NW Bookfest

Laura Cooper will be part of a panel discussion entitled "Cooking Northwest Style" at the 2011 NW Bookfest in Kirkland, Washington.

When? October 2nd at 4 pm
Where? Community Center Lobby Meeting Room

She'll be appearing alongside Joe Fitpatrick (author of Strictly Sundays) and John Howie of Seastar Restaurant.

Tomi Talks Crab

Here's another video on our YouTube channel of Tomi talking about crab fishing, and making an early version of the Alaskan Seafood Bake. This video was taken by our good friend and F&D contributor Stefani Smith, (pre-rationalization in 2005) as part of a series for the Alaskan ferries and cruise ships, and partially sponsored by the Alaskan Brewing Co.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks_B0llDnWg

Sierra Club Magazine

Fishes & Dishes got a surprise mention in the Sierra Club Magazine! Check out the link for the page of Alaskan centric titles in this months issue.

Thanks to Joely for spotting this!

http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201107/mixedmedia.aspx

Kiyo demonstrates how to kill, clean and cook a crab!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgmR_N00H6E

This video was taken last summer on the F/V Savage in Neets Bay, Alaska.
Offscreen commentary provided by videographer Jake Buehrig and Tomi Marsh

Beware Fish Fraud

Here's an interesting article about "fish fraud". Stores and restaurants selling the consumer something other than what they are paying for. In NYC I am seeing a lot of fish being labeled as "organic" (there is no such thing) and recently saw a coho being sold as wild Alaskan sockeye. It's all a bit fishy...


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ted-danson/this-summer-be-wary-of-fi_b_870298.html