Charleston, SC: A memory and a Blue Crab Meat recipe
The bayou in South Carolina offers a plethora of fresh seafood. One of my favorite's is blue crab. I love it anyway I can get it. Steamed whole with [...]
How to Buy Fresh Seafood: An Informal Facebook Chat
Seafood mislabeling and fraud is more common than you can imagine. It happens at many levels and for many reasons. I could write a 5,000 word essay about my own experiences [...]
A weekend in NY
When eight of the women in my family decided to go to NYC for the weekend to celebrate two birthday's, I knew not only would it be an opportunity to reconnect with [...]
Roasted Tomatilla Salsa Recipe
Ever since Elvis and I were invited to a friend's house for a Mexican Madness party, I have craved Roasted Tomatilla Salsa, also known as Salsa Verde. Since we had a delay (a [...]
Shrimp Boil and Four Reasons to Eat Gulf White Shrimp
You know the saying, "Less is more," right? Like so many things in life, this saying also applies to boiling shrimp. To begin the "Less is More" Boiled Shrimp, you'll need to start with a [...]
Lobster Quesadillas, being under the influence and other culinary musings
The culinary word is buzzing. And I'm not talking about drugs or booze-that's another post. I'm talking about recipe adapting, stealing, cooking techniques and being under the culinary influence of [...]
Seafood Update
There are times, like today, for instance, I want to know what's happening in the seafood & fisheries market. And I want to know. Right. Now. The fastest way to find out? [...]
Get Hooked on Seafood for Lent
Seafood is a hot topic. Think sustainability, farmed vs. wild, mercury levels, small fish vs. large fish, color coded eco-labels, country of origin, genetically modified and more. It's enough to make your head [...]
A Hungry Fisherman: A Poem
I woke two minutes before the alarm chirped it’s welcome to the start of a new day. My stomach grumbled its own salutation forcing me from the warmth of the [...]
Seafood 101: How to identify sustainable seafood at the market
Global fisheries have many responsibilities and its functions are diverse and complicated. While its primary function is to manage fish stocks, it also works with others to bring freshest, sustainable [...]
Mussels with Leeks & Chives Recipe
A few years ago, I bought and sold fresh Prince Edward Island mussels* when I worked for a wholesale seafood company in Orlando. Not just a few pounds, but literally thousands and thousands [...]
Fresh Mussels 101
This past weekend, with temperatures akin to Florida weather, not Kentucky, Elvis and I drove north to Evansville, IN. We needed to escape HummingBird Hills, Reagan, (we really love him, but [...]
Scallops 3 ways
Living in Western Kentucky has a few drawbacks for a seafood diva like me. Don't get me wrong, I like it here and I make the most of my situation. [...]
