Fish and Seafood Books

I love cookbooks, and try a lot of recipes. The recipes in this book are wonderful. They're easy, varied, and use a wide selection of produce, which is important to my family. We eat no meat but fish, and no dairy. I often get dismayed that so many cookbooks base recipe after recipe on these "forbidden" ingredients, but few of the dishes in this book rely on dairy; those that include some cheese are perfectly delicious without it, such as the Salmon Cobb Salad.

Ms. Pendleton has created many dishes which are healthy and out of the ordinary. She has a real talent for giving meals an ethnic flair, for instance Asian or Mediterranean, yet they are unique, not cliched. And they are not elaborate or difficult, yet have a very gourmet result, especially for how easy they are.

This is a very different cookbook; you will not find it redundant to your collection, even if you have dozens of other cookbooks. I highly recommend it, especially if you're trying to eat healthy. You will not have a boring diet with this book to give you ideas!

I am always looking for good, simple to prepare fish recipes. Simply Shrimp, Salmon, and (Fish) Steaks, fits the bill perfectly. The text is well written, the recipes are easy to follow, and the menu suggestions helpful. A creative use of ingredients gives these recipes distinct flavor. Dinner guests have been pleased with the results so far. I particularly enjoyed the salmon baked with apricots and water chestnuts and the swordfish (I used halibut instead) with onions, raisins, and pine nuts. I will eat a lot more fish because of this fine book.

Having been a teenager in the "60's" in the great city of Chicago, one dosen't get a lot of experience fishing. I thought this book to be just what I was looking for. I now reside part time in Florida, and this book tells all. I can almost tell one fish from another. I highly recommend this book for all city people who really don't know the joys of catching and cooking fish. Sheryl, Punta Gorda, Fla. & Mokena Il.

This is a great cookbook if you like fish. So far, I have made about 15 or 20 things out of it, and haven't found one that didn't come out great. I'm definitely not a gourmet cook, but all of the everything in this book that I wanted to make has been pretty easy. Lots of pictures that show you how things should look as you are progressing, as well as the finished product (for every page, not just some) is very helpful.

All of the Williams Sonoma Cook books are very nice. For the price, you simply cannot go wrong The recipes are good with beautiful pictures for each one. The books can be displayed on a book holder on the counter of your kitchen. I plan to purchase more of them.

Lots of great recipes in this book. Williams Sonoma always offers great cookbooks. The photography was wonderful (as usual) and the recipes are pretty simple if you enjoy cooking. I would recommend it!

My mother wrote this book when I was a little girl. I am in the picture on the cover. We were very very poor and this book was going to be our meal ticket. My drug doing loser of a father was always looking for a get rich quick scheme. So my mother, who worked full time to fully support a family of 5, handwrote this book and drew all of the illustrations late nights at the dining room table. I know that it is one of her most prized accomplishments eventhough it wasn't a best seller. The recipes are all from her and her friends and family. I would highly recommend this book to anyone. The recipes are awesome! I am thankful that my mother got to finish this book before he took that away from her too.

I have had this book for several years.It is the most helpful that I have seen on fish and shellfish.It does not have a lot of recipes but the information on the different varieties of seafood and fish makes up for the number of recipes. As a Fisherperson, this book has been great to identify the different methods of cleaning and cooking my catch, whatever it is.I am happy to give it"Five Stars".

My Mother love this book. And I love the seafood.

I bought this because of my love for clambakes and my quest for how to accomplish this in my Chicago backyard.

But this book turned out to be more than seafood. I rely on it for the great old-time, country dessert, salad, etc. recipes.

Along with the unique, delicious and easy recipes, it tells the stories surrounding the food.

Great for food connoisseurs.

This book has great techniques for cleaning and cooking fish. The pictures make it easy to see exactly what you're supposed to do. I easily learned to fillet and clean fish properly. Pike are really easy to clean! The recipes are also excellent!

Cleaning And Preparing Gamefish: Step-by-Step Instructions, From Water To Table by expert outdoorsman and writer Monte Burch is a straightforward, "user friendly" instructional manual dedicated to the skills of turning freshly caught fish into tasty food. Meticulous directions, black-and-white photographs, and diagrams teach the reader how to prepare freshwater fish, saltwater fish, turtles, frogs, eels, crawfish, freshwater shellfish, and alligators, preserve fish, cook fish, keep nutrition and safety in mind, and much more. A superbly organized chapter of recipes ranging from Basic Fish Dip to Easy Campfire Trout rounds out this superb and very highly recommended culinary guide.

I loved Chesapeake Bay Cooking by this author and I adore Coastal Cooking. For anyone who has loved cooking on or by the beach, this book is a must have. It's strong in seafood recipes but there is so much more. The Firefly Farms Goat Cheese Cheescake is to die for! Can't wait for the companion show.