Having sold over 200, 000 copies in hardback, Rick Stein's classic guide to the best of British seafood is now available in paperback. Rick (and Chalky his trusty dog) discover great dishes & small delicacies amongst the tidal estuaries, shingle banks & rocky shores of Britain. Rick travels from the bleak Suffolk coast where fishermen scrape a living catching cod to the wild, clear waters of Scotlands lochs bringing back an abundance of stories & imaginative, colourful recipes. The book is organised geographically with each chapter covering one of the regions featured in the series. Rick describes the fish-catching & fish-eating traditions of each area as well as details of the local life, legends & literature. He singles out local delicacies &
Includes:: six to eight recipes per chapter. Each chapter is illustrated with stunning food & landscape photography & ends with an area map & a guide to a small selection of the best hotels, restaurants, pubs & specialist suppliers (including information on extra locations, not featured in the series). Just as I do in the restaurant to keep ahead of the game, I look for the best suppliers, the freshest fish & who catches them. In a way, this is what this series is about, the fish I love, for all sorts of reasons not just taste or fashion where they come from & the people who catch them & the best way to cook them. As a result of looking around the country for the best seafood, its turned out to be a love affair with the changing coastline of Great Britain & Ireland & the business of going to sea in small boats to catch the freshest prime fish we have. Rick Stein