.
Come write with me on Yukon Island!
You know what sounds fun? Writing on a gorgeous Alaska island with a cool group of women (and no kids!). Join me!
Quick Rhubarb Pastry
Maybe you want to make a dessert with all that rhubarb that is just as easy as the traditional crisp, goes great with ice cream, but breaks the routine (and isn’t too sweet, either).
Sunday Night Spaghetti Sauce
It is not my Nonna’s recipe, which I suspect was doctored Prego.
Write with NYT’s Kim Severson at Tutka Bay Lodge this summer!
Spend a long weekend writing about food this summer with New York Times food writer Kim Severson in the rustic luxury of Alaska’s Tutka Bay Lodge .