Passion for Seafood (Conran Octopus Cookery) [Paperback]

Gordon Ramsay (Author), Roz Denny (Author)

Book Description

Series: Conran Octopus Cookery | Publication Date: July 28, 2006

Gordon Ramsay won his first Michelin star at the prodigious age of 27 and has since become one of the UK's best-known chefs. Here, he turns his attention to the food that excites him most: fish and shellfish. Ramsay aims his advice at home cooks, especially those who are not used to preparing seafood, and he begins with an entire section on how to choose the freshest specimens. Then, he proceeds to give a guide to filleting, skinning, trimming, preparing, marinating, flavoring and freezing all kinds of seafood. One hundred exciting recipes range from simple Salmon Fishcakes and Fish Pie to the more adventurous Crab Ravioli with Lemongrass Vinaigrette. This is a must for fish lovers everywhere.

 

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About the Author

Gordon Ramsay began his career as a professional footballer for Glasgow Rangers. He then moved to London and worked with Marco Pierre White and Albert Roux. He opened his first restaurant, the Aubergine, aged 26 and his interests have expanded to include his Michelin-starred restaurants, Gordon Ramsay, Petrus and now Gordon Ramsay at Claridges Hotel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Conran (July 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840914602
• ISBN-13: 978-1840914603
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,125,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cooking great seafood in delicious, yet simple ways, October 6, 2007

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Menthol Rum (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Passion for Seafood (Conran Octopus Cookery) (Paperback)

I love to cook, yet strangely I can't cook seafood as well I should be able. I bought this book in an attempt to remedy that.

The recipes aren't complicated or overdone, yet every one of the dishes I have made were excellent, even when I made a mistake on one of them. I did have a few issues with the UK English to US English translation of a few items, like 'groundnut oil" is peanut oil. Maybe that is common knowledge, but I had to Google it to figure that out. They have translations for metric, but that is not an issue for me. (All the recipe measurements are in metric, FYI.) There are translations in the book for the seafood, which is definitely helpful, but there are a few things that you must look up on your own. I know the simple ones like aubergine is simply eggplant, yet I was totally confused by using chicory in a recipe. Yes, the translation to the US is ... endive.

Those few items aside, I made several excellent dishes with tuna, swordfish and scallops. Each recipe has a quick few lines about it, suggests pairings with sides and even wine. I found the a common theme to be a small range of flavors that are delicious. Not every recipe has a picture, but some are beautifully photographed.

If you are looking for a cookbook that will give you recipes to make delicious simple, unpretentious seafood, this a very good one for your library. I didn't find any recipes so far that were difficult, but I am not a professional, nor am I a novice cook.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very imformative, March 27, 2008

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D. Jenkins - See all my reviews
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I love Ramsay's books. They are beautiful, even to a novice chef who would not dare to try quite a few of the recipes, but I found this particular book to be very imformative, great sections about different types of fish, how to judge freshness and how to filet. If you are adventurous, and can't find sea bream for example, you can use use this book to judge a fish that is available to you that can be used. Extensive sections on sauces and marinades, but he also explains that some fish, such as trout are best cooked simply...It is a wonderful reference, even if you can't exactly duplicate a recipe it inspires great ideas. My compliments to the Chef.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Passion for Seafood, March 30, 2008

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Terri Montante (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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What a wonderful cookbook for fish. As we try to eat healthier and eat more fish, it is difficult to find good recipes that allow the real flavor and texture of the fish to shine through. Gordon Ramsey's book has tons of great recipes with wonderfully light sauces and fresh vegetables that compliment each type of fish perfectly. He's even thrown in a few dessert recipes for those of us who like to end a meal with a taste of something sweet! This book is a winner!