Randy Wayne White's Gulf Coast Cookbook: With Memories and Photos of Sanibel Island [Paperback]

Randy Wayne White (Author), Carlene Fredericka Brennen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2006

A memoir-cookbook from one of the nation's top adventure writers.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Batfishing in the Rainforest contains equal parts of comedy and courage. Randy Wayne White is not simply a wonderful writer, he is a fishing guide of genius."--Paul Therouz, author of Mosquito Coast

From the Back Cover

Randy Wayne White's thirteen years as a full-time, light-tackle fishing guide at Tarpon Bay Marina, Sanibel Island, on Florida's Gulf Coast, inspired many of the characters and stories in his New York Times best-selling Doc Ford series. Randy Wayne White's Gulf Coast Cookbook pairs more than 125 recipes with photos of the real Tarpon Bay and the most appetizing food-related passages from this acclaimed writer's essays and novels. The result is a veritable memoir of food and adventure, true friends and favorite characters, all in an enjoyable presentation promising satisfying food, drink-and reading.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Lyons Press; 1 edition (December 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159228096X
• ISBN-13: 978-1592280964
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #388,933 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Randy Wayne White is the author of sixteen previous Doc Ford novels and four collections of nonfiction. He lives in an old house built on an Indian mound in Pineland, Florida.

Customer Reviews

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful but in Black & White, February 18, 2007

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T. Ferris - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Randy Wayne White's Gulf Coast Cookbook: With Memories and Photos of Sanibel Island (Paperback)

A terrific cookbook with great stories to go along with the recipes, but all the pictures are in black and white. They look like wonderful pictures of sunsets and tropical scenes. Yet, no color. To me it looks like someone made a financial choice to save money on the printing. Too bad they didn't pass that along to the buyer. I'd of paid a few dollars more for color photos. With color photos this is a five star rating. Without three.

Tom -- [e-mail]

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sanibel Memories from the UK, December 30, 2006

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Steven King (Milton Keynes, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Randy Wayne White's Gulf Coast Cookbook: With Memories and Photos of Sanibel Island (Paperback)

As per your usual cookbook this is split into sections such as "Meat and Poultry", "Shrimp, Crab and Lobster" and also has drinks, soups and breakfast suggestions too.

The recipes vary in complexity and have been gathered from a number of sources, family and friends, of the authors. You should be able to find something that you want to try !

The memories from RWW are fascinating and spice up (sorry for the pun) the book. However the reason it doesn't get 5 stars is because none of the pictures are in colour. If you were buying this partly because of the pictures as I was then you will be disappointed. Sunset over Sanibel Island in black and white is not anywhere near the real thing !

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Where is the colour?, April 12, 2007

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Steve Smithwick (london uk) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Randy Wayne White's Gulf Coast Cookbook: With Memories and Photos of Sanibel Island (Paperback)

Scouring Amazon for any thing I hadn't read by Mr White I ordered this and yes I will probably order his hot sauces too.
I would probably buy RWW's shopping list if it came out, unfortunately this feels a bit like what I have done.

The lack of colour and qualiity of printing feels cheap and fails to entice me to create the scent or atmosphere of Sannibel and Doc Ford by actually trying any recipes, so it sits unread.

Still I now have Hunters Moon to read!