Coasts and Waters: The British Seafood Cookbook Launched as part of Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight

Christopher Trotter, co-author of the classic cookbooks The Whole Cow and The Whole Hog provided a focus for this year’s Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight with his new book, Coasts and Waters: The British Seafood Cookbook, which was launched at Welch’s Fishmongers in Newhaven today as part of Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight.

The book contains over 50 recipes using Christopher’s beloved native Scottish and British seafood as well as guides on choosing and preparing fish, and how to buy the freshest produce.

Coasts and Waters: The British Seafood Cookbook - Christopher’s tenth book – cleverly combines recipes for fish by their season with local ingredients which are also at their seasonal best. There are recipes for the more familiar cod, sole and haddock, but Christopher is an ardent supporter of less well-used varieties such as megrim, hake and sea cat.

In addition to the recipes, Christopher encourages readers to incorporate more native British seafood into their diet as a delicious, healthy and sustainable source of protein and to support the nation’s fishing industry whose markets have been significantly disrupted by Brexit.

Coasts and Waters: The British Seafood Cookbook was produced with support from Native Hebridean Salmon.

Ahead of the publication of Coasts and Waters: The British Seafood Cookbook and Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight 2021, Christopher Trotter said:

“This book was motivated by three converging factors: our local fishermen need a market now that it is more difficult to export to Europe.

“We should be eating more fish landed from our own waters – the top five fish consumed in the UK are tuna (which isn’t even from British waters!), Pacific prawns, haddock, sole and salmon, whereas the top five landed by weight are mackerel, herring, langoustine, haddock and cod.”

“2020/21 is also Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters, a celebration of Scotland’s famous coastline and inland salt and fresh water bodies.”

Su Cox, Communications and Business Development Director at The Scottish Salmon Company, said:

“We’re delighted to support Christopher Trotter’s ‘Coasts and Waters: The British Seafood Cookbook’, which inspires readers to consider using more native British seafood, such as our Native Hebridean Salmon.  

“The creativity and simplicity of the recipes show there are easy ways to cook outstanding meals quickly and from fresh fish sourced from within a few 100 miles.”

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• Christopher Trotter is one of Scotland’s most experienced culinary experts. His range of knowledge stems from 30 years of working in food from the kitchens in the Savoy hotel in London to Michelin-starred kitchens in France and England, and from reviewing for national food guides to food-consulting with such organisations as The National Trust for Scotland and The Enterprise companies. He has run hotels, his own restaurant and farm-shop as well as writing and contributing to more than 10 books on food and cooking.
  
  As Fife’s Food Ambassador Christopher is known for his passion for seasonal Scottish food. His cooking is simple, making best use of flavour, colour and texture to provide superb meals to make any occasion memorable. He runs bespoke cooking classes and food tours around his native Scotland.
• Coasts and Waters: The British Seafood Cookbook is available from your local fishmonger, Waterstone’s or via www.christophertrotter.co.uk.
• Praise for Coasts and Waters: The British Seafood Cookbook: “A treasure trove of simple, accessible ideas for our native seafood. Christopher’s recipes are inspiring me to get to the fishmonger and cook with the wealth of British fish available.” Xanthe Clay - Food writer and Daily Telegraph columnist.
• Fish catch statistics according to the UK Government: https://tinyurl.com/wy88wjkr
• For more information about Native Hebridean Salmon, please visit: www.nativehebrideansalmon.com