The Alaska Wild Salmon Company in Juneau (http://www.alaskawildsalmoncompany.com/) ships fresh, frozen salmon and halibut; smoked fish; pet treats made from fish scraps and spent barley from the award-winning Alaskan Brewery; king and dungeness crab; and prawns anywhere. The best part if you live locally is getting on their e-mail list so you know when fish is available fresh. You order, leave your cooler and ice pack on your porch, and arrive home to freshly delivered fish! My freezer is stocked for the winter! They’re now doing deliveries in Pittsburgh too. Mark even has a video on the website to show people how to cut their whole fish. Gotta love and support our local fishers.

And my other local favorite is, of course, Alaskan Brewing Company (http://www.alaskanbeer.com/). They have been a local staple since 1986, when they started brewing Alaskan Amber using a recipe based on one from 1899 from the Douglas City Brewing Company. They have won well over 100 awards, 49 of which have been Gold Medal/First Place/Best in Show, with their various brews since then. They allow brewers to try new recipes (Rough Drafts) that are known to occassionally get added to the regular menu of offerings. They also brew event specific beers throughout the year, such as FestivAle for the annual Alaska Folk Festival in April. I love driving through their neighborhood when brewing is at the wortstage--the smell of malted barley in the air is wonderful!