This October we are featuring our favorite of Alaska’s wild fruits, the cranberry. Cranberries in Alaska are plentiful and varied – and so are their names! It can be downright confusing but, from our point of view, we have three distinct wild cranberry fruits in Alaska. Lowbush cranberries, or lingonberries, are often plentiful in our…
LAST WEEKEND in Talkeetna, Friday-Sunday 10-6. Grab a jar of our fall specialty very limited edition- old fashioned birch apple butter, made on Sunday from the apples and crabapples at our “roadhouse”. And of course a good dose of birch syrup to sweeten. Get it while you can and enjoy the last of the ice…
Skip to the Recipe Need some inspiration for breakfast? Or even breakfast for dinner? Why not whip up some delicious sourdough pancakes with blueberries on top! We like to load ours up with sliced bananas, yogurt, and chopped pecans topping it off with a drizzle of Pure Birch Syrup over the whole thing. I don’t…
In many ways this summer is an extraordinary one and I find myself trying to breathe through it, and my mask. We have somehow made it through July. While our usual steady stream of tourists slowed to barely a trickle, masked Alaskans are showing their support of small businesses and are filling our porch, enjoying…
In Alaska the snow is finally melting, and the sap has started to run in the birches. If you are in a northern clime, get out of the house and tap a few birch trees! Drink that sap! It’s the perfect spring tonic – full of electrolytes, minerals, and micro-nutrients. This is a rewarding activity…
