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Seattle chef Renee Erickson is known for drop-dead gorgeous restaurants and carefully sourced produce, meats, and seafood. Between the oysters at The Walrus and the Carpenter, her sardine toast at The Whale Wins, and the beef from her own farm at Bateau, she’s also making her mark in the sustainability department, focusing on highlighting foods that aren’t seen as often (think: tiny fish and less traditional cuts of beef).

Seattle, which sits at the center of the herring run that happens each spring up the West Coast of the United States, is the perfect place to take advantage of the small, oily fish. And more than any other Seattle chef, Renee takes advantage of them to delicious, habit-forming effect. We especially love the herring butter from her cookbook, A Boat, a Whale and a Walrus: Menus and Stories.

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