Reel Masters: Chefs Casting about with Timing and Grace - Hardcover

Schadt, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0997355913 ISBN 13: 9780997355918

Publisher: Susan Schadt Press, 2016

Synopsis

A 2017 Independent Publishers Awards (IPPY) Silver Medal Winner Part cookbook, this collection of 42 carefully curated recipes is gratifyingly inviting, inventive, and one of the finest to be found. Part guidebook, acclaimed chefs take us fishing along the coastlines and inland shores of the sporting South, including Birmingham, Alabama, Charleston, South Carolina, Richmond, Virginia, Pensacola, Florida, and Delacroix, Venice, Port Sulphur, and Toledo Bend, Louisiana. Through narrative and stunning photography they showcase some of the country's most sought-after fishing spots and unknown gems.

Susan Schadt’s fourth book chronicling and celebrating the bounty and spirit of American sporting life and culinary culture features James Beard Award winners, semifinalists, and nominees, Food & Wine Best New Chefs and participants on Top Chef, Top Chef Masters and the Food Network. Reel Masters is a cookbook anthology similar to the acclaimed book, Wild Abundance. This time, we are going fishing along the coastlines and inland shores of the sporting south.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Schadt Press was established in February 2015 by Susan Schadt, former president and CEO of ArtsMemphis, a 50-year-old non-profit arts funding organization. While with ArtsMemphis, Schadt founded Wild Abundance Publishing where she authored and edited: First Shooting Light; Wild Abundance; A Million Wings and MEMPHIS: Sweet, Spicy and a Little Greasy. Upcoming books launching fall 2016: The Chubby Vegetarian: 100 Inspired Vegetable Recipes for the Modern Table; Shelby Farms Park, Elevating a City: The Improbable Journey of America’s Great 21st Century Urban Park and Reel Masters: Chefs Casting About with Timing & Grace.

Review

"My Christmas-shopping woes are relieved yet again this year as Schadt has released another quality production, titled Reel Masters: Chefs Casting About with Timing and Grace." (Lesley Young The Memphis Flyer)

"A new book features fishing tales and recipes from a group of acclaimed chefs, including Donald Link and John Besh. Part cookbook, part narrative history and guidebook, Reel Masters: Chefs Casting About with Timing & Grace chronicles the bounty and spirit of the pastime, culture and traditions surrounding the sport, with personal tales from eight chefs who share their passion for angling in the bayous, backwaters and bays of Charleston, Pensacola, Venice, Grande Isle and Toledo Bend, among others." (The Gambit)

"Chef Jeremiah Bacon showcases the beauty and bounty of Lowcountry waters in his restaurants The Macintosh and Oak Steakhouse. Now, he will share with the world his love for sea life with the recently released Reel Masters: Chefs Casting About with Timing & Grace. The book features eight chefs sharing their love of fishing 'in the bayous, backwaters and bays and along the coastlines of the sporting South' [and] offers reflections and recipes highlighting fresh catches from the culinary pros." (EATER Charleston)

"St. Louisans will find a familiar face in Susan Schadt's newest book, Reel Masters: Chefs Casting about with Timing and Grace. Farmhaus Restaurant chef-owner Kevin Willmann shares adventures and recipes from his days spent fishing for cobia in Pensacola, Florida, in the book. He's one of eight chefs featured and the only one from Missouri. The book offers a collection of 42 recipes and a guide to fishing on the coastlines and inland shores of the South...His chapter in the book includes four recipes, including one for char-grilled cobia with stewed tomatoes and okra and a corn and shrimp salad with tasso." (FEAST MAGAZINE)

Edition details

• Publisher: Susan Schadt Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0997355913
• ISBN 13: 9780997355918
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280