Best Foods Unique to the Pacific Northwest PART 2 — Great Ideas for Gifts
I shared a list of the 10 best foods unique to the Pacific Northwest and I really had 20 (because let's face it, we're awesome). So here are the next 10 foods we're famous for!
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Pine Nuts
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Shellfish on the Oregon Coast
Tell Boston they can keep their chowder. The clams, oysters and geoducks are famous.
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Wild Mushrooms
If you want to find them yourselves take a guide or have a professional look over your find. Eat a wrong one and you're dead or in a coma at best.
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Seattle coffee
There's a reason Starbucks and Seattle's Best started in the Emerald City. This city knows their coffee!
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Portland craft beer
With the most breweries per capita in the nation, Portland, Oregon is a great place for beer.
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Cougar Gold Cheese
Washington State University's dairy program puts out an aged cheddar that is famous among cheese snobs. Who doesn't like a good cheddar?
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Almond Roca
Leave the northwest and there's a good chance people don't even know what this confection is. Started in Tacoma, Almond Roca has international fans for its chocolately-toffee crunch with just the right amount of ground almonds.
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Bonus: Vancouver, B.C.'s Japadogs
The most famous food truck in Vancouver, British Columbia sells "Japanese-style hot dogs" called Japadogs.