A thick layer of pesto permeates the flavor of the halibut.

We are fortunate to have generous friends.

The halibut and pesto were gifts.

One from a fisherman, the other, from a cook.

I doubt they even know each other.

Ann Maroney I met through my association with the Skagit County Historical Museum.

We share a passion for cooking and baking.

We share recipes and home-created foods.

The fisherman, Pete Wedin, fishes in Alaska and makes his home in La Conner.

He pickles fish and we often gift each other home canned, pickled and frozen fish.

The halibut steak he gave us was over an i...