''One Fish, Two Fish, Crawfish, Bluefish: The Smithsonian Sustainable Seafood Cookbook'' () is a collection of 150
seafood
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recipes specifically chosen for their environmental
sustainability
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. It was
written
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by Carole C. Baldwin and Julie H. Mounts, illustrated by Charlotte Knox, and
published
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in October 2003 by
Smithsonian Institution Press
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.
Baldwin worked on a shrimp trawler as a marine biologist, where she observed problems with the fishing industry such as
bycatch
Bycatch (or by-catch), in the fishing industry, is a fish or other marine species that is caught unintentionally while fishing for specific species or sizes of wildlife. Bycatch is either the wrong species, the wrong sex, or is undersized or juve ...
. This experience prompted her to begin working on the book, which she described as a "marine conservation project in the form of a cookbook."
Baldwin collaborated with Mounts, a research associate at the Smithsonian's
National Museum of Natural History
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. They compiled a list of 86 fish species present in the United States and sent out a request for recipes to chefs across the country. Recipes from
Wolfgang Puck
Wolfgang Johannes Puck (born July 8, 1949) is an Austrian chef and restaurateur.
Early life
Puck was born in Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria. He learned cooking from his mother, who was a pastry chef. He took the surname of his stepfather, Jos ...
,
Alice Waters
Alice Louise Waters (born April 28, 1944) is an American chef, restaurateur, food writer, and author. In 1971, she opened Chez Panisse, a restaurant in Berkeley, California, famous for its role in creating the farm-to-table movement and for ...
,
Julia Child
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, and
Charlie Trotter
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Early life and education
Trotter was born in Wilmette, Illinoi ...
are featured in the cookbook.
The title of the book is a reference to ''
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
''One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish'' (stylized as ''One fish two fish red fish blue fish'') is a 1960 children's book by Dr. Seuss. As of 2001, over six million copies of the book had been sold, placing it 13th on a list of "All-Time Bests ...