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Seeking Salmon in Southeast Alaska*
It’s a place where I suspect few foodies go. In the latest issue of Sierra, Duane wrote about his time there in sensual detail, describing a place of calving glaciers and fine-sand beaches, clear bays and estuaries, humpback whales and bald eagles, reddish-orange anemones and Pacific-blue mussels. He also did something else most foodies would never do: He caught his dinner with a penknife and “entered the food chain more or less where an eagle or bear might—by sticking my hand into the middle and pulling out a life.” Duane is the author of Caught Inside: A Surfer’s Year on the California Coast, among other books. Update: May 2, 11:41 a.m. ET: “Salmon fishing was banned along the West Coast for the first time in 160 years Thursday,” reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
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COMMENTSOh man, Southeast Alaska...best salmon, halibut and Dungeness crab I’ve ever had. You’re right, Joanna. I don’t think AK is on most foodie radars. Let’s hope it stays that way. By on 5.1.08 at 10:11 AM
We spent the summer of ‘05 in Alaska in our converted bus, much of it in the Southeast. After we got back, I don’t think we could stand eating salmon and halibut for almost an entire year - we just got so spoiled there. By Doreen Orion on 5.3.08 at 02:21 PM
I can smell fish lovers here. There is nothing like delicious salmon or halibut. My mouth is watering already. I better stop thinking too much. By on 5.16.08 at 02:10 PM
My grandmother is an avid lover of canned salmon recipes. She cooks really delicious salmon dishes. She eats one can each day. All I can say is her skin is quite smooth for a 75 years old lady and her 140 mmHg blood pressure is great for someone of her age.
By Canned Salmon Recipe Lover on 6.30.08 at 04:30 AM
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Daniel Duane loves to eat wild salmon, which used to live in abundance off the West Coast of the United States and 
