Wild Alaska Blueberries appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Wild Alaska blueberries · Anchorage
Wild Alaska blueberries grow on low-bush shrubs across the Chugach foothills and the Mat-Su Valley, smaller and more intense than commercial cultivars.
Alaska Native peoples have foraged wild blueberries for millennia, and the picking tradition continues each July and August. Today the berries appear at Anchorage and Spenard farmers markets, in Sweet Caribou macarons and in pies baked at Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop. The bog blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum) and the alpine blueberry are the two canonical Alaska species, both far smaller and more intense than commercial Maine or Michigan stock.
Where to eat in Anchorage:
- Sweet Caribou
- Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop
- Spenard Farmers Market