Sitka’s sweet makers include two chocolatiers, a French pastry chef, a family of caramel-makers and a bakery that handmakes fresh donuts. If you prefer savory, you won’t be disappointed by pickles ...

Yellowfin and bluefin tuna are the backbone of Southern California's pelagic fishing fleet. Farther north in the Pacific, Oregon sees a run of albacore tuna 30 miles offshore from late June to August.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Florence Murray lives in Rochester and took a cruise to Alaska. I grew up always thinking of Alaska, our 49th state, as the land of ice and snow, Eskimos, igloos and polar bears rather ...