Little Book of the Sea : Food and Drink

An entertaining and informative follow-up to 2007's Skylarks and Scuttlebutts, serving up delicious details about the ocean's greatest bounty - seafood.

Have you ever wondered how many servings of fish & chips are sold in the UK per a year? Or why women, on average, catch bigger fish then men? Or what the last meal served on the Titanic was?
If so enjoy this endlessly diverting volume, which gathers together facts, figures, lore & trivia about all things edible from the sea.

From recipes gathered from around the world, to instructions for eating pufferfish (the worlds deadliest delicacy), to the official explanation of how Pop eye the Sailor discovered the strength - enhancing qualities of spinach.

Hardback:  196 pages

Author : Lorenz Schroter

SKU : P4660

 

About the Author

Lorenz Schroter was born in 1960. He is a travel journalist and author of several books, including Skylarks and Scuttlebutts (Granta 2007). He spent two years cycling round the world, and then lived for three years on a tiny car-free island off Hong Kong. He has visited over 100 countries and currently lives in Berlin.