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Title: One Fish, Two Fish, Crawfish, Bluefish: The Smithsonian Sustainable Seafood Cookbook by Carole C. Baldwin, Julie H. Mounts, Charlotte Knox ISBN: 1-58834-169-0 Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Good Concept, but Disappointing
Comment: I love the IDEA of this book -- what seafood is eco-friendly and how to cook it. The book contains numerous short essays about poor fisheries-management and suggestions about less harmful practices, and these are nice. But in terms of practical advice on fish-buying, the authors are trying to avoid all negativity and don't help the reader distinguish truth from fiction at the fish-mongers. And some of the fish varieties discussed can only be distinguished from look-alikes by DNA testing. Also, the recipes are all very fancy and beautiful but way too fussy (how many words does it take to say "salt and pepper"?) Overall, the book is an expensive indulgence (think coffee-table), but not too useful.
Rating: 4
Summary: Slow Food Cooking prevealent in today's modern restaurants
Comment: Aside from not having glossy embossed photos to drool over, this book is a wonderful collection of recipes from some of the countries best chefs. What I really love is that the book dives into sustainable aquaculture and what you can do as a consumer to demand better quality local seafood that is not harmful to the environment. Here are 150 recipes that deal with what actually swims in our backyards. It's time we supported restaurants who put such an effort into Slow Food (that is food that is environmentally, physiologically, and mentally the opposite of fast food like McDonalds). I say congratulations to the authors for putting such an effort together.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Fish vs. Bad Fish
Comment: I'm a huge fish fan but find it confusing to know which fish are environmentally safe to eat. My grocers aren't much help and most recipes I find in magazines and books don' t mention whether the seafood ingredients called for are an eco-friendly choice. I was thrilled to find this book for several reasons.
Each chapter is devoted to a certain type of fish such as crab, basses and perch, prawns and shrimp as well as a host of species I had never heard of. Within each chapter is a "how to shop for" guide, cooking methods, and other common names the fish might go by in your local grocery store. Then you've got some great sounding recipes from numerous well-respected chefs. While some of the recipes look a little more complicated than I'm used to, most look easy enough to pull-off at home wihtout buying loads of special ingredients. I like how they throw in a comprehensive glossary to help out with all the cooking terminology. Really, the only downside is the lack of photos. While the illustrations are good, I personally like to see what a finished dish looks like.
The environmental info is easy to read -- not at all preachy (which is refreshing) and the issues section is helpful in understanding what overfishing is all about. I had no idea that up to 100 pounds of by-catch can be discarded for every pound of targeted seafood caught. The authors numbers are really eye-opening.
As far as I can tell, this is the only book on the market that combines the issue of sustainable seafood with actual recipes. Seeing so many great chefs come together for this cause is heartening and I definitely recommend this book for any seafood lover.
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Title: The New Legal Sea Foods Cookbook by ROGER BERKOWITZ, JANE DOERFER ISBN: 0767906918 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Seafood Lover's Almanac by Mercedes Lee, Suzanne Ludicello, editor Mercedes Lee, Carl Safina, Carl Safina ISBN: 0967697603 Publisher: Audubon's Living Oceans Program Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Fish : The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking by Mark Bittman ISBN: 0028631528 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 12 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Cooking Light Fish & Shellfish Cookbook by Cooking Light, Oxmoor House, Susan M. McIntosh ISBN: 0848727258 Publisher: Oxmoor House Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Everyday Greens: Home Cooking from Greens, the Celebrated Vegetarian Restaurant by Annie Somerville, Mayumi Oda ISBN: 0743216253 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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