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This basil avocado dressing is creamy, sweet, tangy, and herbaceous — great for use on kale and arugula.

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Memories of basil and bowling with Dad

This dressing is creamy, sweet, tangy, and herbaceous

In the early 2020s, the extended Keeler clan continues on the southern Kenai Peninsula, with (far right) Vikki, the daughter of Ina (Keeler) and Spek Jones, her son Brad and his infant son Hugh. At left is Spek Jones and his mother Nelda Jones. Photo courtesy of the Keeler Family Collection.

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Keeler Clan Of The Kenai — Part 8

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Three siblings (Floyd, Lawrence and Verona) from the Keeler family of Oregon came to the Kenai…

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Conservation Corner: High (and Low) Tunnels

In Alaska, growing a vegetable garden can be tricky. Our winters are long, and the summer tends to…

This beef and barley stew is both comforting and nourishing — perfect for when your fingers are frozen and your cheeks are chapped. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Drape yourself in warmth with comforting stew

Nourishing beef and barley stew is perfect for cold days

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Floyd “Pappy” Keeler, standing in 1951 in front of his cabin on the homestead of his son Jack, is holding a girl who is likely Barbara Sandstrom, while her sister Rhoda, standing by a truck, looks on.

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Keeler Clan of the Kenai — Part 7

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Floyd Nelson Keeler, eldest son in a family containing 12 children, was arguably the least well-understood…

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Bob Keeler and his daughter Sandra relax at October 1956 festival in rural Oregon. Photo from The World (Coos Bay, Oregon).

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Keeler Clan of the Kenai — Part 6

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The first of the three Keeler siblings to travel from Oregon to the Kenai Peninsula for…

Meat- and vegetable-filled dumplings, fried eggs and nori stew in hot meat broth in this recipe for mandu-guk, or dumpling soup. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Dumplings for dragons

The Lunear New Year begins with food and family

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A creamy, rich and filling is ensconced a puff pastry crust in this French chicken and mushroom pie. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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A meal to warm frigid days ahead

On colder days I cook more caloric meals for my own family at home to keep our body…

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Don Wilson feeds a “pet” moose from the door of his first Soldotna grocery store, circa 1950s.

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Keeler Clan of the Kenai — Part 5

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Verona (Keeler) Wilson and her husband Don moved from rural Oregon to Soldotna in 1951, about…

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