Seafood : How to Buy, Prepare, and Cook the Best Sustainable Fish and Seafood From Around the World

The most comprehensive, fully illustrated cookbook on seafood and freshwater fish available, Seafood features all widely available fish and shellfish, explains how to prepare them, how to use them in recipes inspired by the world's great cooking traditions, and the best way to cook them to bring out their flavor. No other book photographs as many species of fish, has as many illustrated techniques, or explains as clearly the complex issues of ethical commercial fishing and buying responsibly. With more than 300 recipes and using readily available ingredients and quick, simple methods, Seafood will have a place on the bookshelf of any chef. Contents 5......Page 7 Foreword 6......Page 8 Sustainable fish—what’s the story? 8......Page 10 Recipe choosers 14......Page 16 Starters and light bites 26......Page 29 Soups 82......Page 85 Paella, pasta, and risotto 100......Page 103 Pies, tarts, and bakes 114......Page 117 One pot 128......Page 131 Curry 148......Page 151 Pan-fried and deep-fried 164......Page 167 Baked and roasted 192......Page 195 Poached and steamed 216......Page 219 Broiled and grilled 232......Page 235 Tools 254......Page 256 Choosing and storing 256......Page 258 Cuts of a large round fish 258......Page 260 Cuts of a large flat fish 260......Page 262 Portions of a cooked crab 262......Page 264 Preparing round fish 264......Page 266 Preparing flat fish 272......Page 276 Preparing shellfish 278......Page 280 Sushi techniques 292......Page 294 Preserving 296......Page 298 Cooking 298......Page 300 Round fish 314......Page 316 Flat fish 360......Page 362 Shellfish 366......Page 368 Preserved fish 384......Page 386 Fish roe 390......Page 392 Index 392......Page 394 Acknowledgments 400......Page 402 Seafood is the most comprehensive, fully illustrated cookbook on seafood and freshwater fish available. It features all widely available fish and shellfish, explaining how to prepare them, how to use them in recipes inspired by the world's great cooking traditions, and the best way to cook them to bring out their flavor.Seafood also includes 300 recipes: one hundred of these are world classics, such as Coquilles St. Jacques, Thai Fish Cakes, or New England Clam Chowder, that are kept true to their roots with authentic ingredients, preparation, and cooking methods. A further 200 recipes are written with today's time-pressed cook in mind, using readily available ingredients and quick, simple methods.No other book photographs as many species of fish, has as many illustrated techniques, or explains as clearly the complex issues of ethical commercial fishing and buying responsibly. This encyclopedic guide to cooking the edible fishes of the world will have a place on the bookshelf of any chef. Contents 5 7 Foreword 6 8 Sustainable fish鈥攚hat鈥檚 the story? 8 10 Recipe choosers 14 16 Starters and light bites 26 29 Soups 82 85 Paella, pasta, and risotto 100 103 Pies, tarts, and bakes 114 117 One pot 128 131 Curry 148 151 Pan-fried and deep-fried 164 167 Baked and roasted 192 195 Poached and steamed 216 219 Broiled and grilled 232 235 Tools 254 256 Choosing and storing 256 258 Cuts of a large round fish 258 260 Cuts of a large flat fish 260 262 Portions of a cooked crab 262 264 Preparing round fish 264 266 Preparing flat fish 272 276 Preparing shellfish 278 280 Sushi techniques 292 294 Preserving 296 298 Cooking 298 300 Round fish 314 316 Flat fish 360 362 Shellfish 366 368 Preserved fish 384 386 Fish roe 390 392 Index 392 394 Acknowledgments 400 402 9780756675547 Dorling Kindersley Featuring three hundred recipes inspired by world cooking traditions, provides information on seafood, shellfish, and freshwater fish, and explains how to prepare them and the best way to cook them to bring out their flavor.