Reel Masters

Hardcover, 9.5x11.5, 3.76lbs, 280 pages

"Chef Jeremiah Bacon showcases the beauty and bounty of Lowcountry waters in his restaurants The Macintosh and Oak Steakhouse. Now, he will share with the world his love for sea life with the recently released Reel Masters: Chefs Casting About with Timing & Grace. The book features eight chefs sharing their love of fishing 'in the bayous, backwaters and bays and along the coastlines of the sporting South' [and] offers reflections and recipes highlighting fresh catches from the culinary pros." ― EATER Charleston

"St. Louisans will find a familiar face in Susan Schadt's newest book, Reel Masters: Chefs Casting about with Timing and Grace. Farmhaus Restaurant chef-owner Kevin Willmann shares adventures and recipes from his days spent fishing for cobia in Pensacola, Florida, in the book. He's one of eight chefs featured and the only one from Missouri. The book offers a collection of 42 recipes and a guide to fishing on the coastlines and inland shores of the South...His chapter in the book includes four recipes, including one for char-grilled cobia with stewed tomatoes and okra and a corn and shrimp salad with tasso." ― FEAST MAGAZINE

"A new book features fishing tales and recipes from a group of acclaimed chefs, including Donald Link and John Besh. Part cookbook, part narrative history and guidebook, Reel Masters: Chefs Casting About with Timing & Grace chronicles the bounty and spirit of the pastime, culture and traditions surrounding the sport, with personal tales from eight chefs who share their passion for angling in the bayous, backwaters and bays of Charleston, Pensacola, Venice, Grande Isle and Toledo Bend, among others." ― The Gambit

"My Christmas-shopping woes are relieved yet again this year as Schadt has released another quality production, titled Reel Masters: Chefs Casting About with Timing and Grace." -- Lesley Young ― The Memphis Flyer

Through narrative and stunning photography they showcase some of the country's most sought-after fishing spots and unknown gems.
Susan Schadt’s fourth book chronicling and celebrating the bounty and spirit of American sporting life and culinary culture features James Beard Award winners, semifinalists, and nominees, Food & Wine Best New Chefs and participants on Top Chef, Top Chef Masters and the Food Network. Reel Masters is a cookbook anthology similar to the acclaimed book, Wild Abundance. This time, we are going fishing along the coastlines and inland shores of the sporting south.

About the Author

Susan Schadt Press was established in February 2015 by Susan Schadt, former president and CEO of ArtsMemphis, a 50-year-old non-profit arts funding organization. While with ArtsMemphis, Schadt founded Wild Abundance Publishing where she authored and edited: First Shooting Light; Wild Abundance; A Million Wings and MEMPHIS: Sweet, Spicy and a Little Greasy. Upcoming books launching fall 2016: The Chubby Vegetarian: 100 Inspired Vegetable Recipes for the Modern Table; Shelby Farms Park, Elevating a City: The Improbable Journey of America’s Great 21st Century Urban Park and Reel Masters: Chefs Casting About with Timing & Grace.

Peter Kaminsky wrote Underground Gourmet for New York magazine for four years, and his Outdoors column has appeared in The New York Times for twenty five years. He is a longtime contributor to Food & Wine and the former managing editor of National Lampoon. His books include Pig Perfect: Encounters with Remarkable Swine, The Moon Pulled Up an Acre of Bass, American Waters: Flyfishing Notes of A Native Son, Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way (with Francis Mallmann), Letters to a Young Chef (with Daniel Boulud), and John Madden’s Ultimate Tailgating. He is a creator and executive producer of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song on PBS. He lives in Brooklyn and sometimes fishes there.

Chef Jeremiah Bacon, a five-time James Beard Foundation semifinalist for Best Chef Southeast, Executive Chef and Partner of The Macintosh and Oak Steakhouse, in his hometown of Charleston, S.C. Awarded Best New Restaurant Bon Appetit’s annual 50 Best New Restaurants, 2012; Esquire Best New Restaurant in America in 2012; recognized by the James Beard Foundation as a semifinalist for Best New Restaurant.

Chef John Besh, was awarded Food & Wine “Top 10 Best New Chefs in America,” James Beard Award for Best Chef - Southeast in 2006, Hosted two national public television shows based on his books, “Chef John Besh’s New Orleans,” and “Chef John Besh’s Family Table.” His flagship restaurant, August, is a Gayot Top 40 Restaurant and a Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Restaurant, in addition to being nominated in 2012 and 2013 for the James Beard “Outstanding Restaurant” award.

Chef John Currence, is an executive chef/owner of The City Grocery and several culinary ventures in Oxford. Received the Southern Foodways Alliance Guardian of Tradition Award, 2006, won the 2008 Great American Seafood Cookoff in New Orleans. In 2009, awarded the James Beard Foundation “Best Chef South” and was a winner of Charleston Food and Wine Festival’s Iron Chef Challenge. Author of Pickles, Pigs & Whiskey: Recipes from My Three Favorite Food Groups and Then Some.