Savoring Seattle

Rating:
Summary: Thank You MOM!
Review: My mother, the wonderful mother she is, being of great kindness had Dan Thiessen sign the copy she bought me. As a very young child, one of my first restaurant memories was eating out at the Space Needle restaurant. Since then, I took my nieces there for a girl's day out lunch and am still fascinated by the rotating restaurant.

Seattle has so many great restaurants. Palisade is also featured and we have had family parties there in the past. John Howie is an expert on Plank cooking and you might also enjoy his Cedar Plank Cookbook.

Recently we had dinner right next to the fireplace at Ray's Boathouse where Charles Ramseyer is standing! That is the best spot in the whole restaurant, right next to the fireplace.

Then, there is the Metropolitan Grill, Canlis, Painted Table, Herbfarm (really in Woodinville and look for the amazing Herb Farm Cookbook by Jerry Traunfeld), Flying Fish and so many other familiar restaurants that are all connected to my family memories.

So, if you live in Seattle you will want a copy of this cookbook for sure. If you are wondering what all the talk is about and why the restaurants are so famous, this cookbook will give you a small taste of the bounty of the Northwest.

Some of the great recipes:

Chicken in Lettuce Cups
Grilled King Salmon
Pumpkin Soup
Cajun BBQ Prawns
Eggplant Roulades
Thai Curry Sea Scallops
Winter Squash Gnocchi
Apples Baked in Pastry
Layered Goat Cheese & Vegetable Salad
Prosciutto, Spinach & Mind Wrapped Lamb
Wicked Shrimp
Huckleberry Galettes
Black Rice Cakes

If you love the recipes or are just taking a vacation in Seattle, there is a restaurant directory in the back of the book.

When purchasing this book, you are also helping to support ACCESS. Their mission is to alleviate homelessness and poverty through developing community leadership. They have a list of resources in the back of the book that also include recommended reading like: The Way Home, the Cathedral Within and Revolution of the Heart.

Your generosity and compassion
may be the turning point in someone's life. ~Access

Enjoy!

Rating:
Summary: Great Cookbook that Raises Money for a Great Program
Review: This is a gorgeous cookbook that does more than just serve up some of the best recipes the most talented chef's in Seattle have to offer but also includes wonderful stories about the chefs and about the FareStart program that trains homeless men and women in job skills and life skills and gives them their life back. The incredible success of the program is the result of great community support and this cookbook is another example of that.