Life's a Fish and Then You Fry: An Alaska Cookbook [Paperback]

Randy Bayliss (Author), Ray M Troll (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2002

"Life's a Fish and Then You Fry" takes a romp through the culinary curiosities of coastal Alaska. With snappy cooking tips from Randy Bayliss, and the weird and wonderful art of Ray Troll, this is not your mother's cookbook.

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About the Author

Ray Troll's art has been featured on the Discovery Channel, in dozens of magazines and newspapers, and in galleries and museums such as the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the California Academy of Sciences. He has created and illustrated several best-selling books, including "Sharkabet: A Sea of Sharks from A to Z "(2002); "Life's a Fish and Then You Fry, "a cookbook by Randy Bayliss (2002); and, with Brad Matsen, "Raptors, Fossils, Fins and Fangs "(1995); "Planet Ocean: A Story of Life, the Sea, and Dancing to the Fossil Record "(1994); and "Ray Troll's Shocking Fish Tales "(1993). His next book, "Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway, "with text by paleontologist Kirk Johnson, will be published in 2005. He lives in Ketchikan, Alaska. Brad Matsen is an author, documentary screenwriter, and photographer whose books include "Incredible Deep-Sea Adventures "(2003); "The Shape of Life" (2002); "Fishing Up North: Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters "(1998); and his three previous collaborations with Ray Troll. He lives in Seattle and New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books; 2nd edition (May 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882405535
• ISBN-13: 978-0882405537
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,562,795 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Taste of Alaska, May 12, 2002

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Ruth Askren (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life's a Fish and Then You Fry: An Alaska Cookbook (Paperback)

This cookbook is not only full of wonderful recipes and facts, it is also extremely entertaining. One feels as if they have been welcomed into the colorful Alaskan community by opening this book, as well as learning the uses and history of herbs and the best way to cook fish, among other things. A wonderful addition to any collection!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost too much fun, May 15, 2005

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Gail W. Holstein "author of Waking the Ancien... (Aspen, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Life's a Fish and Then You Fry: An Alaska Cookbook (Paperback)

The original yet practical recipes and wonderfully weird illustrations make this cookbook unique. Even those of us in the lower 48 are looking at fish in a whole new way. Randy Bayliss brings his life's experience in Alaska, his oddball humor, and his abundant culinary skills into the kitchen for us to savor.

The only problem is that you might get so interested in the reading that you forget you were planning to cook dinner. No biggie: LIFE'S A FISH is well worth the time spent chuckling.