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Taras Grescoe
History & Commentary
Taras Grescoe is a Canadian non-fiction writer whose book Bottomfeeder examines the seafood industry and the environmental and ethical implications of eating fish.
Biography
Taras Grescoe, born in 1966, is a Canadian non-fiction writer and the author of eight books. His work has been translated into German, French, Chinese, and Japanese, and his articles and essays have appeared in a dozen anthologies. His debut, Sacré Blues, received the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction, and the McAuslan First Book Prize.
His fourth book, Bottomfeeder, follows a nine-month international investigation into seafood production and consumption. Combining an interest in food with ethical concerns, Grescoe explores how pollution, fishing practices, and climate change affect seafood choices. The book won the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction in 2008 and the IACP Award for Literary Food Writing.
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Books by Taras Grescoe
Bottomfeeder
Bottomfeeder follows a nine-month worldwide search for delicious, humanely sourced seafood, visiting restaurants, fish farms, and research centers. It examines pollution, unregulated fishing, and climate change while offering practical guidance on choosing fish with environmental and health considerations in mind.