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" I don't answer my phone in a restaurant. "
Tom Douglas
Restaurant
Phone
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" When you watch 'Shark Tank,' everything is about off-shore this, off-shore that. "
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" My favorite way to cook trout is whole, bone-in, on the grill. The fish are stuffed with sliced lemons and herb sprigs, brushed with oil, and cooked over fairly hot coals until the skin is crisp and the flesh is moist and flaky. Go ahead and gild the lily by adding a sauce. "
Tom Douglas
Way
Skin
Oil
" If you don't have the confidence in baking, commit to making the recipe three times. The first two, do it exactly the way I've told you to make it. Twice. The first time you'll screw it up. The second time it will come out pretty good, and then the third time, make your adjustments. "
Tom Douglas
Baking
Way
You
" When I eat oatmeal, I'm hungry by 10 A.M., but pho is a great way to start the day. "
Tom Douglas
Great
Hungry
Start
" Entrepreneurial people are never satisfied. "
Tom Douglas
People
Never
Satisfied
" Sweet, delicious Dungeness crab is always a treat. "
Tom Douglas
Crab
Always
Treat
" I use ginger like garlic. I love it for steaming fish and making barbecue sauces or roasted chicken. "
Tom Douglas
Fish
Barbecue
Love
" It's important that your shucked oyster is clean and pristine. "
Tom Douglas
Oyster
Pristine
Your
" Oysters, such as Dabobs, Quilcenes, Westcotts, and Willapas, to name just a few, are often named after the place they are harvested. "
Tom Douglas
Oysters
Place
After
" It's really fun to have a convection oven, even it if it's a little convection toaster oven. It really changes the way you bake. "
Tom Douglas
Changes
You
Way
" The two things that are going to make you a better baker without even trying are a scale and a thermometer in your oven. "
Tom Douglas
Going
Trying
You
" I can't believe how many people don't have time to cook but have time to watch football and 'The Voice.' They're certainly making a choice. "
Tom Douglas
Time
Voice
Believe
" My longtime friend Steven Steinbock, who has worked with me for more than thirty years, is a master at panfrying fish and seafood. "
Tom Douglas
Fish
Me
More
" I know Jeff Bezos because I cater at his home. "
Tom Douglas
Know
Because
Cater
" If you just feel lazy and don't want to cook, then don't cook. "
Tom Douglas
Cook
Feel
Just
" My dad never explained anything growing up. "
Tom Douglas
Anything
Up
Growing
" It's hard to legislate what people eat. People are getting fed up with being told what they can and can't do. It boils down to personal responsibility. People need to read labels, do their research and act accordingly. "
Tom Douglas
People
Responsibility
Research
" Another way I like to barbecue king salmon is as a whole fish stuffed, literally to the gills, with sweet onions, sliced lemons, and summer sage. "
Tom Douglas
King
Sweet
Summer
" If you want something beautiful to put on the dinner table, pick up a sockeye, the salmon species with the most vivid red flesh. "
Tom Douglas
Want
Beautiful
Dinner
" Coho or silver salmon are very common and easy to get for a good price. "
Tom Douglas
Good
Silver
Salmon
" Sometimes managers are a little shy to criticize another manager or another operation. "
Tom Douglas
Sometimes
Shy
Manager
" While it's typical to find steamed clam recipes which include a bit of bacon or sausage, you might not think of adding shredded ham hock, but it's another way to pair the lusty, smoky flavor of animal fat with the briny ocean flavor of shellfish. "
Tom Douglas
Find
Animal
You
" Often we eat squid fried, so it's fun to grill it for a change. To grill squid, slice the cleaned bodies open into two flat pieces and thread them, along with the tentacles, onto skewers, then grill quickly over a direct fire with the coals as close as possible to the grate, turning the squid several times. "
Tom Douglas
Eat
Fire
Fun
" Sustainability includes how you run your business, and my bottom line includes how you treat your people. Sustainability starts with your staff. "
Tom Douglas
Treat
You
Business
" The simplest way to prepare Dungeness crabs is to boil them in the shell and set them in front of your guests with crab crackers or crab hammers, cocktail forks, and plenty of napkins. "
Tom Douglas
Way
Crab
Prepare
" I'm kind of fat. "
Tom Douglas
Fat
Kind
" For a group of friends or a family dinner, fish tacos are popular and fun to make. "
Tom Douglas
Family
Fish
Friends
" Catfish has a nice firm texture and mild flavor. "
Tom Douglas
Flavor
Texture
Nice
" One-pot meals make a lot of sense... because so much of what people hate about cooking is really the cleanup, the mess, the grease. "
Tom Douglas
Much
People
Sense
" Summer in Seattle allows me to indulge in some of the region's top culinary delights - I'm talking about wild king salmon and fresh, ripe Washington stone fruits and berries like cherries, peaches, plums, and blueberries. "
Tom Douglas
King
Wild
Me