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Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking |  | Author: Mark Bittman
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 18875
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 544
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0028631528
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
UPC: 021898631527
EAN: 9780028631523
ASIN: 0028631528
Publication Date: January 26, 1999
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Amazon.com Review
From anchovy to wolffish, Mark Bittman, the executive editor of Cook's Illustrated magazine, presents fish and shellfish by name, offering discussions on preparation and presentation along with sumptuous recipes. Bittman proposes everything from traditional fare--Dungeness crab salad and marinated grilled salmon--to more complex dishes like curried mussels and raw sea bass salad. The more than 500 recipes are tried-and-true, and any cook with access to a decent fish market is advised to take full advantage of Bittman's expert and substantial overview. The book won the 1995 Julia Child Cookbook Award in the Single Subject Category.
Product Description
Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking is a book that simplifies, once and for all, the process of preparing fish. Organized in an easy-reference, A-Z format, Fish gives you the culinary lowdown on seventy kinds of fish and shellfish commonly found in American supermarkets and fish stores. Each entry describes how the fish is sold (fillets, steaks, whole, salted), other names it goes by, how the fish should look, and buying tips. Fish begins with general guidelines on how to store, prepare, and cook fish, whether sautéing, frying, grilling, or smoking, and you will find easy-to-follow illustrations of such important basics as how to gut and fillet a fish. Fish also includes up-to-the-minute information on the health benefits of fish in our diet. In addition, there are more than five hundred recipes and variations, all of which use low-fat, high-flavor ingredients to accent the intrinsic natures of the individual fish rather than mask them. And the vast majority of the recipes are ready in less than thirty minutes.
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 The best fish cookbook out there July 11, 2009
Karen Chung (Taipei, Taiwan)
I have tried a number of fish cookbooks, both in English and Chinese, and was not satisfied with any of them. The two main problems: (1) the dishes are too *heavy* - e.g. they use too much butter or heavy cream, or involve deep frying, which I avoid; and (2) they rely too much on the same sets of stereotyped ingredients, e.g. tomato-, cream- or soy sauce-based sauces.
Mark Bittman tends towards light and healthy cooking, which is much more to my taste, and he offers incredible variety from cuisines all over the world. My very favorite salmon recipe is on p. 235, Salmon Roasted with Cilantro "Pesto". Even those not crazy about cilantro may like this one - it's light, delicious, fast and easy to make in a toaster oven, and likely very *different* from any style of salmon you've had before.
Fish cookbooks occupy a crucial niche for me - I don't eat meat and general cookbooks tend to concentrate very heavily on meat and sweets, neither of which interests me. And vegetarian cookbooks by definition include no animal food, but I eat and like fish. So the easiest way to bridge this gap is to get a fish cookbook. The problem was finding a good one. Well, this is definitely the best one I've found. I recommend it highly.
 HORRID February 6, 2008
P. cake
1 out of 12 found this review helpful
As with How to Cook Everything, many of Bittman's recipes could not have been tested before publishing and seem as though they were concocted at his desk.
Perfect for the Fish Chef November 29, 2007
Larry (Orange County, Ca)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book opened up a world of cooking fish that I had missed throughout my life. Great recipes, great explainations. Exceptional. I have been giving it as a gift to my fishing buddies.
newbiefishlover August 10, 2007
shopmaven (long island, ny)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
a little outdated but still gives great advice and good recipes. all you ever wanted to know about cod but were afraid to ask.
 Fish: the complete guide to buying and cooking January 9, 2007
Corinne G. Bellinger (greensboro, NC USA)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book was ordered as a gift. The recipient, my daughter, called me and said she went through the book and has marked off all the recipes that she wants to try. Her best friend is jealous and wants one too!
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