seafood, sides, salads and sauces
Thai Coconut Salmon Chowder recipe
How often do you create recipes based on one ingredient? I have a habit of doing just that. Get this, I was craving toasted coconut, and knew that if I [...]
Land & Sea: A Local, Responsible, Seasonal, Sustainable Challenge
Eating responsibly is a challenge. It requires resources, time and know-how. There's a lot of buzz these days about eating local, responsible, seasonal, and sustainable foods. It's hard to ignore. Especially if you care [...]
Pasteurized Crab Meat: A Lesson in Buying
If you're like me, you love to eat crab meat, but you live nowhere near a body of salty water, which is where the crabs live. So what's a girl to [...]
Lemony-Sunshine Crab Cake Recipe
I’ve had a can of pasteurized jumbo lump crab meat in my fridge since Christmas. (No worries, the expiration is months away.) But how sad is that? Then, just the other [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Shrimp and Grits
Winter has arrived in Kentucky and my inner Southern-chick has kicked in. With that comes the desire to cook comfort food, like this recipe for Shrimp and Grits. I was a [...]
Fast & Spicy Halibut Recipe
I'm partial to preparing and cooking my own seafood recipes, after all, I'm working on my own seafood cookbook. There are times, like last night, I want to cook someone else's seafood recipe. [...]
Fish on Friday-Alaska Seafood Cioppino
Photo and recipe courtesy and property of Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
Fish On Friday/ Flounder (with recipe)
My Florida Food Blog Friend, Katie, over at Katie's Cucina offered this Fish On Friday Flounder picture. Her hubby has been fishing a lot lately (yes, I'm jealous) and from the [...]
How to steam shrimp in four steps
Do you love shrimp cocktail but are tired of buying the pre-cooked shrimp in your market? Follow my four simple steps to steam, then eat, raw shrimp. Ready? The first [...]
