The Food and Drink of Seattle: From Wild Salmon to Craft Beer (Big City Food Biographies) (Hardcover)
Exploring Seattle's food history reveals a culinary legacy both distinctive and bountiful. The region's food traditions include numerous indigenous edibles ranging from wild salmon to foraged mushrooms. Covering the history, culture, and cuisine of Seattle, Judith Dern takes readers on an in-depth culinary tour of this flourishing and fascinating Pacific Northwest city.
Judith Dern is a published author with numerous cookbooks and national and regional articles to her credit. Judith has pursued word wizardry and all things edible for her career, the outcome of cooking and collecting cookbooks since she was a teenager. Her most recent cookbook is The Food and Cooking of Scandinavia: Sweden, Norway & Denmark (2011). In her day job, she serves as senior research insights manager at Meredith Corporation, having joined its leading digital site, Allrecipes.com, the world's largest digital food brand, in 2007. A past board of directors member for the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP), she serves on the board of The Culinary Trust (TCT), IACP's charitable foundation focused on culinary issues, and is a member of Les Dames D'Escoffier.