Bucking the trend, and showing faith in the permanence of the shaken and demoralized city, local businessman Walter J. Hickel Sr built a ten story high rise hotel at the corner of 4 th Avenue and I ...

Now turn on the frying pan on a medium heat, add 15g butter and the eggs and stir with a fork until they fold together. Slide the omelette out of the pan and add the fish to it.

Hotel Captain Cook is frequently tagged as Anchorage's only luxury hotel, and, in truth, it really is. The giant property occupies an entire city block in the downtown area, housing 557 rooms ...

Hotel Captain Cook guests and old friends paused to admire his work as they filtered by on an afternoon in late November. This is the 45th time Hickel, a pastry chef, ...

UAA associate professor Kellie Puff, left, greets former Hotel Captain Cook pastry chef Joe Hickel as he visits the gingerbread village in the hotel lobby on Wednesday, Nov. 27, in downtown Anchorage.