How Alaska eats: Fillet better, grill better and make the salmon recipes readers love best (and other food news)

News, tips and tricks for anybody who eats in Alaska. All in one place. [View this page at adn.com]( So: did you get any fish? By Julia O'Malley Readers love this Kim Sunee recipe for blueberry-cured salmon. (Kim Sunee /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 5: Sockeye dreams So: did you get any fish? I've been hearing that question a lot the last couple weeks. It hasn't been a great year for kings or reds in a number of the road-accessible fisheries, but Alaskans don't give up easily, even if that means buying fish this year whole and processing in the kitchen. [Get all your Alaska recipes and food news in one place! Get How Alaska Eats newsletter delivered to your inbox every Friday: [Sign up here]( If that's your plan and you're looking to sharpen-up your fillet technique, we have [a video guide]( to help you. Or let's say you've got a little fish and it feels so precious this year you want to grill it up just perfect. We've got [a grilling technique video for that]( too. Or say you hit the river on a good day, and you've got plenty but you just want to mix up your salmon recipe routine. Our readers are crazy for Kim Sunée's gorgeous [blueberry-cured smoked salmon](. They also keep going back to Maya Wilson's [broiled salmon with birch syrup](. Give those a try, or check out this video of[pan-seared salmon with pistachios and herbs]( There are also some of us, like Maya Wilson, who aren't so lucky. We're still craving salmon and still having a hard time getting it. (It changes how summer feels when the fishing's bad, doesn't it?) She's comforting herself with[rockfish made into a lovely taco bowl with mango salsa](. Maybe you should too? Meanwhile, our market columnist Steve Edward has a list of [the nine best buys at the farmers markets this weekend](. (It is prime time to make and freeze some pesto, people.) [Find more recipes and food news in the ADN [Food and Drink]( section] I just got back from a long weekend in Adak, where there was no testing Alaska recipes but I did tour a number of restaurants that closed their doors when the old naval base was shuttered in the '90s. Lots of old menus on the island, but only one restaurant remains, The Bluebird Cafe, with a dining room in a re-purposed military housing living room. (The pork adobo is pretty good.) There is plenty of halibut coming in on the boats out there this time of year. I brought some home and I'm thinking about [Olympia]( for family dinner this Sunday. How about you? (Here's a cafe menu from an Adak old rec center.) Please [send me](mailto:jomalley@adn.com) your Alaska food questions, discoveries and ideas or [help me test recipes]( (We're looking at fish pie and rural Alaska donut recipes this week. What's another classic Alaska recipe we should all know how to make?) Here's hoping your freezer gets full one way or another. See you next week. 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](.