We are a military family stationed at Eielson AFB but live in North Pole, and I LOVE it here! I've always known Alaskans were friendly, but even this Anchorage-ite was amazed by the wonderful people in the Fairbanks area! We love to cook and will grill when it's above 20 below zero!! We have two kids who love to help us in the kitchen too. The dog, well, the dog just likes to lay in the middle of the kitchen praying for something edible to drop on the floor... I love to cook pretty much anything...my husband loves all kinds of seafoods but I am a bit picky on that...but we eat all kinds of foods and rarely eat the same thing twice! Ohhh, the tragedies I've overcome...most recently my Pyrex pan exploding in the oven. Slicing myself with a brand new knife, nearly eliminating a digit. I am a good cook, but I never admitted to being a graceful cook! Watch out for fingernails in that stew...