Seafood Cooking for Dummies
by Bloom, Leslie; Ploeg, Marcie VerFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-09-01
Publisher(s): John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Summary
Featuring a complete guide to different types of fish and seafood, this indispensable guide also includes safety tips and a multitude of cooking techniques. Illustrations.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| How to Use This Book | p. 1 |
| How This Book Is Organized | p. 2 |
| Icons Used in This Book | p. 4 |
| A Few Guidelines before You Begin | p. 5 |
| Hooked on Seafood Cooking | p. 7 |
| Seafood Serendipity | p. 9 |
| Catch the Wave | p. 9 |
| How much do I need to buy? | p. 10 |
| If I'm not a big seafood fan, what type of fish should I try? | p. 10 |
| Reel in the Healthy Benefits | p. 11 |
| Seafood Cooking Tools | p. 13 |
| A Fine Kettle for Your Fish -- Basic Equipment | p. 13 |
| More Fish to Fry -- Optional Equipment | p. 21 |
| Not Your Usual Tool -- Esoteric, But Fun | p. 24 |
| Choosing and Handling Seafood | p. 27 |
| Your Quest for the Best | p. 28 |
| Six super signs of a savvy shopper | p. 28 |
| Six super signs -- fresh fish | p. 31 |
| Six super signs -- frozen fish | p. 32 |
| Six super signs -- shellfish | p. 33 |
| Getting Your Precious Cargo Home | p. 33 |
| Safe at Home | p. 34 |
| Cooking Tips and Techniques | p. 37 |
| Nice and Easy Does It | p. 37 |
| Cooked to a "T" | p. 38 |
| Testing, testing 1-2-3 | p. 38 |
| The ten-minute guide | p. 39 |
| Temperature targets | p. 40 |
| Cooking Options from A to Z | p. 41 |
| Baking or roasting | p. 41 |
| Broiling | p. 41 |
| Frying | p. 42 |
| Grilling | p. 43 |
| Microwaving | p. 43 |
| Poaching | p. 44 |
| Steaming | p. 44 |
| Seafood Superstars | p. 45 |
| Shrimpology 101 | p. 47 |
| The Wonderful World of Shrimp | p. 48 |
| Shrimp buying strategies: Fresh options | p. 50 |
| Shrimp buying strategies: Frozen assets | p. 52 |
| Cooking in Concert: Raw Shrimp Is the Key Ingredient | p. 53 |
| Cooking in Concert: Cooked Shrimp Stars | p. 61 |
| Great performances begin with your perfectly cooked shrimp | p. 61 |
| Shrimp takes center stage | p. 63 |
| Sensational Shrimp Secrets Revealed | p. 70 |
| Is there a best way to cook shrimp? | p. 70 |
| Is there a best way to fry shrimp? | p. 72 |
| Salmon Tales | p. 75 |
| Salmon Superstars: Who are the Players? | p. 76 |
| What's growing down in the farm? | p. 76 |
| What's harvested from the wild? | p. 77 |
| What's the difference? | p. 79 |
| Scoping Out Your Buying Options | p. 79 |
| Sizing up salmon shapes | p. 80 |
| Choosing fresh or frozen | p. 80 |
| Center-of-the-Plate Salmon Sensations | p. 83 |
| Grilled | p. 83 |
| Baked | p. 86 |
| Steamed, microwaved, and poached | p. 90 |
| Pan-seared and sauteed | p. 95 |
| Salmon and Salt Serendipity | p. 98 |
| Sea Fare | p. 103 |
| Crabs, Lobsters, and Crawfish | p. 105 |
| From Kickin' Alive to Cracking Delight | p. 106 |
| Crab: Taking Your Pick | p. 107 |
| Lobster Reigns | p. 110 |
| Who's who in the lobster clan | p. 110 |
| Taking the plunge | p. 112 |
| Digging into lobster | p. 114 |
| Crawfish Tales | p. 114 |
| Creating Lobster, Crab, and Crawfish Feasts | p. 116 |
| New England shore dinner or lobster bake | p. 117 |
| Chesapeake Bay crab feast | p. 117 |
| Low-country shrimp boil | p. 117 |
| Louisiana crawfish and shrimp boils | p. 118 |
| Dungeness crab feeds | p. 118 |
| Dueling Seafood Spices | p. 118 |
| Clams, Mussels, Scallops, and Oysters | p. 123 |
| Stayin' Alive: The Shell Game | p. 123 |
| Clamology 101 | p. 127 |
| Shape Up with Mussels | p. 129 |
| Blue mussels | p. 130 |
| Green mussels | p. 130 |
| Sizing Up Scallops | p. 130 |
| Sea scallops | p. 131 |
| Bay scallops (and calicos, too) | p. 131 |
| West-coast scallops | p. 132 |
| A Love Affair with Oysters | p. 133 |
| Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) | p. 134 |
| Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) | p. 135 |
| Kumamoto oyster (Crassostrea sikamea) | p. 135 |
| Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida) | p. 135 |
| European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) | p. 136 |
| Fish with Fins | p. 137 |
| Schooling in the Mainstream | p. 138 |
| Atlantic salmon | p. 138 |
| Catfish | p. 138 |
| Cod and its cousins | p. 139 |
| Flounder and sole | p. 140 |
| Swordfish | p. 141 |
| Trout | p. 141 |
| The New Kids on the Block | p. 141 |
| Chilean sea bass | p. 142 |
| Halibut | p. 142 |
| Mahimahi | p. 142 |
| Shark | p. 143 |
| Tilapia | p. 143 |
| Tuna | p. 144 |
| U.S. Regional Favorites | p. 145 |
| Mid-Atlantic to northeast (Virginia to Maine) | p. 145 |
| Southeast and Gulf Coasts (from the Carolinas to Texas) | p. 149 |
| Inland lakes -- great and small | p. 152 |
| West coast | p. 155 |
| On the Fringes of the Mainstream | p. 157 |
| Arctic char | p. 157 |
| John Dory and its Mediterranean companions | p. 158 |
| Orange roughy | p. 158 |
| Steelhead | p. 158 |
| Out of the Mainstream | p. 159 |
| Call Me Calamari | p. 159 |
| Where There's Smoke -- and Salt | p. 161 |
| Smoked fish: In starring or supporting roles | p. 161 |
| Well-preserved relations | p. 164 |
| Saucy fish | p. 164 |
| Fantastical Fish Eggs | p. 165 |
| Salting it away | p. 165 |
| Roe-ing away | p. 167 |
| Making the Most of Your Catch | p. 169 |
| Starring Snacks and Appetizers | p. 171 |
| Letting Off Steam | p. 171 |
| Warm Up Your Party with Chiles | p. 174 |
| Kitchen Artistry: No Cooking Required | p. 180 |
| A Seafood "Retro"-spective | p. 183 |
| The Main Event with Finfish | p. 189 |
| Grate Af"fin"ity: Fish on the Grill | p. 189 |
| Grill searing -- sizzling success | p. 190 |
| A kinder, gentler grilling | p. 193 |
| Worry-Free Baking | p. 194 |
| Creative Fish in a Flash | p. 198 |
| Preventing Pan-demonium: Stovetop Success | p. 203 |
| More Stovetop Success: Under Cover | p. 211 |
| The Main Event with Shellfish | p. 219 |
| Cracking the Code of Crusty Shellfish | p. 219 |
| Shellfish to Suit Your Mood | p. 225 |
| No Shell in Sight | p. 230 |
| Salads, Soups, and Sandwiches | p. 235 |
| Salad -- Not Just Rabbit Food | p. 235 |
| Soup's On | p. 241 |
| Saluting Seafood Sandwiches | p. 247 |
| Sassy Sauces and Salsas | p. 255 |
| Sinful Sauces | p. 255 |
| Vinaigrette: Beyond Oil and Vinegar | p. 263 |
| Masterful Mayonnaise | p. 264 |
| Salsas with a Beat | p. 267 |
| Kids' Fare | p. 271 |
| It's Catching | p. 271 |
| Just Don't Get Caught Foolin' Around | p. 273 |
| Clam-moring for More | p. 277 |
| Serving Seafood from A to Z | p. 285 |
| Festive Fish Menus | p. 287 |
| Melting Pot Menus | p. 288 |
| Southwest seafood fiesta | p. 288 |
| Mardi Gras home-style | p. 289 |
| Caribbean beach party | p. 289 |
| Blow-Out Seafood Bashes | p. 290 |
| Backyard lobster-and-clam bake | p. 290 |
| A coastal fondue: The big dip | p. 293 |
| Nibbles to Nosh | p. 295 |
| Nibbles for New Year's Day | p. 295 |
| Super Bowl noshing | p. 296 |
| A Japanese Seafood Primer | p. 297 |
| A Hands-On Sushi Party | p. 298 |
| Deciphering a Japanese Menu | p. 300 |
| The Part of Tens | p. 303 |
| Ten Great Seafood Festivals | p. 305 |
| World Catfish Festival | p. 305 |
| Port Washington Smelt Fry | p. 306 |
| Wakefield Shad Planking | p. 306 |
| Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival | p. 306 |
| Kodiak Crab Festival | p. 307 |
| Monterey Squid Festival | p. 307 |
| Maine Lobster Festival | p. 307 |
| Washington State Seafood Festival | p. 308 |
| St. Mary's County Oyster Festival | p. 308 |
| Florida Seafood Festival | p. 308 |
| Our Top Ten Upscale Seafood Restaurants | p. 309 |
| Aqua | p. 309 |
| AquaKnox | p. 310 |
| Crustacean | p. 310 |
| Farallon | p. 310 |
| Kinkead's | p. 311 |
| Le Bernardin | p. 311 |
| Matsuhisa | p. 311 |
| Oceana | p. 312 |
| Ray's Boathouse | p. 312 |
| Sooke Harbour House | p. 312 |
| Our Top Ten Laid-Back Eateries | p. 313 |
| Flying Fish | p. 313 |
| Fulton's Crab House | p. 313 |
| Joe's Stone Crab | p. 314 |
| Legal Sea Foods | p. 314 |
| Ocean Star | p. 314 |
| Red Fish Grill | p. 315 |
| Roy's Restaurants | p. 315 |
| Shaw's Crab House and Blue Crab Lounge | p. 315 |
| Tadich Grill | p. 316 |
| The Daily Catch | p. 316 |
| Our Top Ten Oyster Bars | p. 317 |
| Getting Ready to Slurp | p. 317 |
| Oyster Bar Heaven | p. 317 |
| Ten Must-"Sea" Web Sites | p. 319 |
| Bigger Is Better | p. 319 |
| Gadus Associates | p. 320 |
| National Marine Fisheries Service | p. 320 |
| From East to West | p. 320 |
| Maine Lobster Promotion Council | p. 320 |
| California Seafood Council | p. 321 |
| And All the Rest | p. 321 |
| Sea Grant Institute: University of Wisconsin | p. 321 |
| National Fisheries Institute | p. 321 |
| Seafood.com, Inc. | p. 322 |
| Seafood Network Information Center | p. 322 |
| Aquaculture Network Information Center | p. 322 |
| Finally, go fishing | p. 322 |
| Ten Great Shore-to-Door Seafood Shippers | p. 323 |
| The J.M. Clayton Company | p. 323 |
| Ducktrap River Fish Farm | p. 323 |
| Francesca's Favorites | p. 324 |
| FreshFish4U.com | p. 324 |
| Gerard and Dominique Seafoods | p. 325 |
| Horton's | p. 325 |
| LeBlanc's Gourmet Lobster Stew | p. 325 |
| Legal Sea Foods | p. 325 |
| Maine Lobster Direct | p. 326 |
| Seafood Direct | p. 326 |
| Taylor Shellfish | p. 326 |
| Who's Who in the World of Shrimp | p. 327 |
| Index | p. 329 |
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