[Sca-cooks] Salt cod and kippering

[Johnna Holloway]

One thing I noticed in these posts is that no one mentioned
Alan Davidson's excellent books on seafood and fish as sources
of information. I thought I would mention them.

These include North Atlantic Seafood and Mediterranean Seafood.
The write up to the latest edition of the latter reads in part:

"Mediterranean seafood is a topic as vast as the riches of that fabled 
sea itself. Written by distinguished food historian Alan Davidson 
(author of The Oxford Companion to Food), MEDITERRANEAN SEAFOOD is a 
seminal work of culinary scholarship. The new edition catalogs edible 
marine life and provides identifications in a dozen languages and over 
100 line drawings. Davidson puts knowledge into practice with 240 
skillfully presented recipes, culled from cuisines throughout the 
region. Davidson's work possesses the quixotic charm of the true 
enthusiast; his practical discussions are enlivened by touches of witty 
erudition that will delight those new to the subject, as well as readers 
steeped in the biology and culinary traditions of the Mediterranean. 
The original edition won the prestigious Glenfiddich Award for best food 
book and was translated into five languages.

The third is his SEAFOOD OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA.
Copies are available for very little money on the used market
or there are nice in print paperback editions.

Johnnae