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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. "

" I have a good flavor memory. "

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

" 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. "

" How can anyone live off of minimum wage? "

" If you just feel lazy and don't want to cook, then don't cook. "

" Customers are more friendly when they've had a meal. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I was driving around the country when I was 19 and happened to run out of cash in Seattle, so I settled here. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I don't answer my phone in a restaurant. "

" Cooks are an undervalued, awesome profession. "

" Be sure to read a recipe all the way through before you cook. The time it saves you in the long run is invaluable. "

" Catfish's mild taste adapts well to a wide array of flavors, especially strong assertive ones, which is why you used to see it 'blackened' Cajun style on so many restaurant menus - a trick which soon became a tired cliche. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Salsa verde is delicious with trout or most any fish. "

" I'm a compassionate person, so if a product is 15 percent more than what I typically pay, and I see the purpose, I'll foster that kind of sustainability for the farmers/fishers. "

" The flesh of king salmon, which varies in color from white to pink to red, has a high fat content, making it perfect for grilling. "

" 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. "

" 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. "