Inspired by the article from the San Francisco Chronicle profiling Cap'n Mike and his smoked fish business, Holy Smoke. It recounts how Mike, a former minister and fisherman, met his wife Sally at a farmer's market and details his unique, slow cold-smoking process using his grandmother's recipe and alder wood. Further, it explores Mike's background, including his Native American heritage and journey to becoming a medicine man, and how this informs his approach to fishing and smoking salmon. It provides a personal narrative interwoven with the story of a successful artisan food business.