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Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish
Rodale
May 2006
328 pages
ISBN: 1594861102
Hardcover
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This modern pirate yarn has all the makings of a great true
adventure tale and is also an exploration of the ways our
culinary tastes have all manner of unintended consequences
for the world around us. Hooked is a story about the poaching of the Patagonian
toothfish (known to gourmands as Chilean Sea Bass) and is
built around the pursuit of the illegal fishing vessel
Viarsa by an Australian patrol boat, Southern Supporter, in
one of the longest pursuits in maritime history. Author G. Bruce Knecht chronicles how an obscure fish
merchant in California "discovered" and renamed the fish,
kicking off a worldwide craze for a fish no one had ever
heard of - and everyone had to have. And with demand
exploding, priates were only too happy to satisfy our taste
for Chilean Sea Bass.
Knecht - whose previous book The Proving Ground was hailed
by Walter Cronkite as "a sailing masterpiece...a tale more
thrilling than fiction"—captivates readers by deftly
shifting among the story’s nail-biting elements: The
perilous chase at sea through frenzied winds, punishing
waves, and an obstacle course of icebergs; the high-stakes
environmental battle and courtroom drama; and the
competitive battle among the world’s restaurants to serve
the perfect, flaky, white-fleshed fish. From the world’s most treacherous waters to its most
fabulous kitchens, Hooked is at once a thrilling tale and a
revelatory popular history that will appeal to a diverse
group of readers. Think Kitchen Confidential meets The
Hungry Ocean.
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