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" When I was young, I would make my parents breakfast in bed on Saturday mornings. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" The simplest way to prepare Dungeness crabs is to boil them in the shell and set them in front of your guests with crab crackers or crab hammers, cocktail forks, and plenty of napkins. "

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

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" 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. "

" I don't know too many kids who ask to weed the garden. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Some of the best things you do are the things you don't do. "

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

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

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

" I'll never understand those greasy little deep-fried wings most bars serve. "

" I was $4,000 short on my first payroll. "

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" We've become such a restaurant society. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "