Seattle Cooks: Signature Recipes from the City's Best Chefs and Bartenders

Seattle Cooks is an exciting collection of 80 signature dishes from 40 of the city’s best restaurants. Featuring crowd-pleasing small plates, vibrant salads, comforting mains, delectable desserts, and much more, this expansive cookbook highlights a vibrant culinary scene that makes Seattle one of the best food cities in the country. A never-before-published recipe for Dahlia’ Lounge’s iconic Dungeness crab cakes? Check. Tavolàta’s hamachi crudo? Check. Revel’s kalua pork belly? Check. We’ve even included Jerry Traunfeld's famous eggplant fries, RockCreek's octopus salad, and E. Smith Mercantile’s thirst-quenching smoky martini. For those who love to explore the world through food, Seattle Cooks presents inspired recipes designed with home cooks in mind―regardless of skill level. It’s never been easier to get your hands on great food.

Julien Perry has been a food and lifestyle writer and editor for more than twenty years and has worked as a food editor for Seattle Weekly, Seattle Business Magazine, Eater Seattle, and Seattle Magazine. Her work has also been featured in Food & Wine and on the Food Network. An alumnus of Seattle Art Institute's Baking and Pastry program, she co-founded the One Night Only Project―a roving dinner series that partners with the city's food and beverage powerhouses―and Chefodex, a chef-for-hire service featuring a roster of Seattle's foremost culinary talent. She is the author of Seattle Cooks: Signature Recipes from the City's Best Chefs and Bartenders.