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Coastal Harvest by Taku Kondo

Coastal Harvest

Fish - Forage - Feast: a Cookbook

Taku Kondo

DK · Print & ebook · March 25, 2025

Embark on an epic adventure up and down the Pacific Coast to sustainably harvest your own food, master preparation techniques, and make creative dishes.

Coasts & ShorelinesSeafood CookingOutdoor Cookingjapanese
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Who it’s for
Fishing, coastal foraging, and mushroom identification lead into cooking with wild ingredients.
Themes
Sustainable fishing and foraging, Wild-ingredient cooking, Asian American-inspired flavors
Genres
Outdoor Cooking, Seafood Cooking, Coasts & Shorelines

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Embark on an epic adventure up and down the Pacific Coast to sustainably harvest your own food, master preparation techniques, and make creative dishes. Whether you want to find your own food or just cook creative recipes, this book will teach you how to catch fish, identify and harvest mushrooms, and make delicious dishes using wild ingredients.

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Join adventurer Taku Kondo as he takes you on an exploration of waterways and coastal forests to connect with nature and find ingredients sourced from the great outdoors. Enjoy some of the most popular dishes from Taku’s YouTube channel, Outdoor Chef Life, as well as recipes that he's developed over years of experience. Each recipe has been thoughtfully curated to bring out the best flavors of your harvest. If you’re not catching your own food, follow his expert recommendations on sourcing the freshest and most sustainable seafood. Taku provides guidance on the entire catch-to-plate process, giving you the knowledge to catch and prepare your own food, including: - Basic tools and knowledge for the outdoor chef - Fishing basics – what species to fish for, plus how and when to fish for them - Coastal foraging – the best intertidal edible species to look for - Mushroom foraging – identifying fungi and how to find them - 85 incredible recipes with Asian American inspired flavors and more

Pacific Coast Harvest

Fishing, coastal foraging, and mushroom identification lead into cooking with wild ingredients.

Come here for

  • Guidance on fishing and finding edible coastal species
  • Recipes with Asian American-inspired flavors

Expect

  • Catch-to-plate guidance, from tools to preparation
  • Advice on sourcing sustainable seafood when you’re not catching it

Where it sits

Seafood Cooking90%
Outdoor Cooking73%
Coasts & Shorelines21%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Western States Cooking
  • Outdoor Cooking
  • Seafood Cooking
Authors
Taku Kondo
Publisher
DK
Published
March 25, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Sustainable fishing and foraging · Wild-ingredient cooking · Asian American-inspired flavors
Reading lane
Western States Cooking