Julia O'Malley

I love this old Alaska Jell-O salad recipe and I’m not sorry

This highly nostalgic salad is a good use for frozen Alaska berries and features a tart ribbon of sour cream running through the center.

Bake the biggest white cheddar, sausage breakfast focaccia

Mine is no artisanal Fire Island focaccia, but when I sent a few friends pictures of it after I pulled it out of the oven the last time I made it, they found reasons to drop by. So I figure that’s enough.

These scratch sourdough brownies bring the tang

A number of recipes for chocolate baked goods in Alaska’s historic cookbooks use sourdough discard. That sour tang seems to give sweet chocolate the perfect bite.

Dial up the nostalgia with copy-cat Mother’s iced oatmeal cookies

21 #SoAnchorage Holiday Delights: #2 is this ah-mazing radio light display

December 02, 2014

The yard has lovely light-covered trees and what I might describe as an illuminated spire that points skyward with a star on top. That is cool on its own, but then you tune the radio to 89.9 FM.

21 #SoAnchorage Holiday Delights: Here is #1, Mystery Bike Santa

November 30, 2014

This year I’m leaning into it: the dark, the gritty city, the unique Alaska holiday vibe. Until solstice, I will post once a day about something wonderful/quirky/magical/delicious/fun that can be experienced here in Anchorage in the dead of winter. (And I am totally open to suggestions.) Here is #1.