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I love living in the northwest but I hate shellfish. I just don’t get it. I’ve watched dear friends shuck still-quivering oysters and drain them down their gullet making lascivious, shameful sounds as they do, and it gives me the willies. But I love a good PNW sea-tale, so naturally I enjoyed reading Langdon Cook’s stories about finding, foraging or, sometimes, simply shooting his own dinners all over the Northwest. Whether he’s finding the perfect razor clam near Gray’s Harbor or observing 12 different cultures collide for the squid harvest off a Seattle dock, Cook has collected some great yarns, and recipes! —Al Bentley