More than a collection of recipes, The Newfoundland and Labrador Seafood Cookbook is a compendium of fish and shellfish found in North Atlantic waters. Complete with illustrations, it includes physical characteristics, habitat descriptions and best preparation mehtods for dozens of species. With a clear conversational style, Joan Over guides the cook through her own innovative and delectable recipes, as well as many of the traditional seafood dishes of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Joan Over was born in St. John’s. She moved to Ontario to complete her university education, then managed and edited a community newspaper, researched and edited law books and operated an editorial and design business, all the while being an avid cook and food enthusiast. She now lives in Shoal Harbour, Newfoundland, where she writes her weekly food column, "In Joan’s Kitchen."

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"The Newfoundland and Labrador Seafood Cookbook is one of those cookbooks that stays in your kitchen as a resource tool. [...] you can’t get more iconic than recipes from a province totally surrounded by water and all that inhabits the seas."

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