About Braiden
Braiden Rex-Johnson is the food-and-wine-pairing columnist for Wine Press Northwest, the former food editor at Seattle Homes & Lifestyles magazine, and a bestselling cookbook author.
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Braiden's Books
Find Braiden's books including the upcoming release, Pacific Northwest Wining and Dining: The People, Places, Food, and Drink of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia.
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Pacific Northwest Wining and Dining Presentation 
Enjoy photos from Braiden's upcoming book along with lively commentary on the Pacific Northwest food and wine scene.
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  Welcome to Northwest Wining and Dining
  Offering a taste of the Pacific Northwest thanks to the writing, recipes, and spirited philosophy of author Braiden Rex-Johnson. Check in monthly for the latest Featured Recipe and Northwest Notes. Learn more about Braiden's bestselling Pike Place Market series of books and upcoming works such as Pacific Northwest Wining and Dining. Read Braiden's articles from Wine Press Northwest and more.
 

 
Northwest Notes
  The Pacific Northwest is a creatively quirky region full of interesting and unusual dining options, talented chefs and restaurateurs, pristine produce and succulent seafood, outstanding artisanal cheesemakers and chocolatiers, and some of the best wine in the world. Read Braiden's monthly-changing mini-reviews on new restaurants (and old favorites), the hottest specialty foods, and favorite wine picks-the latest and greatest from the most innovative food-and-wine region in the United States.
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Whole Foods Market VLOG

Watch Braiden demonstrate a recipe from Pacific Northwest Wining & Dining:

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National Public Radio Interview
Listen to Braiden's lively nine-minute interview on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday with host Liane Hansen during which Braiden discusses the differences between East Coast and West Coast cuisine, and shares seafood-cooking hints and food-and-wine-pairing advice.  

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From the Seattle Times Food & Wine
For many years, Braiden Rex-Johnson has championed the Pike Place Market with books such as "Pike Place Public Market Seafood Cookbook" and "Inside the Pike Place Market: Exploring America's Favorite Farmers' Market." Now, with the publication of "Pacific Northwest Wining & Dining" (Wiley, $34.95), she turns her seasoned palate to the region's vineyards, pairing recipes using choice seasonal ingredients with complementary wines.

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On the Menu Radio Interview
Check out the interview Ann and Peter Haigh did with Braiden on their exciting weekly, one-hour program on the wide world of food, wine, travel & lifestyle.

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From the Seattle Times
Our Culinary Soul Captured
A new guide to Northwest wining and dining details this fine moment in time

People in the food and beverage industry are notoriously fleet of foot.

Waiters and waitresses, chefs, even owners tend to bounce from one property to the next like so many particles of salt suspended in brine. So as soon as they hit the press, restaurant guidebooks are often obsolete. But every now and then comes a reference that so perfectly captures a particular time and place that updates are moot. Punctuated with recipes, personal portraits and insightful instructions on how to appreciate certain aspects of life in a particular place, great guidebooks can be more than references; they are treasures. Patricia Wells' guidebooks to France are like that.

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Braiden has had her story and slide show "Pacific Northwest Wining & Dining: Celebrating the bounty of our region" published on the Wine Press Northwest web site. Here's an excerpt:

"The idea for my seventh book, Pacific Northwest Wining & Dining: The People, Places, Food, and Drink of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia, did not come in a flurry, willy-nilly, like a lightning bolt, as with some of my other books." Read Article here...

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