About Northwest Specialties

The Pacific Northwest—Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and Canada's British Columbia—has an abundance of natural resources and a geography that includes open range, plains, ancient forests, mountains and seacoast. The native populations were joined by immigrants from Germany, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, England, Ireland, Scotland, Spain and France, and more recently, an influx of residents from Asia and the former Soviet Union. This confluence of regional cuisines, tradition, and techniques combine to create unique, specifically Northwest food, culture, and style. Northwest living draws on fresh, local ingredients innovatively prepared, in a region of unparalleled beauty and variety.

Northwest Specialties covers a range of topics like how to prepare and serve planked salmon, how to find local ingredients for "only in the Northwest" cuisine, how to incorporate uniquely Northwest ingredients like wine, berries, wild mushrooms and locally caught seafood in your everyday meals. Northwest Specialties is about all the unique aspects of Northwest living and Northwest style.