Dining In Seattle: Past & Present is a brilliant union of 21 of Seattle's most acclaimed restaurants of today, combined with legendary restaurants of the past four decades. At last, find an inspired menu cookbook that spans the generations with delightful dimensions. With Dining In Seattle: Past & Present , you can engage top restaurateurs such as Tom Douglas, the Canlis family, and Holly Smith. Follow their culinary prowess from piquant appetizers, to enticing entrees, to satisfying desserts. Artfully prepare Bananas Foster from El Gaucho, Seven Flavor Beef from Wild Ginger, Crispy Skinned Salmon from Flying Fish, and dozens of other famous dishes. Each restaurant offers a specially chosen full-course dinner, along with wine pairings, tips, and easy-to-read recipes for each course. Dining In Seattle: Past & Present lets you learn from the masters. While some of your favorite restaurants may no longer exist in brick and mortar, Dining In Seattle: Past & Present will lead you on a nostalgic culinary tour of Seattle's golden era as the gourmet revolution began. Recreate memories of unforgettable meals at Seattle's most respected establishments. Follow the original restaurant menus and compare them with the very best contemporary chefs that now are an integral part of Seattle's soul. Present Restaurants: Barking Frog Cafe Flora Cafe Juanita Campagne Canlis Chez Shea Dahlia Lounge El Gaucho Flying Fish The Harvest Vine Il Bistro Il Terrazzo The Inn at Langley Kingfish Cafe Lark Metropolitan Grill Monsoon Purple Cafe and Wine Bar Shiro's Sushi Restaurant Waterfront Seafood Grill Wild Ginger Past Restaurants: The Adriatica Annie et Robert Annique's Boondock's, Sundecker's & Greenthumb's Brasserie Pitsbourg The Broadway Casa Lupita The Georgian Room at the Four Seasons Gerard's Relais de Lyon The Green Lake Grill Henry's Off Broadway Le Tastevin The Mirabeau 1904 The Other Place The Palm Court Settebello The 610 Trader Vic's If you re in the mood to cook up some local flavor, flip through the pages of Dining In Seattle: Past & Present, a new cookbook inspired by 21 of Seattle s most acclaimed restaurants. The cookbook features 312 recipes for appetizers, entrees and desserts by top restaurateurs such as Tom Douglas, the Canlis family, and Holly Smith. Try your hand at preparing the popular Bananas Foster from El Gaucho, Seven Flavor Beef from Wild Ginger or Crispy Skinned Salmon from Flying Fish restaurant in Seattle. Each featured restaurant offers a full-course dinner, along with wine pairings, tips, and easy-to-read recipes for each course. --Lindsay Larin, The Scene Dining In Seattle: Past & Present is a brilliant union of 21 of Seattle's most acclaimed restaurants of today, combined with legendary restaurants of the past four decades. At last, find an inspired menu cookbook that spans the generations with delightful dimensions. With Dining In Seattle: Past & Present, you can engage top restaurateurs such as Tom Douglas, the Canlis family, and Holly Smith. Follow their culinary prowess from piquant appetizers, to enticing entrees, to satisfying desserts. Artfully prepare Bananas Foster from El Gaucho, Seven Flavor Beef from Wild Ginger, Crispy Skinned Salmon from Flying Fish, and dozens of other famous dishes. Each restaurant offers a specially chosen full-course dinner, along with wine pairings, tips, and easy-to-read recipes for each course. Dining In Seattle: Past & Present lets you learn from the masters. While some of your favorite restaurants may no longer exist in brick and mortar, Dining In Seattle: Past & Present will lead you on a nostalgic culinary tour of Seattle's golden era as the gourmet revolution began. Recreate memories of unforgettable meals at Seattle's most respected establishments. Follow the original restaurant menus and compare them with the very best contemporary chefs that now are an integral part of Seattle's soul. Present Restaurants: Barking Frog Cafe Flora Cafe Juanita Campagne Canlis Chez Shea Dahlia Lounge El Gaucho Flying Fish The Harvest Vine Il Bistro Il Terrazzo The Inn at Langley Kingfish Cafe Lark Metropolitan Grill Monsoon Purple Cafe and Wine Bar Shiro's Sushi Restaurant Waterfront Seafood Grill Wild Ginger Past Restaurants: The Adriatica Annie et Robert Annique's Boondock's, Sundecker's & Greenthumb's Brasserie Pitsbourg The Broadway Casa Lupita The Georgian Room at the Four Seasons Gerard's Relais de Lyon The Green Lake Grill Henry's Off Broadway Le Tastevin The Mirabeau 1904 The Other Place The Palm Court Settebello The 610 Trader Vic's Andrea Lott , a Seattle native, started her career in the food industry at the age of five, selling chocolate chip cookies on football game days outside of her Montlake house near Husky Stadium. Now, as an international traveler and former management consultant, she is immersed in the Seattle food world from soups to nuts - from the shopping expeditions, to the impressive evening meal