While living on Vancouver Island, I learned how a whole filleted salmon can be supported in a framework of wet cedar sticks and carefully propped up by a crackling beach bonfire. The radiant heat and smoke works its wonders on the flesh and in no time the fish is golden brown and succulent. Last summer in New Brunswick on the banks of the St. John River I used green alder branches to cook a fine Atlantic salmon using this Kwakiutl technique. It's a unique experience that I highly recommend.
Tweet