The Paley's Place Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from the Pacific Northwest

About this book

Nestled in a converted Victorian in Portlands trendy Northwest District Paleys Place Bistro and Bar has been serving Vitaly Paleys creative beautifully executed cooking for over a decade. Co-owner Kimberly Paleys joyous hospitality has helped make their restaurant into a West Coast destination. Both Paleys unquenchable ardor for local luscious sustainably produced food and drink means the Paleys Place dining experience just keeps gets better. With characteristic generosity Vitaly and Kimberly bring their elegant soulful fare home in The Paleys Place Cookbook. Chapters on appetizers; soups salads and sandwiches; pastas and grains; fish and shellfish; meat game and fowl; vegetable side dishes; and desserts are complemented by extras including a primer on putting together a knockout Oregon cheese course and a bevy of recipes for hand-crafted and seasonal cocktails. Wine pairings point the reader to well-matched styles and makers from the Pacific Northwest and France. Teaching the reader to create blissfully perfectdishes from the ground up whether simple (Grilled Figs Wrapped in Prosciutto; Tomato-Bread Soup) or showy (Duck Wellington with Mole Sauce; Vegetable-Stuffed Morels with Green Garlic Confit and Parmesan Cream) the authors emphasize the building blocks of wonderful food: great ingredients and great technique. Throughout the book the Paleys introduce us to some of the many skilled food producers who make the Pacific Northwest a culinary treasure trove and also take us inside the chefs thought process as he creates and refines his recipes. Evocative photographsof finished dishes gorgeous local foodstuffs and the people who produce the food that gives so much pleasureround out this personal passionate enlightening and utterly delicious cookbook.