Coastal Harvest

I recently stumbled upon a book event at a library. Usually I wouldn't be interested in one of those unless I'd already read the book. But this sounded cool. The book was Coastal Harvest, by Taku Kondo. He's a professional sushi chef, who goes along the coast going fishing and gathering shellfish, mushrooms, and seaweed. I don't know much about that kind of thing, but it sounded interesting and I wanted to learn about it. 

When I arrived, I was delighted to receive the book for free. I got a seat, and watched as the room filled up until people were standing along the walls. 

Taku told us how he got started - his family moved here from Japan so the kids could have a less stressful childhood. And he said that he's still goofing off to this day, fishing and collecting clams. 

He teaches classes too. That sounds cool. 

He signed books at the end. He'd gone to college where my parents used to teach (before they retired). I asked if he'd taken their classes, but he hadn't. 

I've since checked out his book. So far I've only tried one recipe, for pickled onions. But I marked a bunch of others I want to try. 

I've been watching some videos from his Youtube channel too: Outdoor Chef Life. Man, I really want to get a fishing license so I can gather some seaweed and sea urchins.