Semiserious Chefs

I love the summers in Alaska. I really do. I don’t know anyone in their right mind who could say otherwise. The thing is, I’ve gone through my share of winters here in Anchorage. Granted they’re not terrible winters like those you get farther north, but they last long enough that I’m just getting downright […]

Having lived in Alaska for most of my life, I hadn’t truly realized just how big and beautiful this place can be. Being around it all the time, dampens one’s senses and lessons the grandeur of what others would be nothing short of amazed by. It finally kind of hit me this last trip that […]

I’ve spent plenty of time camping and fishing in Alaska, but by no means was I any sort of diehard outdoorsman. In fact, I was and still am far from it. It was mostly in my late teens and early twenties that I spent any time camping and fishing. For sure it was fun and […]

Today marked our third Vlog. We finished our 4 day weekend with a third day of pressure washing and scraping paint to prep our property for fresh paint. It’s just a crappy job. I wish I could say we were totally done with it. You also get to watch Mr. Nathan play in a puddle […]

My parents treated us to a visit at The Reindeer Farm in Palmer. It was a beautiful short drive from Anchorage, about 30 minutes on the Glenn and Old Glenn Highways. I was really excited to find out that you get to go in with the herd to feed and pet them! Nathan had a […]

It may (or may not) surprise you that we are really rather recluse people. Other than the 14 doorbell rings daily for the drop-off and pick-up of our 7 daycare friends, we really don’t have anyone over, and don’t go to anyone else’s place very often at all. Of course, ^THAT^ may be why. Major […]

For Christmas last year (2016) Nathan was given a Midland XTC-100 video camera with several mounts, including a head and helmet mount. Here are the first few videos we got to take. The first is absolutely horrid, but shows us figuring it out, and also contains a thanks to Papa Ricky for the great gift. […]

*It doesn’t have to be Moose. Any red meat and especially pot roast works great.* I knew my mom was coming for a night, and we always enjoy cooking new things together. When I found lamb shank on sale I made plans to cook ossobuco, as she has talked so fondly of it over the […]

This rice cake recipe was inspired by Chef Kirsten Dixon of Tutka Bay Lodge near Homer. She created a recipe that used kippered salmon and a spicy mayo. I decided to adapt it using my mom’s personally smoked salmon, and a recent addition to my cooking repertoire, garlic sesame soy dressing. I was a little […]

Christmas in our home is usually a very pleasant event. Each of our families are kind, loving, and gracious, and although we lead a pretty simple life, (the three of us as a family,) there will always be a few fun spoils under our tree. We have more than enough and are never truly in […]