THIS book was created with the help of many people.

FIRSTLY, I want to thank Harry Visbeen. It’s been a joyful and educational experience to cook with you, Harry! I’d also like to thank Franky Visbeen for the copious amounts of work you did in the kitchen. Thanks to Jos Schijff for making the kitchen of the ROC Mondriaan in The Hague available. And thanks to Jaap van Rijn for the wonderful photography.

I’D like to thank all the fishermen who catch the fish that end up in the Fish Tales tins: Zé Manel, Pat Pikus, Ali Mohamed, Poul Kaergaard, Frank Desler, Jack Webster, Mariano Di Scala and Sjors Schonewille.

FOR the welcome and guidance I received in Portugal I thank Maria Cristina, Sofia Brandão, Antonio Cunha, Sergio Real and Joao Coelho at the A Poveira S.A. cannery. For my trip to the Maldives my thanks go to John Burton and the other staff and fisherman at Horizon Fisheries Pvt. Ltd.

I would also like to thank everyone at Kosmos Publishers and especially Melanie Zwartjes who has fully supported this book from the start. Wouter Eertink, thank you for co-ordinating this process and Anne Wouters for co-ordinating the texts. Tijs Koelmeijer, thanks for the beautiful design.

I thank my Fish Tales business partner Harm Jan van Dijk. It’s going to be a great venture. Many thanks to Michiel Eliens for being a great help with the photography at Fish Tales. Thanks also to Julie van der Have. Thanks to Leo Hattenbach and Jaap Hoogendijk for believing in Fish Tales.

THANKS to Marcus Polman for his PR and marketing efforts and Judith Renard for the PR at Kosmos Publishers.

I want to thank Ivo van Kempen and everyon at Bagels & Beans, Rogier Soetens and the employees of Bakerstreet, Marc Dotinga and Marco Romeyn at Qizini and Roel Verwiel at KLM.

LAST but not least, my thanks go to my darling Bernadien and my wonderful children Bo and Juul. Lots of love for my friends and family.

BART VAN OLPHEN