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The Kingston Hotel Cafe Cookbook: Free-Spirited Recipes to Warm the Soul

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This cookbook is a delight, mixing fresh, seasonal ingredients in surprising but always appetizing ways -- and best of all, using recipes that are not arcane or terribly time-consuming (but do expect to spend a fair amount of time chopping). My personal favorites are two unusual summer dishes, one a fruit gazpacho and the other a hot blueberry soup with coconut milk and lime. Yum! I *will* seek out the restaurant when next I'm in the Pacific Northwest.

The recipes in this book hold up to the high quality of food served in the restaurant. I have spent many mornings munching on fresh homemade scones, and my palate waters at the thought of the many varied deserts inside. Every recipe is a treasure in itself, and no kitchen can truly be complete without them.

The Kingston Hotel Cafe has been my family and friends favorite place for the best food on the Kitsap peninsula. Now to be able to recreate all my favorite recipes from Braided Salmon and Halibut with Sorrel sauce to the Hazelnut Torte and all her wonderful soups is very exciting. The cook book is fabulous as is the author who has created it. Thanks Judith!!!

I actually purchased this copy of the Kingston Hotel Cafe Cookbook as a gift. It was first published in 1998, and I have a copy that I've used for many years. The cafe, in Kingston, Washington, on Puget Sound, is long gone now, but I have fond memories of the food prepared by Judith Weinstock there. I was so glad she wrote a cookbook and that it's still in print. My favorite recipe is the one for Halibut Cakes on page 121. They are aromatic with gingerroot, garam masala and curry powder. The Pineapple-Lime Salsa (p. 139) is delicious with the fish cakes. The cookbook is organized seasonally and includes many excellent recipes for brunch dishes, such as Hazelnut Waffles, Sweet Potato Blintzes and Buckwheat Crepes. The food is fresh and imaginative, but most of the recipes are well within the home cook's ability to prepare. To me it's Northwest comfort food.

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