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" 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. "

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" Horseradish is one of those perk-me-ups. You can use it in a cocktail sauce, you can bread fish with it - it loses its punch when cooked. It's a 'What is that?' flavor. It adds depth of flavor to things. "

" I'm much less shy in conversation than I am on my own. "

" In some cities, McDonald's rules, but Seattle is ruled by teriyaki joints. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" There's a restaurant in Manhattan called Balthazar, and next to it is Balthazar Bakery. It's tiny, and it's very charming to have that little retail outlet to sell the house desserts and breads. "

" I don't ever preach to people. "

" I crave my mom's Sloppy Joes. "

" My wife and I decided to try and kick start our kitchens to a $15 minimum wage for cooks. I've probably had to go through and raise every menu price now by 50 cents because it took away my profit. I just underestimated what it was going to cost. "

" 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. "

" Pork is my friend. "

" Razor clams are large, oblong clams, although not as big as geoducks. "

" 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. "

" When you watch 'Shark Tank,' everything is about off-shore this, off-shore that. "

" 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. "

" If deep-frying catfish, try a dredge of seasoned flour and cornmeal and add some bacon fat to the oil. "

" Albacore tuna has a mild flavor that's delicious served raw or seared briefly on the outside so that it's still rare on the inside. "

" 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. "

" The two things that are going to make you a better baker without even trying are a scale and a thermometer in your oven. "

" It's important that your shucked oyster is clean and pristine. "

" I have a good flavor memory. "

" After being cooked, ling cod tends to bleed out some moisture, so, before serving, let it rest a few moments on a plate. Once the moisture has been released, you can carefully pick up the fillet with a slotted spatula and transfer it to another plate for saucing. This way, you won't sog out your beautiful sauce. "

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

" Around the time I opened my second restaurant, Etta's, I had just finished judging at the Jack Daniels World Invitational BBQ Championship in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Back home in Seattle, my goal was to recreate the sweet and smoky taste of that BBQ using our local wild king salmon instead of pig. "

" Cooks are an undervalued, awesome profession. "

" I would love to see McDonald's pay more money. "

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

" If you're going to start a fire, why cook just one chicken? "