Razor clams : buried treasure of the Pacific Northwest

Berger, David (David Alexander) (author.).

Summary: In this lively history and celebration of the Pacific razor clam, David Berger shares with us his love affair with the glossy, gold-colored Siliqua patula and gets into the nitty-gritty of how to dig, clean, and cook them using his favorite recipes. In the course of his investigation, Berger brings to light the long history of razor clamming as a subsistence, commercial, and recreational activity, and shows the ways it has helped shape both the identity and the psyche of the Pacific Northwest.

Record details

ISBN: 9780295741420
ISBN: 0295741422
Physical Description: print
223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:	"A Ruth Kirk book"
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introductions -- Lay of the land : Long Beach and Ocean Shores -- Sacred treaties -- Ecology and anatomy -- Past abundances -- The era of NIX and domoic acid -- Pumping and counting -- Licensed to carry -- Eating them, after all, is the point -- Will's first clam -- Coda: Practical matters.