SALTWATER FISH COOKBOOK. By A.D. Livingston.

1997 1st edition, paperback. 8vo paperback (153 x 229mm). Ppxiii,273. B/w chapter-heading illustrations of fish.

" Many coastal anglers, reeling in pigfish, croakers, and speckled hines might not know just what they've caught, let alone recognise the fish for the culinary treasures they are. In [this book], A.D. Livingston identifies the fish that make good eating, then provides over 150 delicious ways to bake, fry, broil, grill, steam, or smoke them into mouth-watering dishes. Easy-to-follow instructions for preparing everything from simple, down-home dishes to sophisticated appetisers and entrees". Chapters include: Sharks; Weakfish and speckled trout; Flounders and other flatfish; Bluefish; Mackerels; Pigfish and other grunts; Spots, croakers, and drums; Snappers; Groupers, speckled hines, and gags; Mullet; Jacks or better; Dolphin; Sheepshead; Billfish; Cods, hakes, and haddocks; Rockfish; Tautogs, cunners, and other wrasse; Ocean-going basses; Tunas; Flying fish and other seabirds; Catfish and eels; Skates and rays; Panfish; A mixed catch; Ladyfish and other bony fare; Perches. Appendices are: How to cook fish; Ten steps to better saltwater fish; Metric conversion tables.