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Jenny Weis

Jenny Weis
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Jenny Weis writes for a variety of Alaska nonprofits and causes in between keeping up on Alaska's doughnut scene, sliding on snow, and gawking at cool plants and rocks along local trails.
Arts and Culture

Current Cravings: Why do locals love a hotel restaurant? I went to find out

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Fairbanks isn’t known for an abundant or particularly inspired food scene, but any word of “popular” hotel restaurants raises an eyebrow for me.
Anchorage

Current Cravings: A sushi showdown in four acts

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I feel overwhelmed when it comes to selecting good sushi restaurants in Anchorage.
Arts and Culture

Current Cravings: So-called, ‘best falafel in the subarctic’ lives up to the hype

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Fairbanks doesn’t wait for green up to begin its summer pastimes.
Arts and Culture

Current Cravings: Mocha Dan’s or Sunrise? One Newcomer’s Quest for Coffee Loyalty

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“Oh, we’re a Mocha Dan’s family,” my husband told me as I debated aloud which coffee hut to stop at while I ran errands. 
Anchorage

Searching for Anchorage’s Sweet Surprises 

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In sampling six of Anchorage’s independently-owned bakeries this month, I realized the joy of a bakery is its ability to surprise.
Anchorage

Anchorage’s one-dish wonder

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The word is out about Familia. 
Anchorage

Current Cravings: Eye Tooth opens, Anchorage shows up

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The long-awaited Eye Tooth Tavern & Eatery is the newest sister restaurant to Moose’s Tooth Pub & Pizzeria, and Bear Tooth Theatrepub & Grill.
Anchorage

Current Cravings: Exploring Anchorage’s Pad Thai Palette

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Setting out to compare six local pad Thai preparations available in Anchorage, the Thai cuisine knowledge I went in with was nothing more than my personal preferences.
Arts and Culture

Fairbanks soup stops to warm your insides

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When I have a cold, I need soup.
Arts and Culture

Current Cravings: A Cookie Jar breakfast

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The Cookie Jar was repeatedly described to me as the diner Fairbanks goes to eat a big brunch after a race, a game or...
Anchorage

Current Cravings: Crunchy’s Real Food brings a new kind of burger to Anchorage

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When I’m craving a burger, no other dish will satisfy me.
Anchorage

Lunch buffets in Anchorage: The good, the bad and the bland

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The concept of a buffet was ruined for me by the now-bankrupt chain, Old Country Buffet, which my family would occasionally visit in the early ‘90s.
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