Coastal: 130 Recipes From a California Road Trip

Coastal is a sun-soaked celebration of California home cooking, with 130 vibrant recipes and over 300 stunning photos capturing the flavors, stories, and beauty of the Pacific coast. Acclaimed chef Scott Clark—who swapped fine dining for a seaside diner in Half Moon Bay—takes readers on a culinary road trip from San Francisco to Ventura County, meeting the fishermen, foragers, and farmers who shape the region’s bold, seasonal cuisine.

Clark’s recipes are relaxed, flavorful, and home-cook friendly—like Furikake Popcorn, Dungeness Crab Rice, Matcha Mochi Waffles, and Fish Stick Hand Rolls—reflecting the multicultural influences that make California cuisine so unique. Drawing on Portuguese, Japanese, Latin American, Korean, Chumash, and more culinary traditions, Coastal is both cookbook and storybook, inviting you into the laidback, deeply flavorful spirit of the Golden State.

With vivid photography by Cheyenne Ellis and Clark’s approachable voice, Coastal brings the California way of life—fresh, soulful, and free—to kitchens everywhere.