How Alaska Eats: MacGuyver a crisp out of anything, anywhere (plus other food (and rhubarb!) news)

News, tips and tricks for anybody who eats in Alaska. [View this page at adn.com]( MacGuyver a crisp out of anything, anywhere (plus other food (read: rhubarb!) news) By Julia O'Malley Rhubarb-strawberry crisp and ice cream. (Julia O'Malley/ADN) Alaskans know how to eat. Find another place where people are better at DIY food (hunting it, fishing it, picking it; schlepping it on airplanes, ATVs, snowmachines, kayaks, in backpacks; butchering it, cleaning it, smoking it, freezing it, preserving it, and cooking it at home). You can't. To eat at our tables is to understand our culture. This newsletter is a place for recipes, news and insider tips for people who eat in Alaska. [Send](mailto:jomalley@adn.com) your feedback, Alaska food ideas and questions! Newsletter 3: You can be the MacGuyver of summertime crisp-making I'm writing this newsletter sunburned and bug-bitten from a holiday out at our cabin, where I made [rhubarb crisp]( for the third time in a week, honing a pretty universal recipe for one of Alaska's favorite summertime desserts. The result: [a choose-your-own adventure crisp-making guide]( with more possible variations than I can count, that you can make at home, at the cabin, and over a campfire. Because it's high summer and that's where we're all cooking right now. [Get this How Alaska Eats newsletter delivered to your inbox every Friday: [Sign up here]( I don't know about you, but my rhubarb plant is a [feed-me-Seymour]( size. So aside from crisp, you might be in the market for [this really beautiful rhubarb-basil cocktail]( Maya Wilson is writing about this week. Another rhubarb idea, from a salad I just had at [Hearth Artisan Pizza]( is to cut it thin on the diagonal, roast it, and the throw it in a salad with citrusy dressing like so: Meanwhile, if you're looking for dinner out, Mara Severin seems to think trying Rustic Goat's new menu is a pretty good idea. Did you know that the chef there, [Adam Marcum]( does lots of foraging (sometimes flying to his cabin) and includes the local items in specials? Here's a taste of watermelon berry-shoot salad he gave me earlier this summer: Also, hot news: Alaska's ah-mazing strawberries are finally getting ripe and you can find some at farmer's markets if you get there early. [Steve Edwards has all the tips]( plus other market news. [Find more recipes and food news in the ADN [Food and Drink]( section.] Please [send me](mailto:jomalley@adn.com) your Alaska food questions and ideas or [help me test recipes]( Here's wishing you don't get too much sand in your crisp at fish camp. Thanks for reading. [ALASKANA RECIPE: CHOOSE-YOUR-OWN-ADVENTURE RHUBARB CRISP]( Catch up on previous newsletters (about historic gin cocktails and sourdough pancakes!) [here](. Julia O'Malley is an editor at the Anchorage Daily News and a freelance food writer, working on a book with the Anchorage Museum about how Alaska eats. Copyright © 2018 Anchorage Daily News, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website to receive email updates. "How Alaska Eats" is our new newsletter focussed on the recipes and food options that make Alaska unique. If do not want to receive this email please choose 'unsubscribe'. Our mailing address is: Anchorage Daily News 300 W. 31st Ave.Anchorage, AK 99503 [Add us to your address book](//adn.us1.list-manage.com/vcard?u=186a3ffe5c9fcb68d09408dc5&id=04888e7980) Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.