Julia O'Malley

Micro-journal with me about the last two years. Here’s how.

No rules, no big goal, just take 5 minutes and let your brain process and remember.

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.

Make a sourdough loaf like an Alaskan with Beau Schooler’s recipe

Make sourdough like a real Alaskan with Beau Schooler’s sourdough bread.

Be supreme at buttercream frosting!

You’ve seen all those cool-looking cupcakes on Pinterest and maybe you’ve felt intimidated. But I want you to know a secret.

steak, lettuce, sauce and rice on a tray

Pho-inspired steak wraps

June 22, 2020

This is *the best* meal for the end of an exhausting pandemic work/school day.

salmon on a plate sprinkled with purple flowers

Lazy-beautiful chive blossom salmon

This has become my extra lazy weeknight grilled salmon recipe this summer

Splash this simple rhubarb-thyme shrub in your bubbly water today

June 21, 2020

Splash some of this Alaska rhubarb shrub in your fizzy water today

We made soup on Molly of Denali!

June 01, 2020

Party with this strawberry slab pie

May 22, 2020

Slab-pie is kind of perfect for your end-of-school parties and first-of-the-season barbecues.

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

March 19, 2020

In Bocca Al Lupo-inspired spaghetti sauce with a secret

February 22, 2020

This sauce has an unusual umami that hooks you like the chorus of your favorite song.

Come eat! Alaska food culture dinner with Laura Cole at Muse!

February 10, 2020

Cup of coffee in fur-mitten-covered hands

Bulletproof coffee will get you through the coldest, darkest winter mornings

January 30, 2020

This would be coffee with butter in it. I know, sounds weird, but stay with me.

Bring a recipe and write with me!

December 28, 2019