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" Sustainability includes how you run your business, and my bottom line includes how you treat your people. Sustainability starts with your staff. "

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" To shuck oysters, you'll need an oyster knife, a handy tool with a sturdy handle and a short, rigid blade which you can pick up for about ten bucks in a kitchenware shop or fish market. A quick trip online will yield any number of videos and slide shows with step-by-step instructions on how to shuck an oyster. "

" If you don't have the confidence in baking, commit to making the recipe three times. The first two, do it exactly the way I've told you to make it. Twice. The first time you'll screw it up. The second time it will come out pretty good, and then the third time, make your adjustments. "

" In the restaurant business, there's the concept of pivot. Pivot to the stove, pivot to the refrigerator. "

" Cooks are an undervalued, awesome profession. "

" Pork is my friend. "

" Cooking with your kids is a remarkable exercise to let them in on the purchasing part of the process - kids love to shop, and its great to take them to these ethnic places where people don't always speak the language. "

" Every chef has his treats. By that, I mean bits and pieces from things you're working on - crusty little cake trimmings, ends from a brisket, collars from a salmon, scraps. But they're snacks to me, and I eat them right off the cutting board - maybe too much. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Sweet, delicious Dungeness crab is always a treat. "

" I'm just sick of food going in the garbage. "

" I've been taught by everyone I've ever worked with. "

" Sometimes managers are a little shy to criticize another manager or another operation. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Entrepreneurial people are never satisfied. "

" Every cook I knows loves to make pizza. "

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

" Thanks to the abundance of shellfish in Puget Sound, Washington State is the largest oyster producer in the country. "

" My dad never explained anything growing up. "

" Disappointing cakes have often been sitting out too long. They should last just long enough to have the last pieces the next morning with coffee - who doesn't love cake with coffee? "

" Farm to table is a personal choice. "

" I pay a living wage, I believe in healthcare, I declare all my income, and I don't cut corners. "

" I love being able to help promote Seattle to travelers worldwide. "

" The best meal I was served was ribollita, an Italian bread soup at the Castello di Ama winery in Tuscany. I usually hate ribollita, and the people I was traveling with thought I was crazy for ordering it. "

" 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. "