“Horseradish is one of those perk-me-ups. You can use it in a cocktail sauce, you can bread fish with it - it loses its punch when cooked. It's a 'What is that?' flavor. It adds depth of flavor to things.”

American executive chef, restaurateur, author, and radio talk show host

Tom Douglas is an American executive chef, restaurateur, author, and radio talk show host. He won the James Beard Award for Best Northwest Chef in 1994 and the James Beard Award for Best Restaurateur in 2012. He wrote Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen, which was named Best American Cookbook by the James Beard Foundation and KitchenAid in 2001. In 2005, he appeared on Iron Chef America on the Food Network and defeated chef Masaharu Morimoto.