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Elena Fernandez <\/em><\/p>\n

In the maremagnum of blog, bloggers, and food bloggers It\u00b4s always a luck and a pleasure to meet somebody like Ronald Holden, author of Cornichon.org<\/a> and Home Grown Seattle: 101 true tales of local food & drink.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Not only for his decades of experience and his gigantic knowledge about Seattle\u00b4s food scene, but for his beautiful, refined, fun and ironic prose. As a journalist, and as a foreigner I enjoy to read and to learn from really good written articles. Call me classic.<\/p>\n

Holder\u00b4s book resumes 101 local profiles related with food in some way or another. But you won\u00b4t find only chefs and restaurateurs. \u201cYou will find farmers, suppliers, wine makers, restaurant builders and even lawyers,\u201d explains Holden, because I wanted to show a whole picture.<\/p>\n

As a \u201cSpanish transplant\u201d in the Pacific NW, this books gives me an amazing opportunity to understand why Seattle is becoming more representative in the US food American scene. And I\u00b4ve always thought that the best way to fall in love when I place that you should call home for a while is to truly understand it. That\u00b4s why you need to really know the people who made Seattle a foodies locavore like Gordon Bowker, creator of Starbucks and Red Hook Brewery, or the Canlis family, as a beginning.<\/p>\n

Home Grown Seattle: 101 true tales of local food & drink<\/em>is not only written for local foodies. \u201cI would like to create interest in other kind of public too,\u201d says Holder. \u201cAmerican people only spend 10% of their monthly budget in food, much less compared to Europeans, so a book like mine could help them to think more about food and enjoying food\u201d.<\/p>\n

Holden is his own publisher, as he can track easier his baby born. Now his book is available on line and on paperback version at Amazon.com but he\u00b4ll keep on working with bookshops that believe in independent publishers.<\/p>\n

Talking about Seattle restaurants scene, I couldn\u00b4t help asking him why Spanish restaurants usually have a failure story in the Emerald city. A few years ago La Taberna del Alabardero closed and now Jason Stratton\u00b4s Aragona has been reconverted in Italian after a bumpy road since last January.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they are two reasons. First, people think that Spanish food is like Mexican food, so there is a lot of confusion about that. Second, Spanish food is expensive, and seattlelites prefer spending their money in Italian food, something mucho more familiar for them,\u201d explains the author.<\/p>\n

When I ask him about which kind of restaurant are going to be more successful in the near future, he has no doubts \u201cFish and seafood. And I would love more tapas restaurant. I do really think that tapas concept is really cool so I wish I could see more Spanish restaurants openings soon\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Ronald<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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