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Four Fish The Future of the Last Wild Food

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ISBN-10: 014311946X

ISBN-13: 9780143119463

Edition: 2011

Authors: Paul Greenberg

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"A necessary book for anyone truly interested in what we take from the sea to eat, and how, and why." -Sam Sifton, The New York Times Book Review. Writer and life-long fisherman Paul Greenberg takes us on a journey, examining the four fish that dominate our menus: salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna. Investigating the forces that get fish to our dinner tables, Greenberg reveals our damaged relationship with the ocean and its inhabitants. Just three decades ago, nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild. Today, rampant overfishing and an unprecedented biotech revolution have brought us to a point where wild and farmed fish occupy equal parts of a complex marketplace. Four Fishoffers a way…    
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Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/31/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.30" wide x 8.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.550

Paul Greenberg is an author and essayist. In 2002 he wrote a novel Leaving Katya - which is about the destruction of a Russian American marriage and became a Barnes and Noble Great New Writers selection. Starting in 2005 he has been writing for The N.Y. Times Magazine Book Reviews and Opinion sections. His specialty is writing on fish, agriculture, and the future of our oceans. His article on Chilean Sea Bass received the International Association of Culinary Professionals Bert Greene Award for excellence in food writing. He has also been a guest commentator on public radio programs such as All things Considered and the Leonard Lopate Show. He wrote Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild…