Fish

Book excerpt: This James Beard Award–finalist cookbook features more than 120 recipes for fifty-four delectable seafood feasts from culinary traditions across the globe. In Fish, acclaimed cookbook author Cree LeFavour celebrates the versatility, ease of preparation, and healthfulness of fish and shellfish. Five chapters are organized by flavor profile, including American, Bistro, Latin, East and South Asian, and North African/Mediterranean. The recipes are grouped into complete meals featuring a main course of fish or shellfish with a complementary grain, pasta, salad, or vegetable. Fish encompasses all of the best techniques for cooking seafood perfectly, including grilling, roasting, salt-crusting, and wok-braising. All feature sustainable seafood, these exciting recipes make the most of one of the world’s healthiest proteins, suggesting a year’s worth of meals for cooks of all skill levels.