Let's Cook Fish! A Complete Guide to Fish Cookery
Published by National Marine Fisheries Service, Chicago, 1970
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Blind-Horse-Books (ABAA), DeLand, FL, U.S.A.Blind-Horse-Books (ABAA)
AbeBooks seller since September 1, 2011
Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 10.77
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When the U.S. government taught America how to cook fish. A lively government-issued consumer guide produced under the auspices of the National Marine Fisheries Service, designed to promote seafood consumption through practical instruction and accessible recipes. Issued as part of the Fishery Market Development Series, this booklet reflects a broader mid-century effort to influence American dietary habits through public-facing educational publications. Combining straightforward culinary instruction with illustrated preparation methods, charts, and color photography, the work serves both as a practical kitchen manual and a period artifact of federal food marketing initiatives. KEY FEATURES +++ Series: Fishery Market Development Series No. 8. +++ Format: Stapled wraps; 5.5 ? 8.5 inches; 54 pages. +++ Content: Recipes, preparation techniques, and guidance on selecting and handling fish. +++ Illustration: Line drawings, charts, and color photographic plates throughout. +++ Institutional Context: Produced by the National Marine Fisheries Service in cooperation with the commercial fishing industry. CONDITION: Near Fine. The bindings are tight and secure. Text is clean; minimal signs of handling. Appears unused. A bright, well-preserved example. SIGNIFICANCE ? This booklet represents a distinct category of collectible mid-20th-century government ephemera?practical publications intended to shape consumer behavior. The emphasis on ease, nutrition, and accessibility reflects shifting American food culture of the period, particularly the push to normalize seafood within the home kitchen. Increasingly appreciated for their graphic design and cultural context, such guides occupy a growing niche among collectors of culinary ephemera and federal publications. SUBJECTS: Cookery, Seafood Cooking, Government Publications, American Food Culture, Culinary Ephemera, National Marine Fisheries Service.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Let's Cook Fish! A Complete Guide to Fish Cookery
- Author
- [U.S. Dept of Commerce; Peter G. Peterson, Secretary]
- Publisher
- National Marine Fisheries Service, Chicago
- Publication year
- 1970
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket As Issued
- Binding
- Near Fine in Stapled wraps
- Seller catalogs
- COOKBOOKS, COOKERY, NUTRITION
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Blind Horse Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA) and adheres to its Code of Ethics. We specialize in travel, exploration, fine press, and documentary material, with particular emphasis on printed ephemera, maps, photographic archives, and institutional publications from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Our inventory regularly includes material appropriate for academic, library, and museum collections. We work carefully with provenance, condition, and bibliographic accuracy, and stand fully behind all descriptions and attributions. Items are selected with long-term research and collecting value in mind. Blind Horse Books is operated by Richard and Dottie Oates and based in DeLand, Florida. We have been active in the antiquarian book trade since 1999 and are members of the ABAA, FABA, IOBA, and the Ephemera Society of America. Building Your Great Collection, One Fine Book at a Time. …
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