Acknowledgements

The extent of the travel and visits involved in preparing this book makes it impossible to name here everyone who helped me. I must have recourse to an omnibus expression of gratitude to all those experts, librarians, authors, professional and non-professional cooks, interpreters and former colleagues in the Diplomatic Service who have helped me with information, bibliographical clues, introductions, hospitality and the elucidation of a host of particular problems and questions to do with both marine biology and seafood cookery.