My thanks to the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association for the traditional Unangax̂ Plant Symposium hosted in Anchorage this weekend. I was privileged to meet some amazing elders and presenters and was provided with hands on traditional edible and medicinal plants and their uses, most of which also grow on Adak--my pantry and apothecary can only be the beneficiary.
I was pleased to be able to use the bowl my DH, Homer, carved for me in Russian Olive, from a tree we cut down on our property in McCammon, Idaho, after we were first married. The grain of the Russian olive is too large to hold fine detail, hence the bowl is only carved on the top.
Here it is holding a salmon ball appetizer at this evening's opening dinner in Anchorage where I am representing Adak at the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association Unangax̂ Plant Symposium.
