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Cooking for Kena Peay!
This past summer super food influencer Kena Peay paid a visit to Alaska to taste Alaska Seafood and I had the pleasure of cooking salmon for her over a fire and we talked about sustainability. I am posting rather belatedly about my time with her but that is in part due to my instagram account […]
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Un-Silo Yourself
September 8, 2021
In the chaotic world that we live in I think it is natural for people to attempt to make sense of things by categorizing them. Unfortunately this can lead to separating categories from each other completely and neglecting to see where intersections can take place across seemingly disparate topics. I live a life that is […]
Splendid Table – 3 Junes
August 24, 2021
Francis Lam is the host of the NPR syndicated food show called Splendid Table and it is a program that I have admired for some time now. On Sunday afternoons I enjoy listening to it on my radio in the kitchen as I cook dinner for my loves. I had the pleasure of meeting Francis […]
Save What you Love – a podcast
March 29, 2021
Eva’s is Save spelled backwards and vice-versa. Eva’s Wild is a platform for placing your thinking around saving what you love and Mark Titus is the creator of this beautiful frame. He has integrated his love of fish and the wild places they are from with his art of filmmaking and synthesized this with activism […]
Posted in: Bristol Bay
Fish Head Soup
March 26, 2021
This past summer I had the opportunity to share a recipe that was inspired by memories of my Umma’s cooking. It was also a wonderful way to share out my love of food and cooking and my first go at something akin to a cooking show. Slow Food USA graciously provided the space for this […]
Posted in: Recipe, Uncategorized
The Call to Protect Bristol Bay
March 25, 2021
NowThis interviewed me and I got to talk about some things that I really care about. Here is the interview and if you would like to take action be sure to visit the Stop Pebble Mine Now web page. Thank you for taking the time to watch. Take good care, Mel
Posted in: Bristol Bay
Salmon (must) Read: The Salmon Way
May 31, 2019
Amy Gulick, author of Salmon in the Trees, an amazing book that conveys so much of what salmon contribute to the landscapes that they return to upon migrating home, has produced another salmon book. THE SALMON WAY, an Alaska state of mind, intricately weaves the lives of Alaskans and their connections to salmon through photographs and storytelling. […]
It’s Been a While-Still Fighting
May 2, 2019
Hello Friends, I am still into the original things that I originally decided to center my writing on this site about. So much so that it has been difficult to find time to keep this blog going. It is time to dust it off and continue to share out into the world what needs to […]
Repost: Save Bristol Bay-Voices From the Bay
August 20, 2014
For those of you who have an interest in what is happening with the fight in Bristol Bay over the proposed Pebble Mine, this repost may be of special interest to you. We are in the midst of a 60 day comment period that will end on September 19th. If you care about wild […]
fish*wine*ski 
October 19, 2022
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