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Cod - A Biography of a Fish that Changed the World |
Peppered with cod recipes through the ages, this absorbing book explains how a northern cold-water fish features so prominently in the cuisines of Spain, East Africa and the Caribbean. The cause of war and wealth; as early as the first millennium Atlantic catches required supplementing by Basque fishermen off America. But it was salt that turned a perishable item into a tradable source of protein both to fuel the slave trade and to provision exploration.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 20 September 2003) |
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Cod - A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World |
This won the prestigious Glenfiddich award in 1999 for Best Food Book, and became a best-seller after winning rave reviews. Even so I resisted it, not imagining a book devoted entirely to cod would be that enthralling. But I was wrong. Not least among its revelations is that there actually was someone called Birdseye who developed a way of freezing fish and invented what the Americans call fish-sticks better known to us as fish-fingers.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 7 February 2001) |
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