things I can’t live without
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 [...]
The Rising Price of Fresh Fish
Unless you live in a vacuum, you’re aware of the ocean issues facing us today: over-fishing, species depletion, fraud, red-tape regulations, and the never-ending increasing price of fresh fish. The [...]
5 reasons to eat shrimp in honor of National Shrimp Day
Happy National Shrimp Day. It probably wouldn't surprise you to know American's eat more shrimp than any other seafood. We love shrimp. I'm willing to bet you have shrimp in [...]
10 Tips for Perfectly Seared Scallops
One of the joys of cooking scallops is they don’t require much fuss-just a skillet, some oil, and a quick flip of the wrist. But before you cook, you have [...]
Seafood Events & Festivals in January
January is a great month for sustainable seafood. Which products will you find in the market? Fresh mussels, live lobster, crab, oysters, snapper, cod, mahi-mahi and flounder to name a [...]
Honoring National Seafood Month 2012
What's your favorite seafood dish?
Buying fresh and sustainable seafood
Is the seafood in your market fresh and sustainable? I used to worry if the seafood at the fish counter was sustainable. But now? I just worry about its freshness. Since [...]
My edible history A-Z
I grew up in a city nowhere near the ocean or a body of water that produced fresh fish. Not that I couldn't get fresh fish in Pittsburgh, but I couldn't [...]
Top Ten Things I Know for Sure About Fresh Seafood and Ice
Sometimes things pair with each other and don't make any sense right away. For instance, take history and ice. I know what you might be thinking, this is a seafood blog, what's up? Let [...]
Hungry for Seafood? 4 Cookbooks, 1 Review
There are over 30,000 different seafood species in the world, countless seafood recipes and cookbooks. How do you know which cookbook to buy? Do you want to know which fresh [...]
Top ten things I eat when I’m not eating seafood
Someone (I can't recall who) asked me if I ate anything other than seafood. I thought if that particular someone (whoever it was) had those thoughts, then surely there must [...]
My favorite kitchen tools
I love my kitchen tools. Am I in love with them? Umm, no. But I'm at the point in my life where I depend and rely on the right kitchen tools to maintain [...]
