Susan Pollack - Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Cookbook

Since its founding in 1969, the Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Association has been a powerful force for the conservation of New England's precious fishing grounds and heritage. The Wives have helped improve safety standards on US vessels; create the first subsidized health plan for fishermen; establish a marine sanctuary at Stellwagen Bank; and protect the health of the oceans and the future of the fisheries that feed us all. Food is the centerpiece of any Wives' gathering and, as the women know, it is food that sustains, not only the lives of activists, but those of their families and the stalwart fishng crews who labor at sea. This book celebrates the Wives' cuisine and politics with stories of cooking, courage, and love. Savor the photographs and feast on the foods that have nurtured Gloucester's seafaring families for generations.

About the Author
Susan Pollack is an award-winning journalist. As the longtime staff writer for the National Fisherman, the freelance feature writer for Sierra, and a reporter for the East Hampton Star, she documented life at sea aboard American and foreign vessels and reported on fishing communities from Newfoundland to Chesapeake Bay. An article that she wrote on the Wives of Gloucester, originally published in Orion, was selected for inclusion in Best Spritual Writing 2002. Her feature articles and essays have also appeared in The Boston Glove Magazine, Ms., Mademoiselle, Amicus Journal and New Age, among others. She is currently working on a book of essays about landscape and imagination. She lives in Gloucester with her husband, Eric Schoonover, a writer and boatbuilder.