NPR'S HERE & NOW RESIDENT CHEF'S FAVORITE COOKBOOKS OF 2025 Featuring a foreword from Shailene
Woodley. In connection with the James Beard Award- and Emmy-nominated PBS docuseries Hope in
the Water by Andrew Zimmern (food equity and climate activist Emmy and four-time James Beard
award winner) and Barton Seaver (an expert on seafood cookery and sustainability) a
sustainable seafood bible including a guide to environmentally friendly practices for buying
and cooking food from oceans lakes and rivers with over 145 recipes. Is farmed or
wild-caught salmon better? Is tuna being overfished? Do I have to worry about mercury
poisoning? Is seafood high in protein? Is industrial aquaculture sustainable? How can I do
anything to address the climate change and food security crises? Is it okay to eat raw fish?
How do you shuck an oyster? Is frozen seafood good? How do you cook mackerel without it
stinking up the kitchen? The answers are clear in The Blue Food Cookbook . In celebration of
the fish shellfish and plants we eat from our oceans lakes and rivers (in other words blue
food) and in collaboration with the PBS docuseries Hope in the Water award-winning chef and
TV host Andrew Zimmern and leading sustainable seafood expert and educator Barton Seaver
present a seafood bible looking at blue food from water to plate: a tangible delicious
cookbook for how to best buy prepare and cook from our oceans and waterways sustainably. With
a comprehensive guide to culinary categories of fish how to best set up your kitchen what you
should have in your pantry different cooking techniques and more than 145 delicious recipes
this first-of-its-kind cookbook is all you need to cook seafood confidently and responsibly.
Recipes span from humble meals to impressive fare for entertaining from traditional dishes to
creative takes—even desserts (trust!)—inspired by flavors from Zimmern’s and Barton’s travel
around the world restaurant experience and their home kitchens for blue food of all kinds
including tinned fish shellfish fillet fish seaweed and beyond: Butternut Squash and
Mussel Soup Fish and Chips but Make It Salad Seafood Pot Pie Halibut with Green Goddess
Dressing Tuna Noodle Casserole Nashville Hot-Inspired Catfish Miso Broiled Carp Sockeye Salmon
Enchiladas Vietnamese Caramelized Shrimp Chocolate Chip Kelp Brownies A lusciously
photographed and beautifully illustrated tome The Blue Food Cookbook is a definitive must-have
for every home cook looking to enjoy delicious nutritious seafood more sustainably.
