Kathy Casey, beloved expert on Northwest cuisine, shares more than 100 it-doesn't-get-more-delicious-than-this recipes for everything from cocktails all the way to desserts. Lambert cherry mojitos waft the fragrance of fresh mint. A Tillamook cheddar spread made with Oregon's famous cheese is spiked with locally brewed ale. Dungeness crab cakes are topped with a vibrant slaw. Wild Alaskan salmon is crowned with herb-tossed rings of Walla Walla sweet onions. And desserts like Buttermilk Panna Cotta with Cascade Berries make the end of the meal as special as the beginning. These recipescoupled here with fascinating stories of Kathy's Northwest culinary adventuresare inspired by the diverse cultural heritage of the region: modern favorites, cherished recipes passed from generation to generation, Pacific Rim and Native American influences, as well as its natural bounty blend the traditional and the contemporary in a delightfully modern cuisine. Add to that gorgeous photographs showing off the culinary landscape, Kathy Casey's Northwest Table is not only distinctive, it's downright delicious.
Kathy Casey is a celebrity chef, mixologist and pioneer in the bar-chef movement.
She played a key role in bringing Northwest cuisine and women chefs to national prominence and, as one of the first female executive chefs in the United States, she was named one of Food & Wine's "hot new American chefs."
An accomplished writer, she is the author of nine cookbooks, including the James Beard Award-nominated Kathy Casey's Northwest Table. Her newest book is, Sips & Apps. A Seattle Times food feature columnist for 12 years, today she blogs at Dishing with Kathy Casey, the companion to her weekly radio spot. You can also catch her musings in Flavor and the Menu and Drinks Magazine as well as at Amazon's aldente.com blog.
Kathy is the owner of Kathy Casey Food Studios® and Liquid Kitchen™; her agency specializes in delicious creativity: food, beverage and restaurant/hospitality concept consulting, product development as well as social media food and beverage promotions. Clients such as Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Marriott Hotels, Sunset Produce, Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, Costco, Wild Hibiscus, Holland America Line, Restaurants Unlimited, Unilever, Monterey Gourmet Foods, Monin Gourmet, Beam Global Spirits, Brown-Forman, Skyy Spirits, Crown Imports, Ketel One, Diageo, Bacardi, Moet Hennessy, Remy Cointreau and Proximo Spirits have sought her development skills, advice and expertise.
Kathy also owns Dish D'Lish "Food to Go-Go" cafes - as well as Dish D'Lish branded retail and food-service specialty food products and cocktail mixers.
When not dreaming up "the next big thing," Kathy can be found foraging for wild mushrooms or harvesting kiwis from her urban garden.... or these days, twittering (@kathycaseychef)! Visit www.kathycasey.com or find Sips & Apps on Facebook.
