Bananas
As much as I like to eat seasonal, local and sustainable, I also like to eat bananas despite some evidence bananas are not sustainable. It’s not that I don’t care [...]
Sea Pact: United for a Sustainable Future
Sea Pact: United for a Sustainable Future is the first of its kind, an alliance of seafood professionals in North America. Its goal: to better fishing and fish farms. A [...]
Scallops with Basil Pesto
Scallops with Basil Pesto If you join a CSA, be prepared to get some basil. And I mean, a whole lotta basil. My CSA basket contains enough fresh basil [...]
Squash Stuffed with Crab
Got squash? Maureen shows you how to enjoy this abundant summer vegetable-paired with sweet lump crab and bacon. What's not to love?
Green beans
I’m grateful. Yesterday I froze three pounds of fresh, organic green beans. Half of my CSA basket this past week contained these babies. I’m not going to gush and say, [...]
Control
My first and only attempt to create a cooking video ended after the first thirty seconds, when I explained in my cute, but serious voice, “I have gas, and I [...]
Tuna: explored and exposed (Part II)
(In Part I Tuna: explored and exposed, I explored eating tuna from a consumer perspective. In Part II, I define the differences between Carbon Monoxide gassed tuna and fresh tuna. [...]
Noodles
There are few independent restaurants in Western Kentucky and Southern Indiana. I have a couple of "go-to" favoriites, but mostly, the restaurants in this region are fast-casual and family-style dining. But [...]
Fish on Friday: Key West Pink Shrimp and Basil-Pistachio Pesto Pasta
Basil pesto is one of those garden fresh recipe ideas that never goes out of style-especially when fresh basil is in full bloom. The beauty of creating a basil pesto [...]
Chewing on the Paula Deen issue
The other day I used “Paula Deen” as a verb, as in “She was Paula Deened.” Today I wrote a blog post about the tuna industry and titled the caption [...]
Tuna: explored & exposed Part I of III
(In this three-part series, I’ll explore eating and buying tuna from a consumer perspective, define Carbon Monoxide (CO) gassed tuna, a common supplier technique to keep tuna a bright red [...]
Sour Cherry Jam
Moving to Western Kentucky wasn’t on my things I need to do before I die list, but when Elvis and I decided to leave Florida (me after twenty-two years, Elvis, three) [...]
Fish on Friday Parmesan Crusted Tilapia with Shrimp Scampi
I watched a Google+ Hangout last night about blogging and how to drive people to the blog for comments. It was relevant and on point. Jeff Houck from the Tampa [...]
One tip to avoid falling asleep at a conference (especially during Hugh’s Fish Fight presentation.)
Side bar note: If you're stumbling on this blog for the first time, (first of all welcome) please realize that this post, the earlier, and probably the next several posts [...]
