Fresh local ingredients and a variety of ethnic influences contribute to the excellence of Pacific Northwest cuisine. These cookbooks will provide you with instruction and inspiration.
1. Pike Place Market Cookbook
"Pike Place Market Cookbook: Recipes, Anecdotes, and Personalities from Seattle's Renowned Public Market" is filled with enticing descriptions and colorful anecdotes about the personalities found at this Seattle market. The recipes were contributed by Market farmers, shopkeepers, and restaurateurs.
2. Kathy Casey's Northwest Table
"Kathy Casey's Northwest Table: Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Southern Alaska" has been well-reviewd by both home cooks and professional chefs. The recipes feature such quintissential Northwest foods as Dungeness crab, Walla Walla sweet onions, Oregon hazelnuts, Copper River salmon, and berries of all kinds. Casey starts off the book with an excellent discussion of the ingredients and dishes that make the Northwest so extraordinary.3. Wildwood: Cooking from the Source in the Pacific Northwest
Chef Cory Schreiber is a fifth-generation Oregonian and owner of the Wildwood Restaurant and Bar in Portland. His sumptuous book, "Wildwood: Cooking from the Source in the Pacific Northwest," is both a cookbook and a family chronicle, filled with photographs and anecdotes sharing the Schreiber family's rich heritage in Oregon's seafood and restaurant industries.4. The Northwest Best Places Cookbook
"The Northwest Best Places Cookbook: Recipes from the Outstanding Restaurants and Inns of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia" features recipes from some of the best chefs in the region.5. Northwest Berry Cookbook : Finding, Growing, and Cooking With Berries Year-Round
Strawberries, rasberries, huckleberries, Marionberries, and more - this book will tell you where to find the Pacific Northwest's big plump beauties, and what to do with them.6. Tom Douglas's Seattle Kitchen
This cookbook focuses on the fusion of cuisine that characterize Seattle. Local ingredients, Asian influences, and Northwest wines are combined.7. Pike Place Public Market Seafood Cookbook
When you think of Pike Place Market you think of flying fish, stacks of fresh seafood and produce, and gorgeous Seattle waterfront views. This cookbook will help you learn to cook memorable dishes using the fresh Pacific Northwest ingredients that you find at the Market.8. The Northwest Essentials Cookbook
"The Northwest Essentials Cookbook: Cooking With the Ingredients That Define a Regional Cuisine" is a great resource for recipes that use classic Northwest ingredients, including salmon, mushrooms, apples, Dungeness crab, berries, and hazelnuts.9. Pacific Northwest the Beautiful Cookbook
Written by local foodie Kathy Casey, "Pacific Northwest the Beautiful Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from the Pacific Northwest" is filled with gorgeous photos and delectable recipes. It has been out of print for a few years, but used copies are available.10. The Herbfarm Cookbook
"The Herbfarm Cookbook," according to its cover, features "200 herb-inspired recipes, plus a complete guide to growing, handling, and cooking with fresh herbs."