The Conch Book: All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Queen Conch, from Gestation to Gastronomy
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Language: English
Published by Pen & Ink Pr, 2000
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- Title
- The Conch Book: All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Queen Conch, from Gestation to Gastronomy
- Author
- Carstarphen, Dee
- Publisher
- Pen & Ink Pr
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0960754458
- ISBN 13
- 9780960754458
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
Lavishly illustrated with pen & ink drawings, The Conch Book tells the life story of the beautiful pink-lipped shellfish that is a staple of West Indian cuisine. History, mariculture, Bahamian conching techniques, cleaning and cooking the conch are all included.
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About the Author
Author/illustrator Carstarphen's sailing life includes the coasts of California, Mexico, West Coast of Central America, a transit of the Panama Canal, and the Caribbean Basin, where she spent several years in the charter business. Subsequently, she sailed from the coast of Maine to the Caribbean and back again, keeping illustrated journals along the way. She currently lives in Virginia and sails a catboat on Chesapeake Bay.
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