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Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen

Tom Douglas

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Total reviews: 14 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Tom Douglas loves Seattle and Seattle loves Tom Douglas. The owner of and force behind three popular restaurants (Dahlia Lounge, Etta's Seafood, and Palace Kitchen), Douglas has made an in-depth study of Pacific Northwest foodstuffs and culinary influences--basically the man has happily eaten his way through the city for the past 25 years and then, to Seattleites' delight, has applied his knowledge to his restaurants. "With this book, we hope to communicate our experience of Seattle," says Douglas. "We want to share our thriving food scene with you--you can get on a plane and come see us or you can use this book to create your own 'Seattle' in your kitchen."

Douglas focuses on using fresh, in-season ingredients in all his recipes. "My philosophy is: eat it when you've got it, enjoy the harvest when it's here," he says. In Seattle, that means Grilled Asparagus with Hazelnut-Star Anise Mayonnaise in the spring, Sake-Steamed Sockeye Salmon with Sake Butter with Oregon Pinot Noir Raspberry Sorbet on a summer evening, or the year-round favorite, Dungeness crab. Try Crab Salad with Asparagus, Avocado, and Lime Vinaigrette or Wok-Fried Crab with Ginger and Lemongrass. Use Washington State apples in Parsnip-Apple Hash or Maple-Cured Double-Cut Pork Chops with Grilled Apple Rings and Creamy Corn Grits. Douglas offers plenty of savory vegetarian dishes such as Potato Gnocchi with Roasted Tomatoes and Gorgonzola Cream, Wild Mushroom Ravioli with Arugula Salad, and Tuscan Bread Salad with Fresh Mozzarella and Basil (a perennial favorite at the Dahlia Lounge).

Like a walk through the fish and vegetable stalls at Pike Place Market, Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen is fresh, inspiring, and filled with aromatic ideas. His prose is relaxed, colloquial, and encouraging--cook, eat, and enjoy are his basic tenets--and the book is filled with photos of Seattle life and institutions. Whether you live in the Emerald City or the Windy City, Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen will spark your imagination and enliven your palate. --Dana Van Nest

Pike Place Public Market Seafood Cookbook

Braiden Rex-Johnson

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Easy to use. And a great gift. 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I was given this book as a gift and I'm delighted with it. It's sized smaller, like a gift book--so portable and easy to use. I appreciate Rex-Johnson's introduction that focuses and guides consumers on ocean and fish sustainability. This is befitting any bonafide cook from the Northwest (or anywhere!). Besides great recipes, she includes a helpful Appendix of techniques, everything from making bread crumbs to a chiffonade. The book seems basic enough, and sophisticated enough, for a broad range of cooking skills. And the photos and presentation are beautiful, interwoven with historial trivia related to fishing. There's a lot in this little gem.

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For close to 100 years, Seattle's Pike Place Public Market has been a favorite destination for food-loving locals and tourists alike. Packed with stalls offering the best quality and selection of fish found on the West Coast, restaurants serving up Pacific Northwest cuisine, and culinary shops of every persuasion, the market is a fish-lover's paradise. In this colorful gift edition cookbook, best-selling author Braiden Rex-Johnson shares shopping tips, cooking techniques, mail-order sources, and more than 50 recipes for fish and shellfish from the chefs, restaurateurs, and fishmongers who represent the market community. Filled with candid, colorful photos, the PIKE PLACE PUBLIC MARKET SEAFOOD COOKBOOK is the perfect gift for any seafood-loving soul and a great souvenir to bring the best of the market home.

Simply Classic: A Collection of Recipes to Celebrate the Northwest

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Total reviews: 20 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

My favorite cookbook 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a GREAT cookbook. I have had it for 5+ years, and I still use it all the time. I can vouch for the salads, soups, and entrees especially. I have not made many of the desserts, but I would not hesitate since everything else I have made from the cookbook has been so successful.

Simply the Best 5 out of 5 stars.
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If there is a bad recipe in this book, I've yet to find it. You can always count on whatever you make being a hit. I've given this cookbook to several friends. They agree. The recipes are easy to follow with results you can depend on. This book should be a basic in every cook's kitchen. A perfect gift, too.

My all time favorite cookbook... 5 out of 5 stars.
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I grew up in the Northwest and live in Arizona. I love this cookbook and decided to share it with friends this year so I purchased 3 for gifts. Every recipe I have tried has been a hit with my family and friends. Simply Classic - The perfect title.

Best Cookbook EVER! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I've had this cookbook for years, and it remains at the very top of all the cookbooks I own for being used again and again. I can't even count all the recipes I make regularly from this book (we're talking weeknight meals!): Mount Rainier Chili, Harvest Bisque, Spinach Salad with Warmed Shallot Vinaigrette, Blue Cheese Potato Salad, (extensive salad section - all amazing), Tortellini Picnic Salad, Pasta with Grilled Chicken and Peanut Sauce, Salmon and Salmon Chowder, Salmon with Cilantro Pesto, Rosemary Walnut Chicken, Apple Blackberry Crisp... I could go on and on, and I just picked a few of the recipes we use all the time. Rarely is there a cookbook where you actually cook most of the recipes in it. The recipes are all sophisticated and unique and so yummy. They are not full of difficult ingredients, just good basic stuff with a better twist. This is pretty much my desert island cookbook - if I could only take one cookbook with me to a desert island, this would be it. The only problem is that around here, almost everyone I know owns and worships this cookbook. I once brought Tortellini Picnic Salad to a potluck lunch, and someone else brought it too!
Bottom line: Amazing, amazing cookbook. You will never regret having it. I predict it will become your favorite!

(By the way, it is much better than Celebrate the Rain, the Seattle JL's next cookbook - which is good, but I don't think anything could live up to Simply Classic.)

Pacific Northwest Wining and Dining: The People, Places, Food, and Drink of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia

Braiden Rex-Johnson

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Pacific Northwest Wining and Dining 5 out of 5 stars.
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To counter the damp and dreary days of winter I surround myself with distractions that promise better days to come. At the top of my pile is Braiden Rex-Johnson's Pacific Northwest Wining and Dining. Just looking at the cover of this love letter to NW cuisine warms me. I imagine myself dining al fresco on the patio of this restaurant or a myriad of others. Then I pour over the interior pages, like a gardener pouring over a seed catalogue in winter. I indulge in the descriptions of familiar restaurants and wineries as well as intriguing new ones. I plan our next excursion into Eastern Washington or the Willamette Valley or the always promising Vancouver area, while noting the recipes from these areas that we want to make today and the wines we will want to serve with them. I smile at the quotes from favorite and unfamiliar chefs and feel as though I now know something of what makes them who they are. And then I remember another friend who I want to share this book with and I'm back online to order it. What a perfectly luscious way to wile away the winter days.

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A beautiful cookbook and guide to the Pacific Northwest's vibrant wine and culinary scene

Blessed with abundant seafood, wonderful produce, and bountiful vineyards, the Pacific Northwest has spawned a unique culinary culture. In this dazzling cookbook, Braiden Rex-Johnson takes us along as she visits the region's most accomplished chefs and winemakers, showcasing the dishes and wines that have made the Pacific Northwest a gastronomic mecca. Brimming with stories and lore, illustrated with 186 gorgeous color photos, and featuring 113 recipes and wine pairings, Pacific Northwest Wining and Dining brilliantly brings to life this region's special culinary character.

Leslie Mackie's Macrina Bakery and Cafe Cookbook: Favorite Breads, Pastries, Sweets and Savories

Leslie Mackie

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

SIMPLE and DELICIOUS 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 10 people found this review helpful.

I bought the first copy as a gift. I have not purchased a new cookbook for myself in years, as I have dozens and dozens. I did not think there was anything new under the sun for me in the world of cookbooks - WRONG!
I have enjoyed the Macrina bakery since it opened, and Leslie's cookbook faithfully includes all the best of her breads, sweets, and savories.
The recipes are soooooooooo straightforward, simple, yet are unique combinations of everyday ingredients. So, I purchased two more - yep, one for me and one more gift.

Editorial Review:

Macrina’s irresistible creations, from rustic potato bread to pear and cracked pepper bread to crisp, crackly baguettes, have made Seattle a culinary destination for fans of scrumptious baked goods. Author Leslie Mackie, revered by chefs and artisan bakers throughout the country, brings her talent and passion to this beautiful cookbook. The recipes here run the gamut from simple morning muffins to impressive European pastries and show-stopping desserts. Now customers, cookbook buyers, and food lovers everywhere can experience the delicious offerings of Macrina in their own kitchens.

Cafe Flora Cookbook

Catherine Geier, Carol Brown

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

The only thing that would improve it is meat 5 out of 5 stars.
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The recipes in the book are really something of a revelation to me. I live in Seattle and have dined at Café Flora dozens of times. Still I didn't really expect what I found in the cookbook. In addition to signature recipes the book presents a very well thought out structured approach to vegetarian gourmet cooking. So not only do you have recipes, but you are given a pretty good idea of what sorts of things you should make in batches on weekends and save. That for me was really the key to being able to make something other than bland vegetarian fare.
I've not generally been fond of the Moosewood or Laurel's Kitchen sort of recipes. They generally seem unelegant, a bit off, and mostly dull. The recipes in this book are in fact quite elegant, well honed, and exciting. Combinations like balsamic-fig reduction and gorgonzola will have you planning week of dining around the book.

Editorial Review:

For more than a decade, Seattle's award-winning Cafe Flora has been serving up ingenious vegetarian and vegan dishes which have become so popular that even meat lovers long for the taste of their Portobello Wellington or Oaxaca Tacos. Now, from brunch dishes to appetizers and main courses to sides, salads, and condiments, here are 250 of its original recipes-with detailed instructions, clearly presented, to save time cooking and cleaning up. Along with serving and presentation suggestions, substitutions where appropriate, and a host of other culinary tips and advice, Cafe Flora Cookbook embodies the true genius of this inventive restaurant.

Pure Flavor: 125 Fresh All-American Recipes from the Pacific Northwest

Kurt Beecher Dammeier, Laura Holmes Haddad

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

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Kurt Beecher Dammeier is a Washington State cheese-maker and gourmet food-store entrepreneur. For his debut cookbook, Pure Flavor, he's culled 125 easy-to-do recipes for favorites-with-a-twist like Chicken Salad with Corn and Cilantro and Northwest Cioppino, and "new" dishes (some from Dammeier's stores), including Slow-Cooked Orange-Chili Pork Shoulder; Crab Enchilada Casserole; and Black Eyed Pea and Mustard Green Salad. He also offers breakfast specialties and desserts, such as Hazelnut Torte and Mocha-Butter Crunch Pie. Not surprisingly, a number of recipes include cheese, sometimes used unexpectedly, as in his Turkey Meatloaf.

"Pure flavor is the essence of everything we eat," he writes. What he means is that his recipes are meant to pack true flavor, and for the most part (a number of formulas require garlic powder), they do. Readers will, in any case, find enough here to tempt them. Included also are asides on ingredients like salmon, local markets and suppliers, as well as color photos throughout. --Arthur Boehm

The Double Musky Inn Cookbook: Alaska's Mountain Cajun Cuisine

Bob Persons, Deanna Persons

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Double Musky Inn is a treasure 5 out of 5 stars.
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A true Alaskan gem, easily one of the best places to eat for thousands of miles in any direction.

This Cookbook has all the classic recipes and even goes into detail on how they make their broths.

You will love this simple, easy to read cookbook. Buy it today!

No Show order 1 out of 5 stars.
0 of 4 people found this review helpful.

What book. You dummies sent it to the wrong address.I had previously changed my address. Then I emailed you a letter and my concerns were not respondedto. The situation is comic. itrid again to change my address and it did,t work again.

The Double Musky Inn - A most unique & delightful dining experience 5 out of 5 stars.
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Having actually dined at this charming restaurant, I was delighted to find the cookbook with their actual recipes. I enjoyed it so much that I purchased a second for my stepmom. Keep up the fantastic job and for anyone thinking about visiting Alaska, this is a "must go to" place to dine.

Double Musky Cookbook 5 out of 5 stars.
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My husband and I used to eat at this restaurant when we traveled to the Kenai/Palmer/Seward area from Anchorage. Their food is absolutely the most wonderful, the essence of the restaurant is comfortable for anyone, from jeans to suits. I flew home for my uncle's funeral in December and found that they have a cookbook, as soon as I returned home I ordered from Amazon - this is a must have cookbook, if not for the recipes, which are incredible, but for the memories.

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Persons includes more than 250 recipes from Alaska's famous mountain Cajun restaurant. Restaurant featured on Food Network and in New York Times.

A Taste of Wyoming: Favorite Recipes from the Cowboy State

Pamela Sinclair

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

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A Taste of Wyoming is a divine blend of Wyoming's rich culinary heritage and contemporary cuisine.

This exquisite cookbook features sophisticated interpretations of Western dishes from Wyoming's finest restaurants, lodges, and bed-and-breakfasts—as well as classic Cowboy State favorites.

Take a seat at the table for mouthwatering Western cuisine:

· Blue Ribbon Caramel Cinnamon Rolls
· Pine Nut Crusted Goat Cheese
· Warm Green Bean Salad
· New West Clam Chowder
· Lamb Ossobucco
· Brandied Apricot Stuffed Pork Loin with Port Wine Glaze
· Pan-Fried Rocky Mountain Trout with Hazelnut Butter
· Wild Huckleberry Muffins with Orange Glaze.

Complementing the delectable recipes and 75 gorgeous photographs are excerpts from the works of Wyoming writers including Gretel Ehrlich, Mark Spragg, Lori Van Pelt, David Romtvedt, Jeffrey Lockwood along with delightful historical images.

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Ray's Boathouse: Seafood Secrets of the Pacific Northwest

Ken Gouldthorpe, Charles Ramseyer, Ray's Boathouse (Restaurant)

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Ray's Boathouse: Seafood Secrets of the Pacific Northwest 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 10 people found this review helpful.

Anyone who has had the opportunity to enjoy's Ray's Boathouse in Seattle knows what delicious food they serve! I was so excited to find that they had made a cookbook so that I could enjoy some of their dishes at home as well. From Dungeness Crab Cakes with Orange Tarragon Butter Sauce to Yakima Peach & Blackberry Crisp you will find making these Northwest treats easy and delicious for even the novice cook. The variety of seafood in the cookbook allows the rest of the country to experience the Northwest no matter where they live.

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Ray's Boathouse is a Seattle legend and one of the best cold-water seafood restaurants in the world. Set on Puget Sound, Ray's Boathouse became one of the best by dedication to the highest quality and passion for food. Now, Executive Chef Charles Ramseyer and staff bring you a collection of recipes that have been perfected over decades.

These recipes were tested and adapted with easy-to-follow instructions for home cooks. Select from shellfish dishes such as Pan-Seared Alaskan Sea Scallops, and Classic Clam Linguine. Feast on wild salmon in meals such as Teriyaki Coho Salmon, and Pan-Roasted Copper River Sockeye Salmon. Find delectable desserts, just like those served at Ray's, including Yakima Peach and Blackberry Crisp, and Almond Biscuit Shortcake with Berries.

Original recipes combined with the history of Ray's Boathouse make this cookbook a delight for any seafood lover.