COMP BK AM FISH&SHLFSH

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Summary: Great Guide to Seafood Cooking
Review: Like the author of this great book, I love to fish and enjoy preparing my catches for my family and friends. I've had this trusty volume since the mid-80's and still refer to it. It's encyclopedic in scope, covering everything from abalone to eels. I live on the west coast, so most of my experience with the recipes has been with preparing fish found in our waters (tuna, rockfish, shark, swordfish). The recipes in this book go well beyond the basics, yet they are sensible and straightforward to prepare. Using the recipe I found in the book, I made Gravalax Salmon for my family one Christmas after being inspired by a business trip to Sweden; the results were great, and all of the ingredients were things that I already had in my cupboards. This is in contrast to many current cookbooks whose recipes seem to be comprised of a long list of the exotic and hard-to-find. I'd strongly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys fish!