For Edible Alaska: Solace in the kitchen
After a divorce, her church pulled away and Maya Wilson, Alaska’s most popular food blogger, found herself alone in the kitchen.
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She thought she’d never draw again, then came the wolf tracks in the snow (For ADN)
Each morning she found new wolf tracks in the snow. With each passing day, the wolf was coming closer to the cabin.
Talk of Alaska 8/23: Alaskans Adapting to Climate Change
I’m guest hosting Talk of Alaska, a statewide call-in show on public radio, so keep an ear out for me and send me your show ideas.
For the ADN: What it means to take a shower when you’re homeless
Anchorage’s homeless population is highly visible in some respects — most recently in news stories about crime and loitering in Town Square Park — but people standing outside the shower house this week described feeling invisible. Looking dirty, especially, marks you as different, they said. People look right through you.
DIY Mother’s Day centerpiece with Natasha
Let Natasha help you make your mom something festive. (PS: I heard some rumors there are peonies in town!)
“Made of Salmon” (and my first book chapter !) out this week!
In which I reveal that my grandmother cooked fish in the dishwasher. Top rack.
Before and After: Anchorage’s oldest coffee shop gets a makeover (sponsored)
Watch how well-loved old school Cafe del Mundo became the gorgeous, new school Black Cup.
The business of mushing, powered by sled dogs and Facebook (For The Guardian)
The sport is an old-fashioned test of endurance, but increasingly, getting by as a musher is linked to savvy in the digital world.
How not to write about food (for KTUU)
Wherein Rebecca Palsha makes me say my least favorite food words.