Reviews
Tom Colicchio: "This is on the top of my summer reading list A Fast Food Nation for fish." Kirkus Reviews : "Blue Ocean Institute fellow Greenberg ( Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food , 2010, etc.) offers an optimistic perspective on the connection between preserving our salt marshes and restoring America's offshore seafood production. The author presents three illustrative case studies: the effort to bring oysters back to our Eastern shores, the threat to Alaska's wild salmon industry from mining interests, and the effect of globalization on Gulf Coast shrimp. A fascinating discussion of a multifaceted issue and a passionate call to action. " ***PRAISE FOR PAUL GREENBERG'S FOUR FISH *** Sam Sifton, The New York Times Book Review "[ Four Fish ] is a necessary book for anyone truly interested in what we take from the sea to eat, and how, and why." Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times "The signal quality of Greenberg's book is its genial and sometimes despairing struggle with contradiction. Not many who argue for our planet's endangered species also write the thrill of hunting them. Like the fish he once hooked, he plunges away and is reeled back. Four Fish is a serious and searching study. Written with wit and beauty, it is also play." NPR.org "[An] excellent, wide-ranging exploration of humankind's relationship with fish." The Seattle Times "Greenberg's saga, and his voice, are irresistible. A book that easily could have slid into cheap ideology or wonkiness instead revels in the tragicomic absurdity of nature, humans, and, of course, human nature. Yet it never shies away from the ugly, complicated truths of our modern world.", Tom Colicchio: "This is on the top of my summer reading list A Fast Food Nation for fish." Washington Post : "Americans need to eat more American seafood. It's a point [Greenberg] makes compellingly clear in his new book." Kirkus Reviews : "Blue Ocean Institute fellow Greenberg ( Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food , 2010, etc.) offers an optimistic perspective on the connection between preserving our salt marshes and restoring America's offshore seafood production. The author presents three illustrative case studies: the effort to bring oysters back to our Eastern shores, the threat to Alaska's wild salmon industry from mining interests, and the effect of globalization on Gulf Coast shrimp. A fascinating discussion of a multifaceted issue and a passionate call to action. " ***PRAISE FOR PAUL GREENBERG'S FOUR FISH *** Sam Sifton, The New York Times Book Review "[ Four Fish ] is a necessary book for anyone truly interested in what we take from the sea to eat, and how, and why." Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times "The signal quality of Greenberg's book is its genial and sometimes despairing struggle with contradiction. Not many who argue for our planet's endangered species also write the thrill of hunting them. Like the fish he once hooked, he plunges away and is reeled back. Four Fish is a serious and searching study. Written with wit and beauty, it is also play." NPR.org "[An] excellent, wide-ranging exploration of humankind's relationship with fish." The Seattle Times "Greenberg's saga, and his voice, are irresistible. A book that easily could have slid into cheap ideology or wonkiness instead revels in the tragicomic absurdity of nature, humans, and, of course, human nature. Yet it never shies away from the ugly, complicated truths of our modern world."
