How Alaska eats: Oh, hi, good morning. Might you need a digestive tonic and a turkey soup recipe? 🦃

News, tips and tricks for anybody who eats in Alaska. All in one place. [View this page at adn.com]( Pie for breakfast By Julia O'Malley Newsletter #23: The star on the mountain is all lit up Oh, hello. Bet coffee tastes pretty good this morning. Best case: you are in pajamas, reading this on a couch somewhere (instead of putting dishes away) while the kids watch “The Grinch.” After you eat pie for breakfast and then swear you will walk a mile every morning for the rest of the year, try my [post-Thanksgiving hot tonic]( to take the edge off while you clean the kitchen. It’s made with birch syrup and tumeric-ginger tea. I like to brew a triple batch, put it in a thermos and drink it for a couple hours. Who knows if there’s anything to it, but it eases my fullness and all that hydration is great. And, there’s the leftover turkey in the fridge. Maya Wilson has [your soup move]( all planned out. It’ll be perfect after ice skating. We may have no snow, but the skating is marvelous. (The parking lots are another story. [But here’s some Alaska-tested tips on how to avoid falling]( Oh hey: you can now officially listen to Christmas music without being a crazy Christmas person! It’s holiday party season, too. Sounds like fun, except some of us are so busy, the cooking is already stressing us out. ADN restaurant reviewer Mara Severin went to Costco, tasted appetizers for you, and [has the best ones and ideas for how to trick them out with quickness](. [Find more Alaska recipes [here]( So the people who have entered our recipe contest are totally hoping that you won’t enter, because they are hoping for less competition. But maybe you have a great recipe for a wintertime dish that you know will crush it. And you don’t have a KitchenAid mixer, which is the grand prize. Think about [entering](. The deadline is THIS Sunday, November 25. We’re working on [blueberry curd]( and baked Alaska in [the online test kitchen](. Join us! And, if you don’t already, support local cooking and local news and [subscribe]( to the ADN. Here’s hoping that first bite of turkey sandwich is everything you’d hoped for. [ALASKANA RECIPE: BIRCH SYRUP-TUMERIC TONIC]( 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