Glacier City Gazette: Gathering AK Cafe Gives Aspiring Chefs a Chance
Frank Canha thought downtown Anchorage’s food offerings could use some diversity.
“I thought it would be nice and refreshing to have something other than a hot dog cart on 4th Avenue,” said the former accountant and Fairbanks native, who returned to Alaska after 16 years in San Diego. His plan? To open Frank’s Bar-B-Que [and offer] char-grilled, wood-smoked meats, a style of cooking known as California barbecue.
Then Canha’s permit application hit an unexpected snag. “My cart was four-inches too wide to be downtown,” he said with a chuckle. “I was ready to chop four-inches off that thing.”
Alaska Home: Homegrown Thanksgiving: With a bit of planning and flexibility, you can produce a fabulous feast made of locally grown foods
The first Thanksgiving celebrated the Plymouth colonists’ first successful harvest and the friendship with the Native Americans who helped them survive their first year in the New World. Since that first Thanksgiving the spirit of thankfulness has remained unchanged. The food Americans serve – not so much.
Glacier City Gazette: Kat’s Epic Trail Bites: From Kitchen to Coffeeshop
Six years ago, an epically gutsy move catapulted Kat’s Epic Trail Bites from Owner Kat Hubble’s home kitchen to coffeeshops across Southcentral, and in September 2018, her own South Anchorage coffee shop.
Amy Newman 