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Book Excerpt: Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food

Book Excerpt: Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food

Hsiao-Ching Chou offers up an ode to vegetables in her second cookbook

Hsiao-Ching Chou’s second cook-book, ‘Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food,’ is a follow-up to her popular Chinese Soul Food and will hit shelves Jan. 15. Hsiao-Ching is known for her sold-out classes that have made Chinese cooking accessible to home cooks, but with the pandemic she has shifted to social media to share her recipes and tips. …

Introduction by Rob Smith

Finding Comfort in Cookbooks

Finding Comfort in Cookbooks

Two cookbook aficionados dish on their favorite books and recipes

Lara Hamilton (First), owns Book Larder. Susan Roxborough (Second) is the executive editor at Sasquatch Books.

Stefanie Ellis

This Book Should Be Your New Go-To Guide in the Kitchen

This Book Should Be Your New Go-To Guide in the Kitchen

"How to Taste: The Curious Cook’s Handbook to Seasoning and Balance, from Umami to Acid and Beyond—with Recipes" by Becky Selengut hits shelves March 13.

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Like sight, smell and the other senses we take for granted, taste is something we do mostly without thinking. But local chef, cooking instructor and cookbook author Becky Selengut wants us to start noticing the flavors in our food more mindfully.  Selengut’s new…

Chelsea Lin

This Little Saigon Restaurant Nails Hard-to-Find Vietnamese Dishes

This Little Saigon Restaurant Nails Hard-to-Find Vietnamese Dishes

The owner of Huong Binh has raised a family—and a generation of Seattleites—on excellent food like bo la lot.

Betel leaf wraps the beef in the dish known as bo la lot.

Naomi Tomky

How to Shuck Oysters: Tips From a Taylor Shellfish Pro

How to Shuck Oysters: Tips From a Taylor Shellfish Pro

Learn to prepare a classic Pacific Northwest food without butchering it—or yourself.

Taylor Shellfish’s Michaela Martin-McSweeney with the tools of her trade.

Danny Sullivan

Experience the Earthy Bliss of These Locally Harvested Mushrooms

Experience the Earthy Bliss of These Locally Harvested Mushrooms

Harvest the coral-like cauliflower mushroom to enjoy in braised dishes.

Western cauliflower mushroom with halibut and root vegetables.

Langdon Cook

This Eve Dish is an Ode to a Seattle Classic That Was Ahead of Its Time

This Eve Dish is an Ode to a Seattle Classic That Was Ahead of Its Time

Fremont’s bastion of clean eating, shares the secrets to its hot bowl.

Two years ago this month, Eve co-owners Debra Russell and Jill Buchanan created their restaurant’s famous hot bowl after a decade of nostalgic cravings. The dish pays homage to the Capitol Hill juice joint Gravity Bar (open from 1986 to 2005), which was one of Russell’s favorite spots. Its simple menu, she notes, was “ahead of…

Callie Little

Rainbow-Colored Pasta Earns Washington Woman Internet Fame

Rainbow-Colored Pasta Earns Washington Woman Internet Fame

Linda Miller Nicholson’s incredible pasta creations have earned her internet celebrity—and a new cookbook deal.

Social media star Linda Miller Nicholson makes the brightest meals around.

Chelsea Lin

Turn This Wild, Bitter Washington Fruit Into a Potluck Hit

Turn This Wild, Bitter Washington Fruit Into a Potluck Hit

Add some sugar to chokecherries and enjoy one of summer’s last gifts.

Look for chokecherries that are scarlet in color and pick them before the wildlife does

Langdon Cook

Ballard Couple Wants to Help Shake Up Your Date Night In

Ballard Couple Wants to Help Shake Up Your Date Night In

At Turntable Kitchen, music and food are tuneful tastemakers.

Turntable Kitchen offers customized subscription boxes that include locally roasted coffee and limited edition vinyl

Max Rose

Mountain Trout Can Turn a Backcountry Meal Into a Four-Star Affair

Mountain Trout Can Turn a Backcountry Meal Into a Four-Star Affair

Hook a trout from a mountain stream and you’ve just bagged one of the forager’s biggest prizes.

Dine in style, even in the backcountry.

Langdon Cook

Shaker + Spear's Wine-Friendly Galette is a Dinner Party Hit

Shaker + Spear’s Wine-Friendly Galette is a Dinner Party Hit

Recipe of the Week: French onion galette with truffle apple salad.

Pour a glass of wine and enjoy this galette.

Seattle Magazine Staff

Ciudad's Meaty Kofta is a Grill Master's Versatile Dream

Ciudad’s Meaty Kofta is a Grill Master’s Versatile Dream

Recipe of the Week: Ciudad's Baked Kofta With Sauces.

Recipes for Seattlemag.com’s Recipe of the Week are contributed by participating chefs, cookbook authors and food bloggers. Name of Recipe: Baked Kofta with sauces Source of Recipe: Ciudad Why We Love This Recipe: Chef Aaron Willis from Ciudad likes his meals to have components that are easily interchangeable and can be used with all different types of…

Seattle Magazine Staff

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