In Alaska many of us spend all spring and summer harvesting foods so we can enjoy good food and nutrition all winter. We enjoy salmon, halibut, deer, moose, shrimp, and crab. The usual. Food is a ...

Gifting, attáldat, is a Sámi term meaning “our community.” Attáldat is giving and sharing to sustain the community. Last fall, my family was able to gift spruce tips to the Wrangell Cooperative ...

Across Southeast Alaska, a regional ingredient is moving out of the kitchens of seasonal foragers and onto restaurants' menus, in the form of everything from cocktails and pasta to ice cream and ...

According to Beverley Gray of "The Boreal Herbal: Wild Food and Medicine Plants of the North," spruce tips can be eaten raw, made into a tea, or added to salads, stews and soups. The key is to harvest ...

Each spring in Southeast Alaska, the Sitka spruce tip harvest happens suddenly and only lasts about a week. With the flavor's growing popularity and short harvest season, Alaska businesses have come ...

Learn how to turn a simple bannock recipe into something extraordinary with the addition of spruce tips. Soft, fragrant, and lightly herbal, this bread is perfect for both beginners and experienced ...