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" I think about sustainability all the time, whether it's with fish or farmers in Eastern Oregon. "
Tom Douglas
Sustainability
Time
Think
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" I don't answer my phone in a restaurant. "
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Restaurant
Phone
Answer
" There's something majestic about a 30-pound Chinook salmon roasted and served whole - people get excited when you present it with the head and tail on. It has beautifully browned skin and extraordinary bright red flesh when you cut into it. "
Tom Douglas
People
Red
Skin
" At the fishmonger, choose fish with bright scales and clear eyes. "
Tom Douglas
Clear
Eyes
Choose
" Thanks to the abundance of shellfish in Puget Sound, Washington State is the largest oyster producer in the country. "
Tom Douglas
Thanks
Abundance
Country
" Razor clams are large, oblong clams, although not as big as geoducks. "
Tom Douglas
Razor
Large
Big
" When I wrote my cookbook, 'I Love Crab Cakes,' I asked some of my best chef buddies to contribute recipes. "
Tom Douglas
Chef
Recipes
Buddies
" My dad never explained anything growing up. "
Tom Douglas
Anything
Up
Growing
" My own favorite way to cook and eat razor clams is to simply dredge them in a mix of seasoned flour and cornmeal, then pan fry them in butter until crisp and golden. Be careful not to overcook them so they stay tender, not tough and chewy. "
Tom Douglas
My Own
Golden
Eat
" I'll never understand those greasy little deep-fried wings most bars serve. "
Tom Douglas
Little
Wings
Understand
" Steaming is a great way to cook any firm fleshed fish, but it's often overlooked by the home cook. "
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Overlooked
Way
Cook
" I love restaurants from top to bottom. "
Tom Douglas
Top
Restaurants
Bottom
" Often we eat squid fried, so it's fun to grill it for a change. To grill squid, slice the cleaned bodies open into two flat pieces and thread them, along with the tentacles, onto skewers, then grill quickly over a direct fire with the coals as close as possible to the grate, turning the squid several times. "
Tom Douglas
Eat
Fire
Fun
" There's natural mentoring that goes on in my life every day. "
Tom Douglas
My Life
Mentoring
Life
" If you're going to start a fire, why cook just one chicken? "
Tom Douglas
Start
Why
You
" I didn't go to university. I didn't go to culinary school, barely made it through high school. "
Tom Douglas
High
School
University
" I'm just sick of food going in the garbage. "
Tom Douglas
Garbage
Just
Going
" When I was young, I would make my parents breakfast in bed on Saturday mornings. "
Tom Douglas
Saturday
Bed
Breakfast
" Maybe there are too many restaurants. Maybe some of mine need to close. So be it. I'll live with the market place. "
Tom Douglas
Need
Market
Some
" 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. "
Tom Douglas
Green
Lunch
Breakfast
" 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. "
Tom Douglas
Much
People
Sense
" Customers are more friendly when they've had a meal. "
Tom Douglas
More
Customers
Had
" It's really fun to have a convection oven, even it if it's a little convection toaster oven. It really changes the way you bake. "
Tom Douglas
Changes
You
Way
" Most of America doesn't pay dishwashers $10. "
Tom Douglas
America
Pay
Most
" The classic Italian green sauce, salsa verde, is easy to make and especially nice in the spring when bunches of fresh herbs start appearing in the farmers market or in your garden. "
Tom Douglas
Easy
Garden
Green
" The state of Washington calls tips 'wages.' "
Tom Douglas
Calls
Wages
Washington
" If you just feel lazy and don't want to cook, then don't cook. "
Tom Douglas
Cook
Feel
Just
" I don't know too many kids who ask to weed the garden. "
Tom Douglas
Kids
Garden
Ask
" While it's typical to find steamed clam recipes which include a bit of bacon or sausage, you might not think of adding shredded ham hock, but it's another way to pair the lusty, smoky flavor of animal fat with the briny ocean flavor of shellfish. "
Tom Douglas
Find
Animal
You
" The one thing I could do with my eyes closed is my Grandma's schnecken. "
Tom Douglas
One Thing
Grandma
Eyes
" I'm much less shy in conversation than I am on my own. "
Tom Douglas
Own
Conversation
Shy