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Fire-Roasted Cedar Plank Salmon
Cooking salmon on cedar planks started as a Native American tradition in the Pacific Northwest, and people have been enjoying it for millennia–with good reason. It’s a delicious, practical way...
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Dispatches from the North: Kotzebue Sound Salmon
"Fish are hitting already, splashing. Seals surface nearby. Andrew whoops, “Rich!” and roars down-current to find a spot. I wring my sopping gray gloves, curl stiff cold fingers around the...
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Food & Recipes
Filson Food: Surf & Turf Alaskan Style
Anchored to Alaska's rainforest-shrouded coastline, Barnacle Foods shares the flavors, sights, and stories of the uncommon delicacies from the surrounding region. Founded in 2016, Barnacle Foods makes pantry goods from...
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Food & Recipes
Filson Food: Stinging Nettle Quiche with Smoked Alaskan Salmon
If you’ve ever brushed against stinging nettle, you know it and you remember it. The burn, caused by chemicals in the tiny hairs that cover the plant, can be felt...
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The Fabric of the Sea: Artist Cristina Maria Melito
“In your work I can taste the magic of undersea. You are in touch with the beauty of the world’s wildness alive in all things and people, the endless non-linear...
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Food & Recipes
Filson Food: Smoked Wild Alaskan Salmon
Nearly every Alaskan who harvests salmon has a smoking recipe or two (or a dozen!) Up their sleeves. Including everything from traditional strips to kippers and pressure-canned to frozen, pieces...
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Bellingham to Alaska with Drifters Fish
In April 2020 the crew from Drifters Fish set off from Bellingham, Washington to Alaska - over a 3,500-mile journey - for the start of the annual salmon season. Read...
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The Puyallup: one of North America’s most endangered rivers
The Puyallup River flows roughly 65 miles through Mt. Rainier National Park, with its origins in glacial snowmelt. Home to the only spring Chinook salmon population in the South Puget...
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How To's
How to Preserve Your Catch
Winter brings slower days and time to cook – and a freezer full of fish after a summer of harvest. Nourishing and delicious protein, wild salmon brings brightness to the...
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