Kirsten Dixon

Owner, Within the Wild Adventure Co; Anchorage, AK

Kirsten Dixon is the owner of Within the Wild Adventure Company, long with her husband Carl and daughters, Mandy and Carly. Shas been cooking in the backcountry of Alaska for more than 30 years, and currently operates award-winning wilderness lodges Winterlake Lodge and Tutka Bay Lodge, as well as the Cooking School at Tutka Bay, Rustic Wild, a home goods boutique, and La Baleine Café in the seaside town of Homer, all located in Southcentral Alaska. A lifelong student, Kirsten completed a master of fine arts program in creative writing at Goddard College, VT, and a master's in gastronomy from Adelaide University. She is currently attending Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management program. Kirsten, along with her daughter, Mandy Dixon '07, has written four cookbooks, including the 2015 IACP award-winning, The Tutka Bay Lodge Cookbook, The Winterlake Lodge Cookbook, and Living Within the Wild - Personal Stories & Beloved Recipes from Alaska to be published in April of 2021. (Anchorage, AK) @withinthewild