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Clams in Nettle Cream Sauce

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I feel it’s almost my duty to love seafood, but I have to admit it’s taken me well into adulthood to appreciate how good we have it here. In fact, I’ll be honest and say this dish is the first that I’ve had that has truly made me appreciate and enjoy clams.
It helps that the clams are bathed in the perfect hue of this season with this verdant sauce. It also helps that this sauce is filled with cream.

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Cardboard Canvases: Artist Frederick Stivers

There is a quiet disarray that surrounds most of Fredrick Stivers artwork. It reminds one of the ripples left on the surface of a stream right after some trout has lunged at a mayfly. You know something arresting is lurking nearby if you know where to focus.

That’s because Stivers is known for sketching hauntingly realistic images of the wilderness he loves on any surface he can find. If you squint your eyes enough, you could swear that the wildlife and characters he encounters along the streams he fishes, the duck blinds he haunts, and the forests he roams are alive in his art. They could turn and give you a knowing smile at any minute.

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A Strange Beauty: The Art of Kyler Martz

A certain raw surrealness clings to the shores of the Pacific Northwest. It is a place that has its feet both firmly rooted in the past and the future, in the sun and the rain, in the unruliness of nature and the sparkle of its cities. This dichotomy is most evident in the grizzled sense of humor of one of its residents, artist Kyler Martz.

For over the last fifteen years, his colorful, fantastical creations have turned heads and helped define the quirkiness of the region. Working in a wide variety of mediums-prints, sculptures, murals, tattoos, books, and others, his retro-style art immediately captures your attention.

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Steel, Fire, and Tradition: Blacksmith Neil Kamimura

At first glance, Kamimura can seem intimidating. His burly arms are covered in tattoos, a serene gaze emanating from a face framed by a bushy black beard and long hair often worn in a bun. His worn leather apron is a testament to the long hours he spends daily inside the T Kamimura Blacksmith Shop on the Big Island of Hawaii. But like the ocean breezes so common here, his smile quickly dominates the room, especially when he begins discussing his life’s passion, making stunning blades in paradise.

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Reborn Refuse: The Art of Allie Spurlock

Walking along Baranof Island’s rugged and rocky beaches can be an adventure. On the leading edge of the Alexander Archipelago, it often bears the brunt of the Gulf of Alaska’s ever-changing weather and moods. But that unpredictability excites artist Allie Spurlock each time she leaves her studio in Sitka to explore. See, for her, a day spent roaming the tree-lined beaches is like a treasure hunt, and she loves finding her version of treasure in the form of washed-up trash.

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Martin Buser: The Racer Comes Home

Running a string of sled dogs in the cold arctic night on the Iditarod Trail is not for the faint of heart. Ripping over frozen undulating terrain, dimly lit by an ever-bobbing headlamp, a musher must alternately trust that his team is not heading towards disaster while cheering them on as they plunge further into the darkness. They tread on a razor’s edge at times. Mushers often tie themselves to their sleds to ensure that if things go south, they are not stranded on the trail as their dogs continue to race forward. There is little time to soak in the icy beauty that surrounds the sled. Instead, one must focus on the next checkpoint and the ultimate goal, Nome. The race is infamous for breaking the will of even the heartiest, and many a musher has called it quits mid-race. But not Martin Buser.

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