Newsletter Home     Industry Bite     Wild Watch     Featured Articles     Recipe of the Month     Send Us Your Ideas PBS Goes A' Field and Stream With Wild Alaska Salmon Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute Spotlights Simon and Seaforts' Chef Matt Littledog on Second Season of Nationally-Broadcast Chefs A' Field Series Seattle, Washington, June 28, 2005 - This summer, the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) will partner with KCTS/Seattle Public Television and Warner Hanson Television to premiere its episode on Wild Alaska Salmon featuring Chef Matt Littledog from Simon & Seaforts Saloon & Grill in Anchorage, Alaska. The award winning and critically acclaimed national PBS series, Chefs A' Field, will feature 13 new episodes in its second season. Filmed in brilliant HDTV, the series highlights the country's best chefs, farmers and fishermen and takes viewers on a glorious culinary adventure. Each episode starts with a well-known restaurant, travels to the field (ocean or stream) and returns to the kitchen, where the ingredients are transformed into tasty, healthful dishes made by America's best chefs. As the chefs interact with farmers and fishermen, viewers see how good environmental practices make a difference in how foods taste and hold their nutritional value. The Wild Alaska Salmon adventure begins as cameras follow Chef Matt Littledog to the icy waters of Alaska, home to the only MSC certified, sustainable salmon fishery in the world. Standing chest-deep in the rivers where the salmon spawn, and then in the fjords cut into the Katmai Mountains, Chef Littledog guides the viewers through the remarkable story of Wild Alaska Salmon. The chef also inadvertently introduces us to some of the state's biggest fish fans - bears. Witnessing a bear fishing in its natural habitat was, in his words, "one of the best moments of my life." In keeping with the Chefs A' Field format, the viewers then watch as Chef Littledog takes his catch and goes into the Simon and Seafort kitchens to prepare Wild Alaska Salmon Stuffed with Bread Pudding and Mushrooms and Risotto-Encrusted Wild Alaska Salmon Steak. Recipes are available at www.alaskaseafood.org and www.chefsafield.com. Chefs A' Field was awarded the 2004 James Beard Award for "Best National Television Cooking Show," and a 2004 CINE Golden Eagle for "Excellence in Film Production." The series has received coverage from The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Food & Wine, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, CNN and others. The 13 half-hour programs will air on public television stations nationwide beginning July 2, 2005. (Check local listings.) The series is distributed by American Public Television.