From the category archives:

Fish and Seafood

Lobster: A Love Story

by Carolyn on August 14, 2011

All the dirty details on how to select, cook, and eat every last bit of a whole lobster.

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A Swedish Fetish

by Carolyn on June 14, 2011

Umami Girl indulges her Swedish fetish with a Smörgåstårta. Don’t you wish you knew what you’d read just there? Click on through to find out.

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Pin it This week the popular parenting site babble.com published a nifty little feature called 50 New Recipes from the Best 100 Food Blogs. My recipe for date-night roasted shrimp and asparagus — a special-feeling but ridiculously quick and easy dish, perfect with a glass of Pinot Grigio — is here on babble.com. Hope you’ll [...]

Pin it Back in the crisper this week: although the whole vernal equinox situation would suggest that spring has arrived, you don’t have to be Encyclopedia Brown to know that in many parts of the country, the reality of asparagus, fresh peas, and other springtime produce is still months away. That’s why we’re celebrating winter’s [...]

It’s a crab-eat-crab world.

by Carolyn on April 15, 2010

soft shell crab salad

Cooking soft-shell crabs at home is really easy, promise. Sautée them and serve over a bed of greens dressed with spicy sauce.

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House Special Roll

by Carolyn on February 23, 2010

spicy salmon avocado sushi

Recipe for homemade sushi made with fresh salmon, cucumber, avocado and an umami-rich spicy sauce. Making really good sushi at home is a lot easier than you’d think.

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Fish in parchment, fish in pink

by Carolyn on October 20, 2009

fish en papillote bc

Healthy, easy recipe for fish en papillote (fish cooked in parchment) adapted from Martha Stewart Living in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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Fish fry! (Better late than never.)

by Carolyn on May 29, 2009

fried cod and oysters on salad

Recipe for fried wild cod and local oysters over spring salad, with lemony tartar sauce dressing.

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Recipes for an umami-rich ratatouille and Pimenton Shrimp, adapted from Fine Cooking by our friend Chef Julie Hartigan.

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Girl meets grill

by Carolyn on June 16, 2008

A seasonal menu with recipes for Grilled Wild Alaskan Salmon, Fresh Tomato Salsa, peanutty Soba Noodle Salad and French-style Radishes.

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It’s soft shell crab season!

by Carolyn on May 22, 2008

Recipe for pan-fried soft-shell crabs over mizuna, cucumber and avocado salad with Asian-style vinaigrette.

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