The grocery store isn’t much relief. About 95 percent of all the food Alaskans eat comes from somewhere else, according to the Alaska Food Policy Council. Maybe 50 years ago, most winter vegetables and fruit came frozen or in a can. “When you live in Alaska and, like, a dragon fruit waves at you from a stack at the grocery store, I run at it,” she said. His approach to winter cooking is to embrace the austerity and master what’s left in the root cellar and freezer.

Source: New York Times February 20, 2018 17:14 UTC