Cooking fish and other seafood at home is much easier than you think! Fresh Fish offers simple step-by-step instructions for all of the essential cooking methods, including baking, pan-frying, braising, broiling, steaming, poaching, roasting, marinating, and grilling — along with 175 mouthwatering recipes that bring out the best in everything from fish fillets and whole fish to shrimp, mussels, lobster, clams, calamari, and more. You’ll also learn how to buy fish (even whole fish) with confidence, how to serve fish raw, how to clean freshly dug clams, and much more. Beautiful photography celebrates both the food and the lazy charm of summers at the beach; this is a delightful read as well as the cookbook you need to easily enjoy your favorite seafood at home.
Eat More Fish — And Do It in Style!
Discover how easy it is to add more fresh, healthful seafood to your life with best-selling author Jennifer Trainer Thompson by your side. She invites you into her coastal kitchen with 175 delectable recipes that showcase the versatility of finfish and shellfish. Stunning photography and salty tales of her life on the New England coast bring home the full flavors of seaside living.
Savor delightful and unusual taste combinations such as Grilled Salmon with Tomato-Basil Relish, Halibut over Wild Rice with Spicy Cucumber Salad, Curried Lobster Roll, Wasabi Grilled Tuna with Couscous and Avocado-Mango Salsa, New Haven–Style White Clam Pizza, and Shrimp-Crusted Pork Loin with Chipotle Vinaigrette and Cassava Chips.
Recipes for side dishes, salads, cocktails, and desserts make this beautiful book a complete entertaining guide. And with useful tips on everything from shucking oysters and roasting whole fish to pulling off a beachside clam bake, you’ll gain confidence in every aspect of preparing and serving seafood.
With ease, humor, and personality, Fresh Fish brings the barefoot pleasures of beachside eating to your table, no matter where you live.
"You can practically smell the salty air and fell the sand between your toes while reading this charming ode to seashore life with its winning recipes."
— Vicky Lowry, Features Director, Elle Decor
"Jennifer Trainer Thompson's cookbook delivers deliciously, with coastal recollections, gorgeous photography, and amazing recipes."
— Steele Marcoux, Editor, Coastal Living
"This wonderful collection of approachable, inventive recipes captures the spirit of beach living and highlights the bounty of the sea while demystifying how to cook fish."
— Karen J. Covey, Founder/Publisher of The Coastal Table magazine
"Fresh Fish is more than a cookbook — it brims over with details and memories of life by the sea."
— Lincoln Russell, photographer
