From award-winning chef and sustainable food advocate Barton Seaver comes the most comprehensive seafood reference available for home cooks, featuring more than 900 recipes for nearly 100 fish and shellfish species. With 900+ recipes and all the essentials of preparation, this is the cookbook every seafood lover MUST have. Inspired by American regional cuisine and classic preparations, these thoroughly modern dishes are curated to give home cooks complete confidence with a wide variety of seafood. The crowd-pleasing fare--ranging from Citrus-Crusted Fried Halibut, Clam Risotto, and Cod Cakes to Smoked Trout Quiche, New Orleans BBQ Shrimp, and Hot Smoked Salmon--uses fresh, natural ingredients and well-understood culinary techniques, from broiling and grilling to poaching and roasting; it also covers an abundance of flavored butters, sauces, spice mixes, chowders, soups, and stews. With nearly 100 fresh- and saltwater species in myriad preparations, this exciting collection will be a welcome addition to every cook's bookshelf and the go-to source for great seafood recipes for decades to come.

A must-have reference on every aspect of American seafood from writer, chef and sustainability advocate, Barton Seaver. This book looks at maritime history, including Native American fisheries, fishing technology (including aquaculture), the effect of imports on our diet, economy and the health of our seas, the biology of taste and the evolution of seafood cuisine. Although not a cookbook, it presents invaluable information on traditional culinary arts and ideas for taste pairings and preferred methods for cooking seafood.

Seafood lovers - and foodies concerned with sustainability - will welcome this third cookbook from the author of For Cod and Country. Taking an eco-friendly approach, Barton Seaver creates fresh-tasting and casual dishes featuring seafood that hasn't been overfished or caught in a destructive way. More than 150 new, utterly delicious recipes range from 'Chilled Oysters with Grilled Merguez Sausage' to 'Zuppa di Pesce', 'Whole Skillet- Roasted Fish' and 'Seafood Risotto'.