Fish Butchery: Mastering The Catch, Cut And Craft Josh Niland Book

Discover a definitive guide to sustainable seafood and advanced fish cookery with Fish Butchery: Mastering The Catch, Cut And Craft By Josh Niland. Perfect for professional chefs, home cooks who love seafood, culinary students, and anyone seeking a modern approach to reducing waste, this hardcover edition brings together technical skill, creative recipes, and a strong ethical stance on how we use fish in the kitchen.

Fish Butchery: Mastering The Catch, Cut And Craft By Josh Niland builds on the breakthrough work of Josh Niland—winner of the James Beard Award and renowned for reshaping how chefs and fishmongers think about seafood. Presented in three clear parts—Catch, Cut and Craft—the book mixes step-by-step butchery techniques with inventive, practical recipes to unlock the full potential of every species.

What’s inside:

• Catch — thoughtful context on sourcing, handling and the sustainability challenges that shape modern seafood kitchens.
• Cut — detailed, illustrated instructions for essential and advanced filleting methods such as reverse butterfly and double saddle, helping readers turn whole fish into new culinary forms.
• Craft — over 40 creative recipes that range from comfort food like fish sticks and pies to charcuterie-style items such as fish sausage and chorizo, demonstrating how to use every part of the fish.

Product details
Condition: BRAND NEW
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781743799192

Why this book stands out: Josh Niland’s earlier works—The Whole Fish Cookbook and Take One Fish—redefined seafood cookery; this latest title is both a practical manual and a manifesto. Trusted by chefs, fishmongers and marine experts around the world, Niland’s approach emphasizes transport, ageing and storage methods that extend freshness and reduce waste. That expertise makes this a must-have cookbook for anyone serious about sustainable seafood.

Benefits at a glance:

• Learn pro-level filleting and butchery techniques suitable for home and professional kitchens.
• Access inventive recipes that turn often-discarded cuts into delicious dishes.
• Gain insight into sustainable sourcing, ageing, transport and storage—practical steps that reduce waste and improve flavor.
• Hardcover, full-color presentation makes it a durable reference and an attractive gift or cookbook shelf centerpiece.

This is more than a cookbook—it’s a tool for change. Whether you’re teaching a class, training kitchen staff, or looking for an unforgettable gift for a seafood lover, Fish Butchery offers actionable techniques and recipes that elevate everyday cooking while championing sustainability. Bring home Josh Niland’s visionary, award-winning guidance and start seeing fish—and the possibilities they hold—in a whole new way.