Author Description

"Ben Sargent, the host of Cooking Channel's hit primetime show Hook, Line & Dinner, shares his recipes and love of food, travel, adventure, and storytelling in this cookbook for seafood lovers and armchair travelers everywhere. An avid fisherman, home cook, and veteran surfer, Ben Sargent has been mesmerized by fishing since childhood and he catches most everything he eats. Inspired by the traditions of the sea, and with a passion for eating locally, in The Catch Ben shares his stories and favorite sea-to-table recipes collected from his adventures. In his debut cookbook, he teaches home cooks how to make his seafood favorites, divided by species for saltwater and freshwater fish and seafood. Full-color photographs of finished food, travel, and adventure, all shot on location, will appear throughout the book. The Catch will be an inspiration for those who love to eat fish and seafood, whether they catch it themselves or buy it at a market or local grocery store"--