2015 gourmet AWARDS nationwide WINNER: FISH
2015 JAMES BEARD WINNER most sensible CHEF: NORTHWEST
Part culinary experience, half severe cookbook, Sea and Smoke chronicles the plucky ambition of a tender chef to set up a world-class eating vacation spot in an not likely place.
A local of the Pacific Northwest, two-time James Beard profitable chef Blaine Wetzel observed Lummi Island, a rugged position with fewer than 1,000 citizens off the coast of Seattle, because the perfect venue for his precise model of hyperlocalism. Sea and Smoke is a culinary get together of what's reliable, flavorful, and within sight, with recipes like Herring Roe on Kelp with Charred Dandelions and Smoked Mussels growing an intimate dating among the meals and panorama of the Pacific Northwest.
The smokehouse, the fisherman, and the farmer yield the elements for unforgettable nutrients on the Willows hotel, a mirrored image of Wetzel's dedication either to locally-sourced parts and the points of interest, smells, and tastes of the foggy, coastal setting of Lummi Island. Award-winning journalist Joe Ray tells the story of the Inn's upward thrust to stardom, documenting how every little thing got here jointly to make a reservation at Wetzel's distant eating place probably the most sought-after within the world.
