Cauliflower and potatoes can be bland and boring, but if cooked Indian-style, they are completely transformed into a bright, aromatic side dish that goes great with roast chicken, roast pork, or as part of an Indian meal.

Ready to eat rockfish in a wine cream sauce. (Photo by Patty Schied) By Patty Schied Last week I was in the mood for some white fish but didn’t want it deep-fried. So I purchased some rockfish at a local store, sauteed it in some oil then made a luscious wine cream sauce to pour over it. A nice aspect of this recipe is that it takes only minutes, making it great for a weeknight dinner and one that can be proudly served to dinner guests. It happened that the rockfish I purcha

This can be served warm or cold. Goes great with a green salad and a glass of dry white wine.

A stroll along the dike trail in late-mid July was replete with nice observations. As readers know, I’ve been concerned about our local bee populations, with just spotty reports of abundance. On that stroll, however, we found over 150 bees on fireweed, all along the trail, plus an occasional one on yellow rattle and fragrant white clover. Possibly encouraging news??

Hundreds of donors get the Juneau Independent’s second year off to a promising start, but we’re still grappling with how to get a mix of donors, ads and sponsors to cover our costs.

Easy-to-prepare cake that can be eaten warm with ice cream, whipped cream, or eaten cold.

One fine, sunny day in mid-July, I strolled around at the Jensen-Olson Arboretum. I usually see something of interest there. I was amused by a sign saying “asparagus” that seemed to guard a large stand of tall foxglove. If I looked closely, however, there really was a delicate sprig of mature asparagus, almost hidden by the leafy foxglove.

Cybercorrespondent also seems extremely confused about Huna Totem cruise dock, which it places on Douglas Island AI-generated image supposedly showing tourists at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, as published by Travel and Tour World on Thursday, July 9, 2026. By Mark Sabbatini Juneau Independent Editor’s note: AI Tries To Write The News is a regular feature intended to familiarize readers with what AI-generated news content looks like. The AI content should not be cons

Gunnels are small intertidal fish, very slender, bearing a long dorsal fin. They are unusually slimy; that mucus coat protects them from dehydration when the tide goes out. They can breathe air through the skin for hours.

Ingredients for spicy char-grilled Turkish meat patties. (Photo by Patty Schied) By Patty Schied Every country has its favorite methods of cooking ground meat. In Turkey, it is popular to mix ground beef or lamb with a variety of spices including cumin, paprika, Aleppo pepper, and black pepper while adding eggs, breadcrumbs, garlic and onion. They cook this meat mixture in a variety of ways: on the grill as kabobs, as meatballs in a spicy tomato sauce or even baked with mash

In the midst of trying to prepare for the coming jökulhlaup, there have been some bright spots.

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