Coastal
130 Recipes from a California Road Trip
Published on 10. April 2025
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-1-7972-2664-4 (ISBN)
Description
A celebration of California home cooking with 130 recipes and more than 300 photos that capture the beauty, magic, and bounty of the coast. From acclaimed chef Scott Clark, who flipped his fine dining chops into the ultimate railroad-car diner at the edge of the Pacific.Coastal is a visual storybook of free-spirited Californian living, set against the surf, peaks, curving roads, and sunsets of the westernmost United States. This inspired collection of recipes, gorgeous photographs, and vivid stories takes us on a road trip beginning at Clark's beloved sandwich-and-pie shop, Dad's Luncheonette, in Half Moon Bay and ending in Ventura County. Along the way, it visits the fishermen, crabbers, farmers, winemakers, and foragers who stretch along the Pacific Coast Highway between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Clark's accessible seasonal recipes deliver the adventure of the coast in smart, creative, unfussy, and delicious ways. They express the breadth of California cooking and its regional and cultural influences, organized into thematic chapters, including:
Road Trip Snacks (Furikake Popcorn, CA Muddy Buddies, Perfect Meyer Lemonade)
Fishing and Foraging on the Coast (Dungeness Crab Rice, Lingcod Ceviche, Fries with Eyes)
Lunch in the Vineyard (Smoked Mackerel with Lemon-Dill Relish, Deviled Quail Eggs, Barley and Wine Grape Salad)
Back Home with the Kid (Fish Stick Hand Roll Bar, Matcha Mochi Waffles, Watermelon Aqua Fresca)
Coastal is more than your average California cookbook; it brings the Californian table, way of life, and state of mind to home cooks and armchair travelers anywhere.Perfect for:
Home cooks who cook locally and seasonally
Residents and visitors of California or anyone who enjoys California cuisine
Foodies who collect regional cookbooks rich with history and visuals
Parents who want to put fun but healthy things to eat on the table for their kids
Armchair travel readers
Fans of regenerative/farm-to-table approaches
Fans of The Bear and tough-yet-well-trained culinary personalities
Readers of Six California Kitchens, Tartine, Gjelina, and The French Laundry Cookbook
Clark's accessible seasonal recipes deliver the adventure of the coast in smart, creative, unfussy, and delicious ways. They express the breadth of California cooking and its regional and cultural influences, organized into thematic chapters, including:
Road Trip Snacks (Furikake Popcorn, CA Muddy Buddies, Perfect Meyer Lemonade)
Fishing and Foraging on the Coast (Dungeness Crab Rice, Lingcod Ceviche, Fries with Eyes)
Lunch in the Vineyard (Smoked Mackerel with Lemon-Dill Relish, Deviled Quail Eggs, Barley and Wine Grape Salad)
Back Home with the Kid (Fish Stick Hand Roll Bar, Matcha Mochi Waffles, Watermelon Aqua Fresca)
Coastal is more than your average California cookbook; it brings the Californian table, way of life, and state of mind to home cooks and armchair travelers anywhere.Perfect for:
Home cooks who cook locally and seasonally
Residents and visitors of California or anyone who enjoys California cuisine
Foodies who collect regional cookbooks rich with history and visuals
Parents who want to put fun but healthy things to eat on the table for their kids
Armchair travel readers
Fans of regenerative/farm-to-table approaches
Fans of The Bear and tough-yet-well-trained culinary personalities
Readers of Six California Kitchens, Tartine, Gjelina, and The French Laundry Cookbook
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 to 65 years
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 258 mm
Width: 206 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1498 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7972-2664-4 (9781797226644)
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Scott Clark started his culinary career with a backpack full of his mother's borrowed knives, big dreams, and a hunger for the craft of cooking. He cooked at Vidalia in Washington, DC, and at Restaurant Eve in Alexandria, Virginia, where the kitchen showcased the Chesapeake region's ninety-seven bounties. In San Francisco's Michelin-starred kitchens Benu and Saison, he came to know and deeply appreciate the harvest of Central California and, specifically, of Half Moon Bay. Clark is now the owner and operator of Dad's Luncheonette and lives in Half Moon Bay with his daughter.
Betsy Andrews is a James Beard, International Association of Culinary Professionals, and Society of American Travel Writers award-winning journalist. She lives in Brooklyn, but she's been traveling the Central California coast and staying with family there since childhood. She is a contributing editor at Food & Wine, SevenFifty Daily, and Imbibe and writes for many other publications. She is also a prize-winning poet; her books are New Jersey (University of Wisconsin Press), The Bottom (42 Miles Press), and Crowded (Nauset Press).
Cheyenne Ellis is fourth-generation Californian and the daughter of a photographer and a stuntman turned film director. She works from a home base in Bonny Doon on the Central California Coast, splits her time between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and travels the world for projects. She is most at home in nature, and her images are very much about having a good time. In Ellis' book, everyone deserves an all-access pass to happiness.
Betsy Andrews is a James Beard, International Association of Culinary Professionals, and Society of American Travel Writers award-winning journalist. She lives in Brooklyn, but she's been traveling the Central California coast and staying with family there since childhood. She is a contributing editor at Food & Wine, SevenFifty Daily, and Imbibe and writes for many other publications. She is also a prize-winning poet; her books are New Jersey (University of Wisconsin Press), The Bottom (42 Miles Press), and Crowded (Nauset Press).
Cheyenne Ellis is fourth-generation Californian and the daughter of a photographer and a stuntman turned film director. She works from a home base in Bonny Doon on the Central California Coast, splits her time between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and travels the world for projects. She is most at home in nature, and her images are very much about having a good time. In Ellis' book, everyone deserves an all-access pass to happiness.