The Coastal Living Cookbook: The Ultimate Recipe Collection for People Who Love the Coast

"The Coastal Living Cookbook. The Ultimate Recipe Collection for People Who Love the Coast" By Coastal Living, Editor. © 2004 Oxmoor House, Inc. Birmingham Alabama. If you live along the coast, or wish you did, this is the cookbook for you. Beautifully photographed, this cookbook includes full menus, recipes for the grill, for picnics, for leisurely breakfasts and abundant desserts. Directions are easy and there are even tips like how to host a wine tasting. Breads include corn bread to Italian Bread Salad, breakfast treats feature Easy Berry pancakes, Baked French Toast Casserole and Strawberry Streusel muffins. Desserts ranging from peanut butter and chocolate chunk cookies to frozen Sangria Pops to Baby Pineapples filled with Pineapple Sherbet. For entrees, you can choose anything from Marinated Pepper Crusted Beef Tenderloin and Jalapeño Cheeseburgers, to Grilled Chicken and Pesto Clubs, or Southwestern Chicken Bundles. Ah- then there is fish and seafood. There is a great section titled the Seafood Primer - and describes everything, with recommended cooking techniques, from catfish to caviar to wild salmon. Try the Broiled Clams in Herb Butter, Grilled Alaskan Halibut with Avocado Lime Sauce, or Crab Bisque, Crab Cakes or Crab Rolls. As you can imagine, seafood is covered extensively. So in this book there really is something for everyone. This is on my `recommended' list for sure!

LOVE THIS BOOK, THE LAYOUT PICTURES BEAUTIFUL AND ENCOURAGES BOTH BEGINNER AND KITCHEN GOURMADS TO TRY THEM ALL. I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED THE SHRIMP AND FISH RECIPES, ALL EASY TO PREPARE. WILL CONTINUE TO PREPARE AS MANY RECIPES AS I CAN.

I have a lot of cooking books and this one is one of the best. The recipes are simple and absolutely delicious. It's a must have in your cookbook collection. I also bought simple and simply delicious by Sylvie Rocher. Those 2 books are on the top of my favorites

I've collected cookbooks for over 25 years and this is the best one I've ever seen! The recipes are wonderful, the photographs are gorgeous and even the paper it's printed on is lush! It's a class act!!

Not only are there lots of delicious recipes (I especially like the plank fish recipes), but this cookbook also offers a lot in the way of tips, such as identifying the types of fish, telling how to select seafood, etc. It's really a great resource for anyone who loves seafood.