How Alaska eats: snuggle up with bacon-fat biscuits, Crock-Pot AK barley stew and hot-sauce poached salmon ☕❄💗

News, tips and tricks for anybody who eats in Alaska. All in one place. [View this page at adn.com]( Butter your biscuits By Julia O'Malley Newsletter #20: Frisky biscuits My chickens won't come out of the coop this week. This happens the first few cold weeks every year. I'm not feeling it either, girls. What we need is something warm in the oven to take off the chill in the kitchen. And I've got just the thing: [these delicious bacon-fat biscuits]( inspired by a historic recipe and doctored with apple, white cheddar and rosemary. [Find more recipes and food news in the ADN [Food and Drink]( section] They'd probably go pretty great with what's in Maya Wilson's Crock-Pot this week: a lovely, comforting [beef and barley stew]( that uses Alaska barley. Meanwhile, Kim Sunee is dipping into her frozen salmon stash and [poaching fish in olive oil and harissa](. That's a Moroccan spice paste that you can find at New Sagaya and sometimes at Fred Meyer. You could also use Sriracha or gochujang (They definitely have both of those at Fred's). I'm going to try it with some nice Calrose rice this weekend. For the baking nerds out there, here's an Alaska-themed [episode of Preheated Podcast]( where hosts bake Maya's pretzels and I talk about the funky way we bake up here. [Get the "How Alaska eats" newsletter delivered to your inbox every Friday if you don't already: [Sign up here]( If you don't already, support local news like this and [subscribe]( to the paper. Or [join me and test recipes]( You will like [this column by Steve Meyer about the fine art of camp cooking](. My favorite line: "...good hunting camp chili recipe is like your PIN number, you must never give it up." Here's hoping your biscuits find some butter. ([Here's something t]( get you in the mood]( ALASKANA RECIPE: [BACON-FAT BISCUITS WITH CHEDDAR, APPLE AND ROSEMARY]( PS: If you or your business would like to become a sponsor of this newsletter, which reaches thousands of food-obsessed Alaskans every week, [email us](mailto:kcuaresma@adn.com?subject=Food%20newsletter%20sponsorship). Julia O'Malley, an Anchorage Daily News editor, is working on a book at the Anchorage Museum about how Alaskans eat. Part of the project involves researching, testing and writing "Alaskana recipes" for dishes commonly made in Alaska's kitchens. You can sign up to receive our weekly Alaska food newsletter, "How Alaska eats," in your email inbox by visiting [adn.com/newsletter](. Find more classic Alaska recipes [here](. This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Anchorage Daily News · 300 W. 31st Ave. · Anchorage, AK 99503 · USA