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" I was once made honorary mayor of my hometown of Newark, Del. "
Tom Douglas
Honorary
Mayor
Once
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" In the restaurant business, there's the concept of pivot. Pivot to the stove, pivot to the refrigerator. "
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" Catfish has a nice firm texture and mild flavor. "
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" I'll never understand those greasy little deep-fried wings most bars serve. "
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" It's always a good idea to chill your crab cake mixture for a few hours, or even overnight, before frying because they'll hold together better. "
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" Some versions of crab cakes are mostly crabmeat lightly bound with egg, but I'm a firm believer that a crab cake should contain bread crumbs. "
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" If you just feel lazy and don't want to cook, then don't cook. "
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" I don't ever preach to people. "
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" We've become such a restaurant society. "
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" I was driving around the country when I was 19 and happened to run out of cash in Seattle, so I settled here. "
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" Oysters, such as Dabobs, Quilcenes, Westcotts, and Willapas, to name just a few, are often named after the place they are harvested. "
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" Razor clams are large, oblong clams, although not as big as geoducks. "
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Big
" For a group of friends or a family dinner, fish tacos are popular and fun to make. "
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" I don't answer my phone in a restaurant. "
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" Thanks to the abundance of shellfish in Puget Sound, Washington State is the largest oyster producer in the country. "
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" Spanish chorizo is a spicy cured sausage that's especially tasty with clams. "
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Spicy
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" Most of the catfish you find at the fish counter has been farmed. Though I usually prefer to buy and eat wild fish, farmed catfish taste cleaner, without the muddy taste of their wild relatives. "
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" Spooning a seasonal fruit relish onto a plate of grilled king salmon is very much my style - flavorful, straightforward, and unfussy. I also like the way fresh, ripe fruit balances the richness of the salmon. "
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King
" Who doesn't love digging into a plate of crab cakes or going after a chilled cracked crab with crab cracker, cocktail fork and a plastic bib for protection? "
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" Sweet Washington cherries and Walla Walla onions are two of my favorite local treats. "
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Two
Cherries
Local
" The state of Washington calls tips 'wages.' "
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Wages
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" Sometimes managers are a little shy to criticize another manager or another operation. "
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Shy
Manager
" I can't believe how many people don't have time to cook but have time to watch football and 'The Voice.' They're certainly making a choice. "
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Time
Voice
Believe
" In my 'Big Dinners' cookbook, I recreated my mother's recipe for crab dip. The creamy dressing for this dip, made with mayonnaise, tomato paste, a touch of honey, sliced chives, lemon juice and zest, horseradish and Tabasco, is reminiscent of Thousand Island dressing. "
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Touch
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Mother
" Another way I like to barbecue king salmon is as a whole fish stuffed, literally to the gills, with sweet onions, sliced lemons, and summer sage. "
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Sweet
Summer
" I think that people need to stand up with their backbone and not go to places where they feel like the workers aren't taken care of. "
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" Customers are more friendly when they've had a meal. "
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" I don't have any interest in being a chef without being on the business side of things, or vice versa, because if you don't make money at the end of the month, you're going out of business. "
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" Salsa verde is delicious with trout or most any fish. "
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" I'm just sick of food going in the garbage. "
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