The Essential Seafood Cookbook (The Essential Series of Cookbook) [Paperback]

Whitecap Books (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Essential Series of Cookbook | Publication Date: March 2000

So you don't know your trout from your trevally? Can't quite cook salmon so it's beautifully succulent and flakes on the fork? Or you're not sure which fish to use for a really tasty seafood pie? Essential Seafood will tell you all this and more. Chapters on soups and chowders, pan-fries and stir-fries, grills and barbecues, casseroles and pies will guide you through a wealth of fabulous dishes from around the world. Our special spreads include sushi and sashimi, favourite seafood sauces, hot and cold seafood platters, yum cha, marinades and bastes, and oysters form the shell.

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About the Author

Founded in 1977, Whitecap Books has grown to become one of the top ten Canadian-owned book publishing and distribution companies. During the 1970s and early 1980s Whitecap made a name for itself as Canada's foremost producer of full-color gift and coffee table books on Canadian provinces, cities, and natural wonders. The company continues to publish in this area and has launched a 27-book series on Canada and 36 books in the America Series.

Whitecap's list of titles currently consists of more than 300 Canadian-originated titles and more than 1,000 agency listed titles. Whitecap is known for its expertise in the cookbook market. Since 1984, Whitecap has been responsible for some of the most innovative and familiar titles that can be found in kitchens across North America today. In addition to cookery, Whitecap publishes and distributes books on gardening and crafts, photo-scenic, history, arts and entertainment, children's fiction and non-fiction, travel, sports and transportation books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Whitecap Books (March 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1552850463
• ISBN-13: 978-1552850466
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #364,756 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Seafood Cookbook in the Best Cookbook Series, May 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Essential Seafood Cookbook (The Essential Series of Cookbook) (Paperback)

I have all of the other cookbooks in the Essential Cooking series and each and everyone one of them is the best cookbook for the type of cooking they cover that I have ever read. The Essential Seafood Cookbook is not exception.

I love how the essential cookbooks are laid out in terms of their content and graphical design. The pictures of the dishes, in particular, provide the chef with incentive to actually cook the recipe it depicts.

Best of all, the recipes are easy to follow, work every time and the ingredients are readily available. Best of all the recipes have fantastic flavours without using a whole host of ingredients that, once purchased, are likely to rot on your shelf.

I was looking for a seafood cookbook for a beginner. This cookbook is perfect for me becuase the recipes are so easy to follow. They are also ideal for the more advanced seafood chef because the recipes are for fantastic seafood dishes that one would be happy to purchase of a restaurant menu.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a very good book to cook seafood, May 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Essential Seafood Cookbook (Hardcover)

I like the book, because with it I can cook seafood not only in Chinse style, but also in Western style. It enriches my knowledge of cooking.

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Series, April 23, 2010

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This review is from: The Essential Seafood Cookbook (The Essential Series of Cookbook) (Paperback)

This is absoultely one cookbook that everyone should own. We own the entire series and there is no other cookbook like it. There are beautiful pictures for every recipe and the recipes are very unique, interesting, and delicious. Several recipes will suggest ingredients that may be difficult or expensive to find but the recipes can also be simplified. My husband loves to cook and looooves this entire series of cookbooks. This cookbook will help any chef tap into their creativity and explore their passion for cooking and take it to a new level.