>> prepared properly it does. >> when is the last time you had carp? >> as it turns out steve is right. the solution to a carp crowded lake, you eat them. isn't that right? >> james is the author of the great -- essential techniques and inspired techniques to make every dish better. he's here with your favorite carp recipes? you can eat carp? >> there are no carp recipes in that book. we're taking my favorite fish recipes from the book and adapting them. >> around the world james, carp is considered by some as a delicacy. here in this country the reason we saw the picture is they took asian carp to arkansas to clean out the farm lakes. then it flooded because of the mississippi river, and now they're everywhere and they're crowding out the other fish. >> the solution is, we'll dine on them what are you making for us? >> it's a fish taco, you know?