Genuine Skagit Cookbook

written by Blake Van Roekel & Stefanie LeJeunesse
 
Genuine Skagit Cooking features over 45 recipes from food producers, small-business owners, & residents around Skagit Valley Washington, that highlight the unique agricultural diversity of the region. Readers will discover recipes for every meal of the day, all utilizing some of the distinctive produce grown in this fertile Pacific Northwest valley, as well as profiles about Skagit Valley farmers & producers. Paired alongside food photographer Charity Burggraaf’s photos of recipes & locally grown produce, Genuine Skagit Cooking paints a vibrant picture of the region’s agricultural way of life, inviting both locals & others across the country into the kitchen to cook the Skagit way.
 
The Skagit Valley, nestled in the Pacific Northwest between Seattle & Vancouver with views of Mount Baker & the San Juan Islands, is the most important agricultural valley remaining in the Puget Sound region. Since the first commercial harvest of potatoes in 1853, Skagit farmers & their fertile soil have supplied the Northwest, nation, & world with nearly every crop imaginable. Genuine Skagit Valley is a nonprofit established in 2019 to increase awareness of Skagit Valley agricultural products & services. They partner with the Port of Skagit to enhance the local agricultural industry, promoting innovative approaches that combine research & technology producing new jobs & a robust economy centered on the valley’s rich agricultural resources & heritage.
 
Raspberry Bow Press / Paperback / 158 pages