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A Boat, a Whale & a Walrus: Menus and Stories by [Renee Erickson, Jess Thomson, Jim Henkens]

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A Boat, a Whale & a Walrus: Menus and Stories Kindle Edition

by Renee Erickson (Author), Jess Thomson (Author), Jim Henkens (Photographer) Format: Kindle Edition

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Simple but elegant seafood recipes from acclaimed James Beard nominated chef and beloved Seattle restaurateur Renee Erickson

One of the country's most acclaimed chefs, Renee Erickson is a James Beard nominated chef and the owner of several Seattle restaurants: The Whale Wins, Boat Street Café, The Walrus and the Carpenter, and Barnacle. This luscious cookbook is perfect for anyone who loves the fresh seasonal food of the Pacific Northwest. Defined by the bounty of the Puget Sound region, as well as by French cuisine, this cookbook is filled with seasonal, personal menus like Renee’s Fourth of July Crab Feast, Wild Foods Dinner, and a fall pickling party.

Home cooks will cherish Erickson’s simple yet elegant recipes such as Roasted Chicken with Fried Capers and Preserved Lemons, Harissa-Rubbed Roasted Lamb, and Molasses Spice Cake. Renee Erickson's food, casual style, and appreciation of simple beauty is an inspiration to readers and eaters in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

This eBook edition includes complete navigation of recipes and ingredients with hyperlinks throughout the book in the Table of Contents, the menus, and the index.

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322 pages
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Sasquatch Books
Publication date

September 30, 2014
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"I am one of many—legions, even!—who’ve been inspired by Renee Erickson and her restaurants, and this book is Renee, through and through."
—Molly Wizenberg, author of Delancey and A Homemade Life

"Renee Erickson cooks like a woman, with generosity, sensuality, and style. In this charming book she shares everything—stunning images, wonderful stories, a passionate philosophy, and her recipes to cook and live by."
— Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, owners of The Canal House

"...the book's focus on simple, sourceable ingredients makes the array of mouth-watering menus approachable, whether you're in Erickson's Portage Bay backyard or in the land-locked Midwest."
—Saveur

"Erickson's book has an Ina Garten-like blend of effortlessness and luxuriousness that makes you believe that king salmon with walnut tarator will practically cook itself. But then, with her forgiving guidelines and clear descriptions...it basically does."
—Bon Appétit

"Just like Renee herself, this book is perky, colorful, energetic, and full of fun. And they both make you smile!"
—Patricia Wells, author and cooking school teacher

Every so often a cookbook comes along that looks good, is written with style, and more important, you find yourself cooking from it and looking for ideas from it all the time. Renee’s ideas inspire hunger and they work. I can already predict that I’ll wear out my first copy.
—Kermit Lynch, wine importer, and author of Adventures on the Wine Route

This is a book about feasting and unfussy, brilliant food that you’ll want to make again and again.
—The Los Angeles Times

"If a trip to Seattle isn't possible, this book provides the next best way to enjoy Erickson's beautiful seafood."
—Library Journal

"...if there is a better looking new cookbook out this fall, I haven't seen it."
—Eater National

". . . While some restaurant cookbooks can feel overly cheffy, inaccessible, or better suited to a coffee table than your kitchen shelves, Erickson’s is all personality and warmth, that combination of inspiring and accessible that we’re all looking for in a cookbook."
—Food52

"The food in the book is at turns refined and humble, but is always accessible. The ingredient lists are rarely very long, and techniques are uncomplicated and thoroughly explained."
—Serious Eats

"A rare combination of beauty and practicality, allowing home cooks to enter the Seattle restaurateur’s world and replicate her super-popular signature dishes."
—The Seattle Times

"Seattle chef Renee Erickson offers a book of seasonal menus (attention other cookbook authors: more menus, please) that showcase the ingredients of the Pacific Northwest."
—Eater ("The 43 Most Anticipated Cookbooks of Fall 2014")

About the Author

RENEE ERICKSON is the chef-owner of Seattle's Boat Street Café and Boat Street Pickles, and co-owns The Walrus and the Carpenter, The Whale Wins, and the Narwhal Oyster Truck.

JESS THOMSON is a Seattle-based freelance writer and cookbook author who has written for Sunset, Cooking Light, Edible Seattle, and Seattle Met magazines. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00JI48X6M
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sasquatch Books (September 30, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 30, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 138325 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 322 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #782,021 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #41 in American Northwest Cooking
- #105 in Northwestern U.S. Cooking, Food & Wine
- #324 in Seasonal Cooking (Kindle Store)

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Jess Thomson
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Jess Thomson is a Seattle-based freelance writer and the author of 9 books, most recently A YEAR RIGHT HERE: ADVENTURES WITH FOOD AND FAMILY IN THE GREAT NEARBY (UW Press, April 2017) and A BOAT, A WHALE AND A WALRUS: RECIPES AND STORIES (co-authored with Seattle chef Renee Erickson, Sasquatch Books, September 2015). Her work appears in publications like The New York Times, Food & Wine, Sunset, Cooking Light, Edible Seattle and Seattle magazines. Jess, a graduate of Middlebury College and The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, is the author of the food blog hogwash, where she pairs food and life (www.jessthomson.me).
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Renee Erickson
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Renee Erickson is a James Beard awarding winning chef, author, and co-owner of multiple properties in Seattle, Washington: The Walrus and the Carpenter, The Whale Wins, Barnacle, Bar Melusine, Bateau, Westward, and several General Porpoise Doughnuts and Coffee locations.
As a Seattle native (well, Woodinville to be exact), Renee's restaurants highlight the bounty of the Pacific Northwest with a European sensibility. Bon Appetit Magazine has compared her to M.F.K. Fisher, Elizabeth David, and Julia Child.
Renee Erickson's food, casual style, and appreciation of simple beauty is an inspiration to her staff and guests in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
In 2014 she published her first cookbook “A Boat, a Whale and a Walrus” to critical acclaim, finding itself on top reading lists while winning a 2015 PNBA book award - the first for a cookbook.
Her next book “Getaway” Food and Drink to Transport You, will be released in April 2021.
Renee graduated from the University of Washington with a BFA and currently serves on the board at UW's School of Art + Art History + Design. She lives in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood with her husband Dan, dog Arlo, and cat Brooklyn.
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The Aimster

Fun to read, recipes onerous

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 2, 2022

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This was such a delight to read, I like when cookbooks have more than recipes but a little something from the author about what inspired the recipe, history and background, etc., so this book did not disappoint. Not sure if I’ll actually do any of the recipes since I’m not a fisherman but good to have on my shelf because ya never know.

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Aspasaia

Amazing recipes!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 10, 2022

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I'm writing this review because too few of the reviews talk about how delicious the recipes are! Yes, the writing and photos are excellent. But who cares if the food isn't to die for?
With this in mind, here's my review: everything I've tried so far has been divine! I loved the potato salad with preserved lemon; the mussels with tarragon; the chicken with capers; and the zucchini bread. I've never before owned a cookbook where I feel the urge to try every single recipe. My friends have loved the recipes that I've cooked for them so much that they're all ordering the book, too. A must have!

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Lounge Lizard

a book you can look at from different angles.....

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 16, 2022

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.....meaning a cookbook, a local history book (culinary and otherwise), a calming book as to seasonal varieties, a book to get you in touch with weather & the effects weather has on crops and seafood; also a sorta survey on tourism in the NW. Good pictures, too. 4.5 Stars, we rounded up.

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Sally A. Larhette

Besides the beautiful cover, wonderful photography

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 1, 2015

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Besides the beautiful cover, wonderful photography, even the blue ribbon to mark a page with...there is not a recipe that I would not make and the first will be the Seared Scallops, followed by the Molasses Spice Cake and many others..Her Birthday Party menu felt like an invitation to join her,can't wait to try Radish and Green Goddess Sauce..., very new version... you can taste it by reading the recipe! There is a quietness to the book, like being on a boat in the calm early morning,dreaming about the great food you will enjoy later in the day,any time of the day...In the 70's
my Chefs class, struggled through learning how to cook for a restuarant and I have learned that there are many "Home Cooks" who cook better than some chefs...Some are born to cook,some are born to manage cooks...etc. The Poached Rhubarb and Creme Fraiche Ice Cream stunning!
I could go on and on, Definitely a find. some will use it for their own ...Hey, Michael on Martha's Vineyard...LeToille....

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Where or When?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 23, 2014

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If you are new to cooking, I think you will love this book, especially if you're interested in simple European-inspired recipes. If you've been around the block (and back), there's not a lot of new stuff here. The collection of recipes seems almost "curated" more than anything. Luckily, Erickson has great taste and a distinct aesthetic and even if a lot of this seems very familiar, it's an interesting look into her kitchen. It's just seasonal, ingredient-driven, local blah blah blah. A lot of us have seen this movie many times before.
The photos are pretty and the directions seem clear.
For new cooks, I'd almost give it five stars. For the rest of us, three.

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Daniela Morales

Instant Heirloom!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 5, 2014

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Originally I bought the book because I liked the illustrations on the cover (I'm a sucker for whales) and had heard of Renee Erickson's restaurants having a focus on seafood which I wouldn't say I'm a big fan of but willing to give it a try.

LOVE THE BOOK!

This is not just a cookbook and it's not just about seafood. It reads like an autobiography of the chef herself, shaped by the people (had to read the story about the illustrator of the cover) and the seasonal influences of the ingredients. The book gives you a whole meal menu from start to finish plus I love the seasonal ingredient highlights like blackberries plus three easy recipes for blackberries. This is definitely going on my favorite cookbook shelf along with Ina, Julia and my mom's handwritten cookbook.

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Michelle

One of the best cookbooks out there

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 24, 2020

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I love this cookbook! It's a beautiful read, and a beautiful book. The photos, the paper, there are so many lovely details in this gem of a book. Fantastic recipes that capture the Pacific Northwest beautifully.

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Sally H. Calligan

I love the recipes very much

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 13, 2014

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I love the recipes very much. It is a great read. What I do not like, at least in the Kindle version is that it is hard to find almost anything. I appreciate that there are menus, But if you are looking for one particular thing, it is the devil to find. This is one of many new cookbooks that are trying to be creative and different and are making it difficult for the actual cook.

This woman has some of the best restaurants in Seattle.

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