Northwest Eat Local chronicles the cooking and eating adventures of two friends, Audrey and Stephen.
Audrey lives in Seattle. Eat Local Northwest began as her record of cooking and eating her way through a big box of local beef. You’ll also see her posts about cooking seasonally from farmers markets and about all the stuff she kills in the garden. Her mother describes her as a very good eater.
Stephen is an accomplished photographer and a legitimate writer who lives in Anchorage. He became interested in local, sustainable foods when he and his wife produced a series of first-person newspaper stories on the topic. He and his family subsist on buffalo, fish, and carrots — the only vegetable to reliably survive an Alaska winter — along with other Alaskan specialties. A year ago they built a coop and began raising homegrown chickens, at least one of which is now in a Vacu-Pak bag.
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February 15, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Gary Angell
I’m the farmer near Spokane that raised the pigs for Heath Putnam of Wooly Pigs. He’s moved on but I still raise Berkshire pigs Free Range – Pastured. So if you’d like some more please contact me. There will be some processed this spring. Curt still does the processing unless you want it done USDA.
July 9, 2009 at 8:53 am
Lisa Henson
Thanks for the link to your site Audrey. I am going to start working my way thru the plum recipes right away!
~lisa
September 18, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Sustainable Eats
Awesome blog! It’s nice to find someone else in Seattle so I can compare notes on things. Hope your pantry is filling up nicely…
February 25, 2010 at 3:01 pm
susitnacafe
Hi! I’m so glad I’ve found you! I grew up in Anchorage and currently reside in Houston, TX. I’m a food and travel blogger and write about Alaska often (my family still resides there). I started a blog this year, and I’d like to share a few of the Alaska-related stories with you. See “Cabbage Pride” and “I’m So Excited” at: http://susitnacafe.com. Oh, thanks for the nice instructions on “How to Filet a Salmon”! Cheers, Susitna Cafe’
May 18, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Veronika
Thanks for creating this blog! I live in Victoria BC and your information is very applicable to this area as well. This year I’ve started on the great food adventure – a 7-bed plot raised vegetable garden in our modest backyard. I look forward to your future posts, and your recipe for tarragon chicken is tonight’s dinner!
Cheers,
Veronika
May 18, 2010 at 4:42 pm
audrey
Thanks Veronika, tarragon could be my favorite herb, and that chicken recipe is a standard in our kitchen. Hope your garden grows well this summer and let us know if you post pictures anywhere. I like to see what’s growing!
May 29, 2010 at 7:30 am
Rustic Garden Bistro
Stumbled across your site today and just had to say hello. We’re geeks for gardening, too. 🙂 Look forward to some more posts! [K]
August 27, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Kristy
Hi,
I am wondering where I can find info on local beef here in Alaska. Thanks, Kristy
September 21, 2010 at 10:09 am
Alex Beck
I’ve just been reading your blog and it sounds like a great culinary adventure! I am a member of a student group at the Evergreen State College that raises pastured, grass fed and finished lamb. If you or any of your readers would be interested in purchasing any, we have a few more lambs left this season that we sell by the half (20-30 lbs.) and whole (40-60 lbs.). Contact me if interested at:
essapasturedlamb@gmail.com
Again, love the blog, keep it up!