Go Fish

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About Go Fish

Publisher Web Link: http://www.randomhouse.com/

Go Fish: Recipes and Stories from the New Zealand Coast

In Go Fish, Al combines his two great passions - fishing and cooking - bringing us more than 100 exceptional fish and shellfish recipes.  Covering crustaceans, shellfish and fin fish of many varieties, Go Fish is the ultimate guide to sourcing and cooking fish and is stunningly photographed by Kieran Scott.

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About Al Brown

Author Web Link: http://www.albrown.co.nz/

Al Brown is a Chef, TV Presenter, Writer, Fisherman and Co-owner of Logan Brown Restaurant & Bar in Wellington, New Zealand.  Logan Brown Restaurant is the 2009 Supreme Winner of Cuisine Magazine’s Restaurant of the Year Award.

Al enjoys eating just about anything, but most of all simple food, cooked perfectly.  He believes that more time should be spent pleasing the palate than garnishing to please the eye.  

After completing his Culinary Arts Degree at the New England Culinary Institute, USA, then cooking in restaurants in North America, Europe and New Zealand, Al opened Logan Brown Restaurant in Wellington with business partner Steve Logan in 1996.

Over the last few years, Al has also co-presented the award winning TV series, Hunger for the Wild, meeting great Kiwi characters, chasing down some of New Zealand’s finest food, and preparing dishes of wild game and seasonal delicacies.   He is currently filming a new TV show called Coasters, which will be screened later in 2010.

As a culinary ambassador for New Zealand Trade & Enterprise since 2003, Al is also called upon from time to time to help promote New Zealand cuisine overseas.

Al is the author of award winnng cook book Go Fish, which is based around his love of fishing and seafood.  Released in October 2009, the book has been reprinted several times and has won Best Single Subject in the prestigious IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) Cookbook Awards presented in the USA in May 2010.  On 22 June 2010, Go Fish was announced as a finalist in the NZ Post Book Awards. The winners will be announced on 27 August 2010.

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