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" I have an affinity for the old Seattle coffee shops, places like the Green Onion and the Copper Kettle, the classic kind of coffee bar - little places that served breakfast, lunch and dinner and have pretty much disappeared. "

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" When I was a kid and my mom made tomato soup, she would cut buttered toast into squares and float them on top of each bowl. "

Tom Douglas

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Soup

Tomato

" I try to eat in one of my restaurants every day, and I eat out in another restaurant every day. It's what I do. "

" Summer in Seattle allows me to indulge in some of the region's top culinary delights - I'm talking about wild king salmon and fresh, ripe Washington stone fruits and berries like cherries, peaches, plums, and blueberries. "

Tom Douglas

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Wild

" The lakes in Washington State give us tons of crawfish. "

Tom Douglas

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Tons

" Mastering one recipe is better than mastering too many. Learn something and own it, and you'll feel so much better about it. You'll have more confidence if you've made it five times, and that confidence adds so much fun to cooking. "

" Support a small chef. Not these big chains... but support the people who are out there trying to do things right and working hard to do that. "

" Sweet Washington cherries and Walla Walla onions are two of my favorite local treats. "

" I don't ever preach to people. "

" I can't stand it when restaurants don't have a sense of place in a city. When I'm in London, I want to know I'm in London. When you're sitting in my joint, you know you're sitting in Seattle. "

" I didn't go to university. I didn't go to culinary school, barely made it through high school. "

" Steaming is a great way to cook any firm fleshed fish, but it's often overlooked by the home cook. "

" Ling cod is a mild-flavored and somewhat delicate fish that takes well to poaching, braising and pan-roasting. "

" There's natural mentoring that goes on in my life every day. "

" The key to great fried squid is 'flash-frying' in hot oil for only a few minutes, which keeps it tender. "

" If you want something beautiful to put on the dinner table, pick up a sockeye, the salmon species with the most vivid red flesh. "

" I want to do the basic things, like putting my daughter to bed. It's the sweetest thing. "

" I particularly like to make crunchy slices of garlic bread to serve with steamed clams. "

" 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. "

" Tender and sweet, Manila clams partner well with a wide variety of foods - white wine, sake, beer, butter, leeks, fresh herbs, roasted peppers, olives, and wild mushrooms, to name a few. "

" Every cook I knows loves to make pizza. "

" The one thing I could do with my eyes closed is my Grandma's schnecken. "

" How can anyone live off of minimum wage? "

" I crave my mom's Sloppy Joes. "

" My longtime friend Steven Steinbock, who has worked with me for more than thirty years, is a master at panfrying fish and seafood. "

Tom Douglas

Fish

" Catfish has a nice firm texture and mild flavor. "

" Cooks are an undervalued, awesome profession. "

" At the fishmonger, choose fish with bright scales and clear eyes. "

" One-pot meals make a lot of sense... because so much of what people hate about cooking is really the cleanup, the mess, the grease. "

" I love restaurants from top to bottom. "