The Crab Pot Cookbook

I love this restaurant and I was excited to see they were coming out with a cookbook. I loved the inclusion of the history of the restaurant at the beginning of the book. The photos were also a great addition. The fresh fish buying guide was helpful too. I don’t know a lot about buying fish, so I thought it was great.

The cookbook is fully of so many mouth watering recipes. It’s broken down into different sections based on the seafood included. It also includes a little bit of back information for each seafood at the start of the chapter. I’m especially excited to make the crab pot crab dip. It looks and sounds so good.

This book is full of so much helpful information including a section about garnishing. I can’t wait to get cooking! I definitely recommend checking this book out if you like seafood!

A souvenir from a memorable Seattle vacation or a piece of nostalgia for those who visited some time ago and are long for a taste of the Emerald city's seafood, The Crab Pot Cookbook helps readers recreate the flavors of the iconic restaurant in their kitchen. The book is broken down into chapters for "Introduction", "The Seafeast", "Starters", "Chowders, Sides, and Salads", "Entrees", "Garnishes", and "Desserts". The introduction has a bit of city history and the history of the restaurant as well as some basics like buying fish and description of pantry ingredients. The seafeast chapter had me dreaming of a spring or summer backyard celebration. Most recipes are not complex with few steps, and use fish (salmon, halibut) and shellfish (crab, shrimp) that should be available at grocery and fishmongers in many areas even if they aren't exactly just off the boat. The vibrant photos throughout the book of the city, the fish and shellfish, the restaurant, and, of course, the mouthwatering dishes make the book a lovely keepsake of a Seattle trip.
I received advanced access to this book thru NetGalley (for which I want to thank NetGalley and the publisher, Flashpoint ) for an honest review. The opinion expressed here is my own.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the Griffith Family for providing me with a complimentary digital ARC for The Crab Pot Cookbook coming out October 15, 2024. The honest opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Seafood is my favorite kind of food! I’m obsessed with crab legs, mussels, lobster, fish etc. I love to make my own seafood dishes. So I was really excited to receive this book. I haven’t been to Seattle, but it was interesting to learn about the seafood industry out there. The Crab Pot restaurant sounds like an amazing place to go. I really enjoyed all of the pictures and history. There was a lot of fascinating information. The recipes were really fun and seem easy to follow. I really liked the tips on how to prepare fresh seafood. I loved it.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys cooking seafood!