The Northwest Best Places Cookbook: Recipes from the Outstanding Restaurants and Inns of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia [Paperback]

Lori McKean (Author), Cynthia C. Nims (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1996

As Northwest cuisine takes the country by storm, the venerable Northwest Best Places travel guide heads into the kitchen with this collection of 125 recipes from its star-rated establishments. The region's best chefs share their flavorful and unique adaptations of the Northwest's rich cornucopia of food stuffs from land and sea.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books (January 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570610754
• ISBN-13: 978-1570610752
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,556,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A lifelong Northwesterner, Cynthia Nims holds the Grand Diplome d'Etudes Culinaires from La Varenne cooking school in France, where she worked on numerous cookbooks with owner Anne Willan. Previously editor of Simply Seafood magazine and food editor of Seattle Magazine, Cynthia is now a contributor to Cooking Light, Alaska Airlines Magazine, Sunset, and other magazines. She is the author of twelve cookbooks and contributed content on Northwest cuisine to Williams-Sonoma's Savoring America and to Culinaria: The United States. Her most recent cookbooks are Salmon, the fourth in her Northwest Homegrown Cookbook Series and Memorable Gatherings: Recipes to Share with Family and Friends, co-authored with Renee Behnke. She is an active member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (currently serving as president of their board of directors) and Les Dames d'Escoffier. Her blog, Mon Appetit, can be found at www.monappetit.com/blog.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy and Elegant!, April 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Northwest Best Places Cookbook: Recipes from the Outstanding Restaurants and Inns of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia (Paperback)

Simple, elegant recipes that make a stunning meal. The herb baked salmon, asparagus linguine, and black mussel linguine were absolutely wonderful. Each dish had clear instructions and only required a few good ingredients.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for elite foodies, not so much for simple cooks, June 17, 2007

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Misspudding "Anthony's mom" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Northwest Best Places Cookbook: Recipes from the Outstanding Restaurants and Inns of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia (Paperback)

I like reading this book, a lot, and developing inspiration for dishes I'd like to prepare. As a resident of the Pacific Northwest, a lot of these dishes and their ingredients are readily available. However, I find that many of these recipes are just too out of reach for your standard American.

If you're someone who has visited many of these inns and restaurants and thought, "A ha! I can finally recreate recipe X!" then this is the book for you. I, however, was just looking for a cookbook that highlights our local cuisine but isn't too complicated. I got one, but not both.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Northwest Cookbook, August 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Northwest Best Places Cookbook: Recipes from the Outstanding Restaurants and Inns of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia (Paperback)

I recently got given this book, and I can see myself making most of the recipes in it as the first 3 have all been so successful. Great variety of recipes, good layout and directions, and the added bonus of a list of great Northwest Restaurant to try out when you don't fancy cooking!