Within the Wild Adventure Company.

• Author: Gallion, Mari
• Position: INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS - Brief article

Within, the Wild Adventure Company's executive pastry chef Mandy Dixon has officially opened the doors to her family's new seaside cafe, La Baleine, in Homer.

The cafe serves breakfast and lunch daily through the summer from its location on the Homer Spit. Within the Wild Adventure Company, run by the entire Dixon family, owns the home goods boutique, RusticWild, next door, as well as Tutka Bay Lodge and the Cooking School at Tutka Bay, situated across Kachemak Bay. The family owns an additional wilderness retreat, Winterlake Lodge, northwest of Anchorage.

Dixon designed a menu of traditional...