Mariner's Menu

Since 1973, representatives from home extension clubs in Carteret County, North Carolina, have met each morning in a Morehead City kitchen to test new ways of handling, storing, and preparing fish and shellfish caught off the North Carolina coast. Their thirty years of seafood wisdom are now gathered together in this comprehensive cookbook and guide for cooks who want to know more than just how to bake or fry fish. Mariner's Menu contains more than 160 original seafood recipes developed by the dedicated testers and tasters of the Seafood Lab kitchen. Many of these recipes, such as broiled tuna Provencal and steamed clams in wine broth, use easily available ingredients and require little preparation. Separate chapters instruct cooks on broiling, grilling, frying, and steaming. Important preparation techniques such as deboning fish, deveining shrimp, and cracking crab are illustrated in detailed drawings by Morehead City artist Connie Mason. Photographs by Scott D. Taylor of Beaufort reflect seafood's vital role in coastal communities. Packed with images, saftey tips, helpful hints, and mouth-watering recipes, Mariner's Menu is more than a cookbook. It's a complete resource for handling, storing, preparing, cooking, and enjoying fresh seafood.

Rick Stein's Seafood Lover's Guide

New in Paper! Rick Stein discovers great dishes and uncovers local fish-catching traditions on his journey around the changing coastlines of Great Britain and Ireland. The recipes here are a mixture of regional specialties and recipes gleaned from the characters he meets on his travels. This delicious book contains area maps with restaurants, pubs, hotels, and specialists suppliers marked out as well as specially commissioned food and landscape photography.

Wild Fish & Game Cookbook

Wildlife artist and chef John Manikowski makes the perfect guide--both in the kitchen and in the wilderness.

Seafood Cookbook

New in paper! This eminently useful volume offers valuable tips on how to purchase and store fresh and frozen seafood, optimal methods of preserving seafood, various cooking methods and a complete chapter on how to make over 40 sauces and other essential ingredients commonly used in seafood dishes, such as Court-bouillon and beurre blanc. Chef Grappe discusses the various kitchen utensils and equipment that make cooking seafood enjoyable. In step-by-step color photographs, he also shows the basic techniques, including how to fillet sole, prepare halibut and salmon, butterfly lobster, and clean and open shellfish and mollusks.

L.L. Bean Game & Fish Cookbook

Contains all the information a cook/hunter/angler needs to prepare hearty game and fish meals in camp or at home. There are detailed and illustrated instructions for all procedures needed to prepare and cook game and fish. Over 800 recipes included.

Game in Season

One of the most respected names in outdoor living is ORVIS, and this book represents their expertise in cooking fish and game. Everything from Roast Canada Goose to Smoked Salmon, Quail Hash, and dozens of other extraordinary dishes are featured, following a year of recipes and menus utilizing the fish and game of that season. Also included is an appendix on how to clean, hang, and freeze game. A unique book for all fishing and hunting enthusiasts, and lovers of fine food.

Fish & Shellfish, Grilled & Smoked

Never before has fresh fish been more readily available or popular than it is today. In their new cookbook Fish & Shellfish, Grilled & Smoked, grill experts Karen Adler and Judith M. Fertig demonstrate just how easy it is to make delicious, perfectly grilled or smoked fish and shellfish. They start by covering all the basics of equipment, techniques, and fish substitution guidelines, then provide easy-to-follow recipes as simple as Balsamic Smoked Haddock or Tequila-Lime Grilled Shrimp, and as elegant as Oak-Planked Salmon Charmoula or Thai-Style Stir-Grilled Snapper in Lemongrass Marinade. Adler and Fertig round out their collection of recipes with everything the backyard cook needs to complete a perfect meal: marinades, rubs, relishes, and sauces, as well as side dishes made both on and off the grill.

North Atlantic Seafood

The second installment in Alan Davidson's acclaimed seafood trilogy, this volume is a comprehensive survey of the oceanic bounty found between the coasts of Europe and the shores of North America. The new edition provides detailed scientific descriptions of over 100 species, complemented by accounts of how the various fish, crustaceans, and mollusks are used in the cuisines of the North Atlantic region. A vast amount of information is imparted in Davidson's inimitable style, making the volume as accessible as it is authoritative. The recipe collection spans from France (Filets of Sole with Morels) to Spain (Galician Octopus Pie) to South Carolina (She-Crab Soup) to Greenland (Marinated Halibut Fins). Superbly helpful, knowledgeable, and witty, this is a fascinating tour through the cultures and cuisines of the Atlantic, and the waters that gave rise to them.

Everyone Can Cook Seafood

A lively and user-friendly guide. Seafood is a healthy and popular choice, but many home cooks are intimidated by it. Concerns over freshness, what to buy, or how to prepare it make people reluctant to enjoy seafood more often. Everyone Can Cook Seafood shows how anyone can cook seafood. The recipes are delicious and easy to follow, and will make even the novice cook more confident of their cooking skills. The book also includes options for altering dishes to create new or bolder flavors. Here's a sampling: Starters: Mini-shrimp Cocktail; Hot Crab and Asparagus Canapes; Smoked Salmon Pate Soups: Bouillabaisse; Lobster Bisque; Thick and Creamy Clam Chowder Salads and Cold Dishes: Thai-style Tuna Noodle Salad; California Rolls; Sea Shell Pasta Salad with Tuna and Bell Peppers Pastas, Noodles and Rice: Sensational Seafood Lasagna; Eric's Paella; Spaghetti with Anchovies, Cherry Tomatoes, Peppers and Italian Parsley Burgers, Seafood Cakes and Sandwiches: Oyster Burgers; Tex-Mex Salmon Burgers; Mediterranean-style Tuna Wrap On the Stovetop: Lemon Pepper Snapper; Southern-style Fish Fry; Shrimp and Scallop Newburg Brilliantly Baked: 10-Minute Scallops; Greek-style Snapper Fillets; Miso-Glazed Salmon Steaks Grilled to Perfection: Grilled Marlin Steaks with Papaya Ginger Salsa; Foil Barbecued Clams; Seafood Kebabs Sides, Sauces and Batters: Spicy Anchovy Butter; Mango Salsa; Tempura Batter.

Salmon Cooking

This outstanding celebration of salmon and trout brings together a fabulous collection of recipes, including soups and starters, snacks, main dinners, rice, noodle and pasta dishes, healthy meals, barbecue foods and ideas for entertaining. There are old favorites such as Salmon Chowder, Scrambled Eggs with Smoked Salmon and Salmon Fish Cakes, and modern classics such as Raw Salmon, and Salmon Risotto with Cucumber. A chapter on accompaniments shows you how to prepare marinades, sauces and dressings to serve with fresh and prepared fish. Salmon is a very versatile fish. Equally delicious hot or cold, it can be made into souffles and mousses, pastries and pasta dishes, sandwiches and salads. Whether it is served raw as sushi, brined as gravlax, poached, steamed, baked or grilled on the barbecue, fresh salmon is delicious, nourishing, and an excellent source of Omega-3 fatty acids that are so important for a healthy heart. Trout, like salmon, belongs to the fish family Salmonidae, but although salmon and trout have much in common, they have their own inimitable flavours. Trout recipes in this collection include Smoked Trout Tartlets, Goat's Cheese and Trout Toasties, Chinese Steamed Trout, and Thai Marinated Sea Trout--showing how this hugely popular fish can be adapted to almost any number of recipes and cooking styles. The book opens with a comprehensive introductory section, which comprises of an identification guide to all types of salmon and trout, practical advice on buying and storing the fresh fish, and details and tips about every kind of preparation and cooking technique. The main section consists of over 150 clearly written step-by-step recipes, illustrated with more than 600 beautiful color photographs. Collectively, this is the ultimate guide to enjoyable, challenging and successful cooking with salmon and trout.

Sea Food

From the familiar and comforting to the wildly exotic and adventurous, the nearly 200 recipes in Sea Food come from all parts of the globe. Sampling both seasonal and year-round fish, this beautifully illustrated cookbook features such tasty dishes as Smoked Salmon Pasta, Saffron Prawn Risotto, and Mexican-Style Paella. It includes clear instructions on preparation techniques such as scaling, gutting, boning, and filleting. Whether it's a haul of shrimp, a dozen oysters, a few slices of smoked salmon, or a humble can of tuna, Sea Food will help novices and seasoned chefs cook their catch to perfection.

Go Fish : Fresh Ideas for American Seafood

2005 IACP Award Finalist - Chefs and Restaurants Category Simple recipes for stylish seafood from the chef of New York’s acclaimed new BLT: Steak restaurant At last! Here is the fish cookbook for home cooks looking to create elegant, flavor-rich meals without a lot of fuss. Celebrated chef Laurent Tourondel is renowned for his instinctive knowledge of the best way to prepare fish and shellfish. In Go Fish, he shares a wonderful selection of contemporary dishes that can be made without complicated techniques or hard-to-find ingredients, such as Sea Bass Ceviche with Lemon Verbena Oil and Mussel Soup with Red Curry and Coconut. There are recipes for cold and hot appetizers, soups and chowders, and main courses–plus side dishes and a few very special desserts to complement a fish-based feast.

Mystic Seafood

Mystic Seaport in southeastern Connecticut is the home of all things about New England and the sea--including great seafood cooking. Every year tens of thousands of people visit Mystic to see the fishing boats and ships, tour the 18th-century coastal village, and sample great seafood. Now here is Mystic Seafood, with more than one hundred great seafood recipes, both historical and contemporary, simple and elaborate, for oysters, clams, lobster, shrimp, cod, flounder, tuna, swordfish, and many other types of fish. Some of the recipes come from famous chefs and restaurants in the Mystic area; others were developed by the author, who is editor of Taste of the Seacoast magazine. Vintage photos of tall ships and scenes from New England's seafaring past are interspersed with the recipes, and sidebars--on such topics as the role of fishing in Colonial America, how to prepare a classic clambake, and the lobster's peculiar culinary history--make this not only a great cookbook for anyone who loves seafood but also a perfect sourvenir of Mystic Seaport.

Caviar : The Strange History

An exotic, captivating history of this most glamorous of gourmet delicacies. Today caviar is renowned as a gourmet delicacy, but few realize that is became a luxury food only in recent times. In Caviar, Inga Saffron tells, for the first time, the story of how virgin eggs of the prehistoric-looking sturgeon were transformed from a humble peasant food into a czar's delicacy--and ultimately a coveted status symbol for a rising middle class. She explores how the glistening black eggs became a culinary extravagance, while taking readers on a revealing excursion into the murky world of caviar on the banks of the Volga River and Caspian Sea in Russia, the Elbe River in Europe, and the Hudson and Delaware Rivers in the United States. Saffron describes how the complex caviar industry has spawned, illustrating the unfortunate consequences of mass marketing such a rare commodity. The story of caviar has long been one of conflict, crisis, extravagant claims, and colorful characters, such as the Greek sea captain who first discovered the secret method of transporting the perishable delicacy to Europe, the canny German businessmen who encountered a wealth of untapped sturgeon in American waters, the Russian Communists who created a sophisticated cartel to market caviar to an affluent Western clientele, the dirt-poor poachers who eked out a living from sturgeon in the aftermath of the Soviet collapse and the criminal gangs that have risen in their wake, and the committed scientists who sacrificed their careers to keep caviar on the table. Filled with, lore and intrigue, Caviar is a captivating world of culinary, natural, and cultural history.

Secret Life of Lobsters

In this intimate portrait of an island lobstering community and an eccentric band of renegade biologists, journalist Trevor Corson escorts the reader onto the slippery decks of fishing boats, through danger-filled scuba dives, and deep into the churning currents of the Gulf of Maine to learn about the secret undersea lives of lobsters. In revelations from the laboratory and the sea that are by turns astonishing and humorous, the lobster proves itself to be not only a delicious meal and a sustainable resource but also an amorous master of the boudoir, a lethal boxer, and a snoopy socializer with a nose that lets it track prey and paramour alike with the skill of a bloodhound. The Secret Life of Lobsters is a rollicking oceanic odyssey punctuated by salt spray, melted butter, and predators lurking in the murky depths.