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NEWS RELEASE: For Immediate
Release
Contact: Josie DiBernardo or Kent Sturgis at Epicenter Press,
Inc. (425) 485-6822, info@epicenterpress.com,
or Laura Cooper (206) 781-0336, Laurakcooper@gmail.com.
Cookbook combines
seafood, Pacific Rim flavors, salty stories from Alaska’s
commercial fisherwomen
Sisters Kiyo and Tomi
Marsh were fishing in the Bering Sea on Tomi’s 78-foot
commercial fishing boat, the Savage, when they dreamed up
an idea of publishing a cookbook combining seafood recipes
and personal stories from other fisherwomen they had met and
worked with in Alaska.
Tomi, who lives in Ketchikan
where the Savage is based, owns and skippers the vessel. Her
sister, Kiyo, who now lives in Seattle, ran the deck and galley.
Between fishing openings, they both turned out creative, mouth-watering
dishes taking advantage of the bounty of seafood available
to them. Laura Cooper of Seattle, a friend and former fisherwoman,
brought her own illustrations and a philosophy that stresses
the importance of seafood sustainability to the project.
What began as a joke about
“cooking in the ditch”—the trough of the
wave—became The Fishes & Dishes Cookbook: Seafood
Recipes and Salty Stories from Alaska’s Commercial Fisherwomen.
The new cookbook (Trade
Paperback, 144 pages, $19.95) will be published in May by
Epicenter Press.
In addition to sharing
80 mouth-watering recipes, the book describes the adventurous
lives of women who work in America’s most dangerous
industry. They relate many funny and harrowing stories, from
the travails of running their own boats, to the danger of
working on deck in the Bering Sea. These women have been involved
in most of the Alaskan fisheries, from the king crab fisheries
of TV’s “Deadliest Catch” fame, to long-lining
black cod and halibut in the Gulf of Alaska, to tendering
salmon in Southeastern Alaska.
A generation ago, these
women featured might have been celebrated as pioneers. In
today’s world, they are simply living their dreams while
proving their success in the male-dominated commercial fishing
grounds of Alaska.
Tempting dishes such as
Seafood and Sausage Gumbo and Smoked
Salmon and Egg Salad Sandwiches
are practical and unpretentious. Pacific Rim flavors infuse
recipes such as Jade Dumplings with Coconut Curry
Sauce and sophisticated dishes such as Baked
Salmon Wellington or Miso Glazed Black Cod
will wow at dinner parties. The dishes are fresh and original--your
taste-buds will never be the same!
Also included are tips
for cleaning, preserving, and preparing fish, recommendations
about how to pair wine with seafood, a glossary of commercial
fishing terms, an explanation of fishing methods, onboard
fashion tips, and information about sustainability.
Title: The Fishes & Dishes Cookbook:
Seafood Recipes and Salty Stories
from Alaska’s Commercial Fisherwomen
Authors: Kiyo Marsh, Tomi Marsh, and Laura
Cooper
Category: Cookbook / Memoir
Publication Date: May 1, 2010
Format: 8½” x 8½”,
144 pages,
many color photos & illustrations, index
Trade paperback ISBN 978-1-935347-07-1 $19.95
Single copies available
at your local bookstore or buy online at www.Epicenter.Press.com.
Also available to the book trade through the publisher’s
reps in Alaska (Karen Sobolesky, 907-929-3161) and the Pacific
Northwest (Jim Harris, 425-392-1662); Ingram Book Co.; Partners
West; Todd Communications; and The News Group-Alaska.
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