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Alaskan-Italian Minestrone | Indie Alaska
Season 5
Episode 13
Stefanie Cromarty describes herself as a typical East Coast girl. Her Alaska Native grandmother and Italian American grandfather raised a close family that connects over a love of cooking. Growing up in Washington DC, Cromarty felt completely removed from her Alaska Native heritage. A series of life changes prompted her to pack up her life and move her family to Alaska.
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Nasugraq Rainy Hopson is teaching people above the arctic circle how to grow produce.
3:47
Holly Nordlum and Sarah Whalen-Lunn are Traditional Inuit Handpoke and Skin Stitch Artists
5:15
Mary Lou Sours is an Inupiaq woman determined to revive the tradition of sewing mukluks.
3:10
Lonnie Arnold and many Inupiat Alaskans still depend on traditional subsistence methods.
5:38
Lorri Wright weaves cloth for the local Rennaisance Faire but it also helps her anxiety.
4:05
Paula and Mike live off the grid where they grow peonies and ship them around Alaska.
4:00
Marta uses images of the Alaskan wilderness to create unique pottery and her own business.
3:50
A close community of skateboarders is growing in Anchorage, Alaska.
4:25
Hugh and Iris Darling run Sweet Darlings-one of the oldest candy shops in Alaska.
5:30
Matthew Burtner uses the sounds of snow, glaciers, and wind to compose abstract music.
6:16
Luc Mehl is able to experience things in Alaska few others can, thanks to his packraft.
2:55
Rachel Saul loves bread. She runs Fire Island Bakery in Anchorage as the Gluten-Queen.