FOOD & KASHRUT
Fresh and home-cooked, every meal
Hearty, healthy kosher food, built around long days outside.
WHO COOKS
An army marches on its stomach
An army marches on its stomach, and so does a family on a glacier. Every meal is fresh and home-cooked. Our guests describe it as delicious, hearty and healthy.
Beryl, an accomplished chef in his own right, cooks for the group on many trips. Larger groups have a private chef, and families can add a private executive chef. Our meat is glatt kosher, shipped overnight from New York.
A day of meals
- Breakfast: eggs every morning, with omelets, shakshuka and hard-boiled eggs, plus toast, granola, yogurt, oatmeal and a variety of fresh fruit.
- Lunch: a table of sandwiches, wraps and salads set out at breakfast, so everyone packs their own for the trail, plus dried fruit and nuts.
- Snacks: a large bin of bars and trail mix rides in the van, so nobody goes hungry.
- Dinner: including but not limited to Korean barbecue, homemade Chinese takeout chicken, Mongolian beef, curries, shawarma, pasta bolognese, taco night, personal pizzas, a proper barbecue with pargiyot and burgers, and fresh salmon.
Vegetarian and pareve menus are available on request. Tell us about allergies and preferences on the pre-trip food form.
AT THE TABLE
A few of our tables from summer 2026
SHABBAT IN ALASKA
Shabbat has its own page
The challah bake, the Friday night table, cholent, and a Shabbat that runs until around midnight.
OUR KASHRUT STANDARD
What we do, stated plainly
Kashrut is personal, and every family arrives with its own standards and questions. Here is exactly what we do. Ask us anything before or during your trip.
Meat and poultry
All meat is glatt kosher certified, shipped overnight from New York and stored in secured freezers.
Dairy
Dairy products are OU or another acceptable Orthodox certification. Milk is commercially produced. We are not Chalav Yisrael.
Packaged foods
Every packaged product carries a hechsher recognized by the CRC and the OU.
Kitchens and dishes
We kasher our cookware and keep completely separate meat and dairy dishes, stored securely. We use paper goods when it makes sense.
Fish
Fish we buy or catch locally is prepared only with kashered utensils.
Eggs and produce
Eggs are checked for blood spots. All produce, not just leafy vegetables, is washed and checked following halachic guidelines.
Supervision
We don’t have a hashgacha. If you’d like a higher level of supervision, we can arrange a mashgiach to join your trip as an add-on.
ON REQUEST
Prepackaged and catered meals
If you'd like them, we can arrange certified hechshered prepackaged meals or hechshered catered meals, at additional cost. Ask us in advance.
Interpretations of halacha vary between individuals and communities. Alaska Kosher Expeditions follows the guidance we have received from our posek and the standards on this page. If you have specific requirements, contact us before booking so we can confirm if we can accommodate them.
Traveling in Alaska on your own? Our Kosher in Alaska guide covers where to buy kosher food in Anchorage, Chabad, minyan and mikvahs.
What families say
5.0 on Tripadvisor.
"Every detail was taken care of, and our expectations were exceeded time and again. The logistics were excellent, the food was excellent, and we were truly grateful for a wonderful kosher family vacation in such a remote and beautiful place."
Questions about kashrut?
Ask us before you book. We reply within 2 business days.
Leftover Shabbos chulent on the Arctic Ocean