Akutaq, sometimes called Eskimo ice cream, is a traditional Yupik dish of whipped animal fat folded with wild berries, served at Alaska Native potlatches and Heritage Center demonstrations in Anchorage.
Akutaq has been made for centuries by Yupik and Inupiat peoples in western and northern Alaska, traditionally with whipped caribou fat or seal oil folded with crowberries, blueberries or salmonberries. The dish remains a regular part of Alaska Native potlatches and is honoured at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage.
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Anchorage Market and Festival ★ 4.5
downtown · 225 E Street, Anchorage, AK 99501
Anchorage Market and Festival runs the downtown summer weekend market on 3rd Avenue and E Street, with over 200 vendors of food, crafts and Alaska-made.
Spenard Farmers Market ★ 4.3
spenard · 2555 Spenard Road, Anchorage, AK 99503
Spenard Farmers Market runs Saturdays under the well-known Spenard windmill in the Koot's parking lot. Anchorage at its most local on weekend mornings.