Scallops: Tasting and Book Signing

Westerly Library is pleased to host an evening with local cookbook authors Elaine and Karin Tammi. Their new book, the only one of its kind, is titled “Scallops: A New England Coastal Cookbook.” The authors will be offering tastings of some of the scallop recipes in the book!

“Scallops” also provides a history of the Bay & Sea Scallop Fisheries, and includes interviews and recipes from chefs, farmers, scallopers, and scientists. From the Maine coast to Cape Cod, highlighting New Bedford, an old whaling city, now the primary scallop port in the U.S., this cookbook provides delectable recipes. The recipes from award winning chefs discuss the sustainability of the sea scallop fishery with NOAA scientists, feature Consumer-Supported Agriculture, and provide species information. This cookbook showcases scallops with vibrant color photographs (even underwater scallop photography from the Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute). The foreword is written by James Beard winner Chef Chris Schlesinger owner/chef of the East Coast Grill & Raw Bar in Cambridge, MA.

Karin Tammi is a shellfish biologist who manages a Shellfish Hatchery at Roger Williams University, in Bristol, Rhode Island. She researched bay scallop restoration at the University of Rhode Island, and she lives in Little Compton, Rhode Island.

Elaine Tammi enjoys living by the sea, in Sandwich, on Cape Cod, writing mysteries, reading and making scallop crafts.