Filipinos in Alaska

KTOO’s Community Reporting Fellow Tasha Elizarde sits down with three of Juneau’s most well-known chefs.

There is no entry fee, and everyone in the Juneau community is welcome to attend.

This recipe is a rich, vibrant “move-over pumpkin pie” for the holiday dessert lineup.

Carrillo helps hang the lights downtown before Christmas. He sets up the power for vendors at the Maritime Festival. One year, he made a giant sparkly high heel for the GLITZ Drag Show.

“So all of my memories, there’s always food associated with them,” said Juneau chef Rachel Barril.

Tasha Elizarde shares the history and meaning behind Filipino American History Month and leads a discussion and preview of Saturday’s events with special guests Nel Udippa from Red Spruce, Aims Villanueva from Black Moon Koven and Rachel Barril from In Bocca Al Lupo