PORTLAND, Ore. — The calendar says fall has arrived, and that means it’s time to grab a rod and reel and head out to catch a salmon. But first, join me in the kitchen and discover new ways to cook the catch.

On a Columbia River salmon fishing trip this past September, our guest, Everett Twilleager, hooked a dandy chinook — a 20-pound upriver-bound salmon — and it was a fine reward for the day's adventure!

It was a gorgeous catch for sure, and congratulations were shared from all aboard. But a question remained: What to do with 20 pounds of salmon?

Longtime fisherman and seafood chef Steve Fick and his friend, Scott McMullen, recently teamed up in the kitchen to prepare new recipes centered on fresh and abundant Oregon seafood, starting with salmon.

As the chefs gathered their ingredien

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