Hooked: An Insider’s Guide to Cooking and Sourcing Seafood, with 100 Mediterranean-Inspi Red Recipes

This carefully crafted cookbook boasts 100 classic and modern recipes that celebrate the bounty of the ocean. With easy-to-follow instructions and expert tips, Hooked empowers readers to master the art of preparing and presenting incredible seafood meals.

Hooked goes beyond your typical cookbook and features in-depth guidance from seafood industry professional Christina Zina. Having been brought up around her family business, Christina has always had a passion for cooking healthy meals in which fish and seafood play a pivotal role. Combining that emphasis with her Mediterranean heritage, Christina’s creations will inspire you to step out of your comfort zone and embrace fish as the cornerstone of your Mediterranean diet!

Hooked gives you all the information you need to select the best fish and seafood and to store and prepare it properly. After providing you with the solid foundation you need in terms of ingredients, tools, and essential techniques, the book shows you how to unlock all your potential from ocean to kitchen!

This book answers all your questions about cooking and eating seafood, including

- The ins and outs of purchasing fish, shellfish, and other key ingredients
- The health benefits and environmental considerations
- The top misconceptions
- The tools and pantry staples needed for a well-stocked kitchen
- Storage tips and more!

In Hooked, Christina shares easy and tasty recipes for every meal. Although the focus is on fish and seafood, she also offers recipes for non-seafood options, snacks, sweets, sides, and condiments and tips on the perfect pairings to maximize flavor, texture, and satisfaction.

Recipes include:

- Savory Sardine on Garlic Confit Toast
- Crab-Stuffed Mushrooms
- Marinated Squid Salad
- Baked Branzino with Olive and Tomato Tapenade
- Mediterranean Mahi Tacos

Hooked will take you on a journey to level up your seafood game--a change that is sure to improve your well-being, too. Take control of your power to boost your health naturally and sustainably!

Christina Zina’s experience as a seafood industry professional began decades ago. Her family’swholesale seafood distribution business in South Florida boasts three working generations and over a dozen family members, and Christina has been a part of it since her early days.

Christina is a digital content creator who began sharing her holistic approach to healing herchronic illness. Since she was raised in a family who focused primarily on natural health and wellness, it was a no-brainer for her to find her way back to health through nature’s medicine, food! With her Mediterranean heritage, the Mediterranean diet and lifestyle was a natural fit, and it quickly provided massive relief from her symptoms. She became passionate about sharing her experience with the hope of helping others facing similar struggles.

While excitedly highlighting that seafood is one of the superpowers of the Mediterranean diet, Christina discovered that many people express both intimidation and a lack of understanding about buying and preparing seafood, which leads them to avoid it altogether. It became her mission to help demystify seafood and educate her community so they feel empowered and confident in their seafood buying decisions.