James Beard's Fish Cookery - 1954 Edition Seventh Printing rogers 4" inches (length) x

4" inches (length) x

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

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James Beard's Fish Cookery - 1954 Edition Seventh Printing rogers 4" inches (length) xIn the seas and gulfs along our shores, in our innumerable lakes and ponds, and in our rivers and lesser streams are hundreds of different sorts of edible fish and shellfish. Yet I suppose that of this great variety, the average American has cooked no more than three or four kinds (from the Introduction) {HISTORY} and so begins James Beard's Fish Cookery book. An in depth exploration of the wide variety of fish available for consumption in the US,